Stealth Startup Spy #164
Former Apple Special Projects Director launches AI robotics startup, UC Berkeley + UCSF alum develops an AI-driven digital health platform, & AI-powered semiconductor design startup exits stealth mode
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 Director of Engineering at Apple’s Special Projects Group debuts AI robotics startup
A UC Berkeley and UCSF alum is developing an AI-driven digital health platform
After 12 years at Netflix, Engineering Director leaves to start a new venture
AI-powered semiconductor design startup emerges from stealth mode
Ex-SVP and General Manager at Harness leaves to become CTO of a stealth AI 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
Hamza Derbas - Co-Founder & CEO at Maven Robotics
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#122
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Engineering at Apple, ex-Principal Research Engineer at Ford Motor Company, ex-Staff Software Engineer at A123 Systems, Harvard MBA
Connect on: LinkedIn
Maven Robotics is building the world’s leading general-purpose AI robots.
HQ: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industry: Robotics Engineering | Team Size: 1
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Cory Sago - Co-Founder & CEO at Amplitude Therapeutics
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#6
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of LNP Discovery at Beam Therapeutics, Ex-CTO and Co-founder of Guide Therapeutics (acquired for $120M by Beam Therapeutics)
Connect on: LinkedIn
Amplitude Therapeutics is a seed-staged biotechnology company focusing on developing the next generation of RNAs to fully unlock the therapeutic potential of RNA biology.
HQ: Boston, MA, United States
Industry: Biotechnology Research | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 22 months
Anurag Choudhary - Founder at Riffle
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Software Engineer at Traba, ex-Technical Lead at Microsoft
Connect on: LinkedIn
Riffle is a music production platform for the everyday creators.
HQ: India
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 1
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Dmitry Kalichkin - Co-Founder & CEO at Mostt
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Managing Director at Lamoda of Global Fashion Group, Stanford MBA, ex-Investor at FJ Labs
Connect on: LinkedIn
Mostt is a family-centric investment advisor, powered by AI.
HQ: United States
Industry: Financial Services | Team Size: 4
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Nagesh Gupta - Founder & CEO at llmda
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#106
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-VP, Systems and Solutions at Lattice Semiconductor, ex-VP of Engineering at Civil Maps, ex-Senior Director at Xilinx, ex-Founder & CEO at Auviz Systems (Acquired by Xilinx), ex-Group Director, Engineering at Cadence Design Systems, ex-President & CEO at Taray (Acquired by Cadence)
Connect on: LinkedIn
Llmda streamlines semiconductor and hardware design, enhancing efficiency and productivity by up to 100x.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Sofus Macskassy - Co-Founder & Chief Scientist at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Engineering, Data at LinkedIn, ex-VP Data Science at HackerRank, ex-Head of Data and Analytics at Branch Metrics, ex-Manager, Applied Machine Learning at Facebook
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Mohit Vora - Co-Founder & CTO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Engineering at Netflix (12-year tenure), ex-Software Engineer at Yahoo
Building a robust solution to detect and certify human-writing.
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Gladys Chiang - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Master of Translational Medicine at UC Berkeley & UCSF, Albert Schweitzer Fellow, Ex-Research Assistant at VA Hospital/PAVIR and Stanford
Building an AI-driven digital health platform to improve metabolic disease and weight loss outcomes by up to 30%.
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Srinivas Bandi - Co-Founder & CTO at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-SVP and GM at Harness, ex-Sr Director of Engineering at Nutanix, ex-Staff Engineer at VMware
Using AI to build the next-gen GTM platform.
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Alex Lipendin - Co-Founder at Stealth AI
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Engineering Manager, Ads at Google, ex-Engineering Manager at LinkedIn, ex-CTO at MediaBoost - Billy.com
Developing a platform for actionable knowledge discovery from call conversations.
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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