Stealth Startup Spy #158
Microsoft and Meta veterans launch AI SaaS for legal teams, VMware alum with 3 exits starts new venture, & Former Delivery Hero VP joins stealth startup as co-founder and CPTO
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:
Microsoft and Meta veterans launch an AI-powered SaaS to assist legal teams with complex litigation
Ex-Google DeepMind and Facebook AI engineer co-founds a stealth startup
VMware alum with 3 succesful exits embarks on a new stealth venture
Former VP at Delivery Hero joins a stealth startup as Co-founder and Chief Product and Technology Officer
Former executive at Truist, Verizon, and Capital One launches an AI platform to help mid-career professionals transition into emerging fields
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
Matthieu Pallud - Founder at Lomia Health
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Biomedical engineering at Imperial College London, ex-CoFounder at FueGo App, ex-Founder at Mogy, ex-Engineering Intern at upLYFT
Connect on: LinkedIn
Lomia offers a versatile API that adapts to the unique needs of dermatology clinics and healthcare providers.
HQ: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Industry: Hospitals and Health Care | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Vikas Rajvanshy - Co-Founder and CEO at CaseGuild
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-SVP, Engineering at SeekOut, ex-Partner Group Engineering Manager - Microsoft Loop and Fluid Framework at Microsoft (18-year tenure)
Connect on: LinkedIn
CaseGuild helps legal teams win their complex litigation matters with its unique, AI-based evidence reasoning platform.
HQ: Seattle, Washington, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Co-Founder: Vivek Garg (ex-Taxbit, ex-Meta, ex-Microsoft)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Scott Zimmer - Founder & CEO at Tmpt
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Innovation and Design Officer, Founder/Head of Truist Ventures at Truist, ex-Chief Customer Experience Officer at Verizon, ex-Global Head of Experience Design and Innovation at Capital One, ex-Head of Innovation at Ally, ex-SVP, Consumer Deposit Products at Bank of America
Connect on: LinkedIn
Tmpt is an AI platform that helps mid-career professionals transition into emerging fields by democratizing the Silicon Valley apprenticeship model.
HQ: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 5
Co-Founder: Andrew Jenkins (ex-VP of Engineering at Credit Karma)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 17 months
Steven Gans - Co-Founder at Databiomes
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-CEO, Unreal Data operated by IBM, ex-Product | AI | Marketing at Intel, ex-AMD
Connect on: LinkedIn
Databiomes is developing ultra-accurate, highly-optimized ‘nano’ language models that create AI agents of the future.
HQ: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Shalesh Thusoo - Founder & CEO at Tsavorite
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-VP, CXL Product Development at Marvell Technology, ex-CEO, CTO & Founder at Tanzanite Silicon Solutions (acquired by Marvell), ex-Intel, ex-Cisco
Connect on: LinkedIn
Tsavorite is building sustainable AI compute through intuitive software with composable silicon.
HQ: Milpitas, California, United States
Industry: Computer Hardware Manufacturing | Team Size: 40
Co-Founders: Founding team held senior roles across leading tech companies like Marvell Technology, Intel, Cisco, and Synopsys.
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
Davide Vitiello - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Former VP at Delivery Hero, ex-CPO at Foodpanda, Foodora, Yemeksepeti, Oberlo, former product leader at Shopify, Soundcloud
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Berlin, Germany
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Shemer Schwartz - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Sr. Director of Product Management at VMware, ex-CEO and Co Founder at Octarine (acquired by VMWare) , ex-CTO and Co-Founder at Eatwith (acquired by VizEat), ex-VP R&D and co-founder at XIV (acquired by IBM)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Andrew Engler - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Co-Founder and CEO at Kettle ($30M raised), Co-founder at Airlast, ex-VP, Digital Product and Machine Learning at Argo Group, ex-Head of Commercial Operations at Allstate
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: California, United States
Leveraging advanced deep learning research and ML science to reshape the re/insurance industry.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Kenan Saleh - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Prior Exit, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-General Manager, Lyft Advertising at Lyft, ex-Co-founder & CEO at Halo Cars (Acquired by Lyft), ex-BCG
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York, NY, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 months
Emma Q. - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Co-Founder at Multi (raised $10M), ex-Research Engineering at DeepMind, ex-Software Engineering at Facebook AI
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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