Stealth Startup Spy #146
Former Scale AI Ops Head launches customer service platform, Google/Microsoft alum streamlines LLM workflows in new startup, & Ex-CTO of BillGO and CEO of Happy Money embarks on stealth venture
Stealth Startup Spy is a data-driven newsletter for investors, journalists and tech enthusiasts interested in uncovering the next big move for key talent, real-time stealth company launches and technology advancements not in plain sight. We leverage the technology built at Gravity to track billions of data points to help you identify tomorrow's opportunities that are currently hiding in the shadows. These signals include tracking the inflows and outflows of talent who work at “Stealth Startups”, bios and profile changes to “building something new” and monitoring press releases to shine a light on the hidden world of stealth startups.
In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
Former Managing Director of Techstars Seattle is building a stealth AI enterprise monitoring platfom
Ex-Head of Ops Scalability at Scale AI launches next-gen AI customer service and automation platform
Google/Microsoft alum and founding designer of Truveta ($200M raised) is developing an AI platform to streamline LLM workflows
Former product executive from Meta, Lyft and Expedia is now CEO of a stealth startup
Ex-CTO of BillGO ($118M raised) and former CEO of Happy Money ($337M raised) embarks on new stealth venture
And more…
Now let’s shine the spotlight… 💡💡💡
🕵️♂️Founders Coming Out of Stealth
Real-time updates from founders who debut what they’ve been working on under stealth mode
Sriram Natarajan - Co-Founder & CTO at Yuni
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Engineering Lead, Google Assistant at Google, ex-Mentor & Coach at CapitalG, ex-Senior SDN Architect at Deutsche Telekom
Connect on: LinkedIn
Yuni is building the future of creativity & storytelling with AI, for creatives, brands & studios.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Co-Founder: Manjula Nadkarni
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 13 months
Chao Wang - Co-Founder at Snowbell AI
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Founding Designer at Truveta, ex-Sr Product Design at Google, Ex-Founding designer at BloomAPI, Ex-Product Design Lead, Microsoft AI & Research at Microsoft
Connect on: LinkedIn
Snowbell is building an AI development platform to streamline LLM workflows.
HQ: Seattle, Washington, United States
Industry: Desktop Computing Software Products | Team Size: 1
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 15 months
Nikhil Kumar - Founder & CEO at SuccessPro
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#108
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Vice President, Global Business Leader ERP, and Data & Analytics Platforms at Genpact, ex-Chief Financial Officer and Co-Founder at Enquero, ex-Associate Vice President, Global Oracle Practice Leader at Infosys Technologies
Connect on: LinkedIn
SuccessPro is a vertical SaaS platform designed for tech-first Professional Services companies.
HQ: Newark, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Michael Woo - CEO & Co-Founder at Applied Labs
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#111
FounderDNA: Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Ops Scalability (product team) at Scale AI, ex-Senior Business Analyst at McKinsey, ex-Teaching Assistant at Harvard University
Connect on: LinkedIn
Applied Labs is building a next-gen AI customer service and automation platform.
HQ: New York, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 1
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Ian Glow - Chief Executive Officer at Zeromatter
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Autopilot - Manager of Autopilot Simulation at Tesla, ex-Minecraft - Software Developer Engineer at Microsoft
Connect on: LinkedIn
Zeromatter is building one platform to build, test, and train anything.
HQ: Mountain View, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 21
Co-Founders: Tom Rijndorp
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 21 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Eman Barhoumeh - CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-AI Product, Modern Recommendation Systems at Meta, ex-VP of Product and GM at Lyft, ex-VP of Product and GM at Expedia Group, ex-Senior Product Manager at Microsoft
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Seattle, Washington, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Marius Ciocirlan - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Managing Director at Techstars, ex-Co-Founder & CEO at ShareGrid (Acquired by Backstage), ex-Senior Product Designer at Groupon
Connect on: LinkedIn
Building an AI enterprise monitoring platfom.
HQ: Seattle, Washington, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Aaron Montgomery - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Strategy Officer at Mission Lane, ex-Founder, Chief Operating Officer at CarLotz, ex-McKinsey, Harvard MBA
Connect on: LinkedIn
Building a new product focused on making home ownership less stressful and overwhelming.
HQ: Richmond, Virginia, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Jeff Winner - Chief Executive Officer at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Technology Officer at BillGO, ex-Chief Executive Officer at Happy Money, ex-Chief Technology Officer for Consumer Business at Goldman Sachs, ex-Head of Engineering at Stripe, ex-Uber, ex-Twitter
Connect on: LinkedIn
Building in AI + Financial Services. Backed by Village Global (Ben Casnocha, Reid Hoffman), Cooley, 10VC, and angels.
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Eric Liu - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-President & CEO, Bike-Sharing at Meituan, ex-Managing Director, Alibaba Language at Alibaba Group
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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