Stealth Startup Spy #150
Airbnb engineer partners with Doordash PM to build a stealth AI startup, Former Fiverr executive embarks on a stealth venture, & OpenAI competitor exits stealth with $9M seed led by GV
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:
Ex-Meta engineers unveil startup transforming static content into immersive experiences
Ex-Airbnb engineer partners with ex-Doordash PM to build a stealth AI startup
Former Fiverr executive embarks on a stealth venture to transform the professional creative industry
Founded by ex-Cruise/Wayve team, OpenAI competitor exits stealth with $9M seed funding led by Google Ventures
After an 8-year tenure, the former CTO of Skillz (NYSE: SKLZ) becomes co-founder of a stealth startup
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
Tony Tan - Co-Founder & CEO at Spaition
FounderDNA: Top 10 University, Former FAANG, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-staff engineer at Meta AR, Wharton Alum
Co-Founder: Ivan Foong (Ex-Facebook ML, ex-startup CTO / Head of Product)
Spaition is on a mission to immersify the world's books.
HQ: San Mateo, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Oliver Cameron - Co-Founder & CEO at Odyssey
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#130
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-VP, Product at Cruise, ex-Co-Founder & CEO at Voyage (acquired by Cruise), ex-VP, Product & Engineering at Udacity, ex-Co-Founder & CEO at Everyme (YCS11)
Connect on: LinkedIn
Odyssey is pioneering Hollywood-grade visual AI.
Latest Funding: $9M seed funding from GV, DCVC, Air Street Capital
HQ: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industry: Research Services | Team Size: 22
Co-Founder: Jeff Hawke (Ex-Founding Engineer at Wayve, $1.3B raised)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 11 months
Jimmy Fong - Co-Founder & COO at Scoutlabs
FounderDNA: Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Commercial Officer at SEON, ex-Vice President of Sales- EMEA at InAuth (acquired by American Express)
Connect on: LinkedIn
Scoutlabs helps farmers in predicting insect pest populations before they destroy their crop yield.
HQ: Hungary
Industry: Climate Technology Product Manufacturing | Team Size: 12
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Lev Glushkovskii - Co-Founder at Terra
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Co-Founder at ANAGRAM, ex-Co-Founder at SabersPro
Connect on: LinkedIn
Terra simplifies product design, manufacturing, and sourcing.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Manufacturing | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Dan Goldstein - Co-Founder at Dispatch
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#113
FounderDNA: Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Product Operations at Cloudflare
Connect on: LinkedIn
Dispatch is turning lines of code into reliable distributed systems so customers can focus on creating value.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 4
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 11 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Ying Zhu - Co-Founder at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Top 10 University, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Senior Software Engineer at Airbnb (6 year tenure)
Traction Under Stealth: Building an AI-powered fashion marketplace with intuitive and personalized search. Launched prototype, Plush , for a single product - dresses.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Consumer | Team Size: 2
Co-Founder: Chang Liu (Ex-DoorDash PM)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Miriam Aguirre - Co-Founder at Stealth Mode
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Technolgy Officer at Skillz (NYSE:SKLZ)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Christopher Colley - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-SVP and Chief Customer Advisor - Global Head of Financial Services Segments at Qualtrics, ex-VP and Senior Principal, Head of Customer Practice - EMEA at Medallia, ex-VP, Innovation and Customer Experience at Barclays
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United Kingdom
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Lior Albeck - CEO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Former Executive Director, Head of Marketplace Supply at Fiverr, ex-Amdocs, Co-Founder of Finupp.com (acq. by Meitav Dash)
Connect on: LinkedIn
Co-Founders: Jonathan Gur-Zeev (Ex-Fiverr Group Product Director) , Itay Schiff
Building the Future of Creative Work
HQ: Israel
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Judah Rabinowitz - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Data Officer at Lightyear Health, ex-Chief Data Officer at Health IQ, ex-Chief Data Officer and Chief Actuary at Clover Health
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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