Stealth Startup Spy #166
Google DeepMind alum launches data curation platform, Former Intel exec unveils no-code AI startup, & Product leader with $8B in exits is developing a stealth digital healthcare company
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 tech executive from Intel, Movidius, and SanDisk unveils no-code enterprise AI startup
Ex-Google DeepMind engineer launches a post-training data curation platform
Former Chief Architect and VP at Moderna Therapeutics is building something new in stealth mode
Former product leader with 2 exits ($2B IPO and $6B M&A) is developing a stealth startup in the digital healthcare space
Y Combinator alum and former executive at Asana and Dropbox is now CEO 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
Farshid Sabet - CEO & Co-Founder at Corvic
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Business Officer at Katana Graph, ex-Managing Director of Edge AI at Intel, ex-Chief Business Officer at Movidius (acquired by Intel), ex-SVP and GM Mobile, PC and Gaming Business Unit at Aptina, ex-VP and GM Mobile Business Unit at SanDisk, ex-Development Engineering at AMD
Connect on: LinkedIn
Corvic AI transforms diverse data streams into high-quality embeddings to enhance decision-making and innovation without coding.
HQ: Mountain View, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 14
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 14 months
Mihir Patil - Co-Founder at Overstand Labs
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#142
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Product Architect | Privacy & Civil Liberties at Palantir Technologies, ex-Software Engineer at Google Research, ex-Applied Science Research Consultant at NASA
Connect on: LinkedIn
Overstand helps enterprise software teams maximize revenue by reading all customer communication channels (chat, email, call recordings, support tickets) to uncover opportunities for contract expansion.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Co-Founder: Senta Knuth (ex-Oliver Wyman, ex-Palantir)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Bryan Houlton - Founder at Voyage
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Software Engineer at Navattic, ex-Co-Founder and CEO at Manatee YCS22 (acquired by Navattic)
Connect on: LinkedIn
Voyage is a marketing stack built for startups.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Ashish Tripathy - Co-Founder & CTO at Pype
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Data Scientist at LinkedIn, ex-Data Scientist at SAP
Connect on: LinkedIn
Pype is like Mixpanel for generative AI applications - track, evaluate and improve Generative AI workflows 10x faster and cheaper.
HQ: India
Industry: Data Infrastructure and Analytics | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Mahesh Sathiamoorthy - Co-Founder at Bespoke Labs
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#127
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Staff Software Engineer at Google DeepMind, ex-Senior Software Engineer at Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
Bespoke Labs focuses on data curation for LLM post-training and Small Specialized Models.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Data Infrastructure and Analytics | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Roland Smith - Founder at Stealth Mode
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Architect, Vice President at Moderna Therapeutics, ex-Head of Tech Ops Innovation, Architecture and Analytics at Shire
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
John Zhao - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-VP Product & GM at Athelas (Merged with Commure at $6B valuation), Previously VP of Product - New Ventures at EverQuote, where he joined at Series B (100 employees, $100M revenue) and left post-IPO (500 employees, $400M revenue) with peak public-market valuation of $2B
Building the future of digital healthcare.
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Mihir Deo - CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Solutions Engineering at Clockwise, ex-Head of Enterprise Solutions Engineering at Asana, ex-Co-Founder, Product Lead, and Chief Revenue Officer at Elucify YCW16 (acquired by Circleback), ex-Enterprise Sales at Dropbox, ex-Product Marketing at Splunk
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Sandhya Jaideep - Founder at Stealth Mode
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Prior Exit, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-VP, Engineering at Tradeshift, ex-Sr Director of Engineering, AI/ML and Mobile at SugarCRM, ex-Co-founder and VP Engineering at Truvolo (acquired)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Jose, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Shawn McClelland - Founder at Stealth Startup
Prior Experience: Ex-Director User Experience Design at Autodesk (10-year tenure), ex-Senior Design Manager at Unity
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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