Stealth Startup Spy #172
AI call automation platform joins YC Fall 2024, Ex-Brex, Google engineer embarks on stealth venture, & Former Yahoo product director unveils semi-stealth AI agents startup
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:
An AI call automation platform joins Y Combinator’s Fall 2024 cohort
A company building intuitive software for port terminals emerges from stealth with $3.15M in funding
Former Director of Product Management at Yahoo unveils semi-stealth startup in the field of AI agents.
Ex-Brex, Google engineering manager is building in stealth mode
Former Chief Analytics Officer at Gap is now CEO and co-founder 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
Lesley Solomon - Co-Founder & CEO at Veda Clinical Trials
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Board Member at Iron Health, Beanstalk Benefits, Anomaly, Food Allergy Science Initiative, ex-.406 Ventures Healthcare Executive Council Member, ex-Venture Chair at Redesign Health, ex-SVP & Chief Innovation Officer at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Connect on: LinkedIn
Veda Trials empowers healthcare organizations to successfully implement clinical trials in the community.
HQ: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Industry: Biotechnology Research
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Seb Hapte-Selassie - Co-Founder at Telli (YC F24)
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Product Manager at Pitch, ex-Product Manager at Circ, ex-Software Engineer at BCG Digital Ventures, ex-Business Development & Operations at N26, ex-Software Engineer at Kairion GmbH, Stanford alum
Connect on: LinkedIn
Telli is building an AI call automation platform for operations-heavy businesses. (Raised a total of $3.5M from Y Combinator and a top tier berlin VC)
HQ: Berlin, Germany
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 3
Co-Founders: Philipp B. and Finn zur Mühlen (scaled Enpal’s heat-pump unit from 0 - 150 employees)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Deepak Balakrishna - Co-Founder & CPO at ComplianceBot
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Prior Exit, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Product at Squadcast, ex-CTO - SaaS Security at Qualys, ex-Co-Founder and CEO at Adya (acquired by Qualys), ex-Senior Director of Product Management at Druva
Connect on: LinkedIn
ComplianeBot provides an AI co-pilot to simplify and automate your compliance processes and security reviews.
HQ: Foster City, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Itamar Weisbrod - Co-Founder & CEO at Aigency
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Product Management at Yahoo, ex-Product Mentor, Campus at Google, ex-VP Product, Co-Founder, CEO at Deeplink (acquired by Yahoo!)
Connect on: LinkedIn
Aigency is a semi-stealth startup building something unique in the field of AI agents.
HQ: Tel Aviv District, Israel
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 3
Co-Founder: Jeff Bonforte (ex-CEO at Grindr)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Paul Albert-Lebrun - Co-Founder & CEO at Nodal Networks
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Product at Kepler Communications, ex-Test Engineer - Space Flight Laboratory at University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, ex-Researcher - Control Systems at McGill University
Connect on: LinkedIn
Nodal Networks is building intuitive software for port terminals, designed by operators, for operators.
HQ: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Industry: Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
Latest Funding: $3.1M Seed Round on 06/2024
Key Investors: Riot Ventures, TMV, Nido Ventures, ASC Venture Capital, Liquid 2, Foreword Ventures, Boon Fund
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Nemo Jin - Co-Founder & Head of Hardware Engineering & Operations at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Vehicle Engineering at Revoy, ex-Founding Engineer at Sixwheel (YC W22), ex-Senior Mechanical Design Engineer at Tesla, ex-Mechanical Design Engineer at Boxbot
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Berkeley, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Prachi Kumar - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Vice President of Engineering at Sibel Health, ex-Vice President of Technology, Architecture & Strategy at Asurion, ex-CTO, Robotics at SharkNinja, ex-Senior Vice President, R&D at Newell Brands, ex-Chief Architect at Nokia
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 21 months
David Zhu - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Engineering Manager at Brex, ex-Software Engineer at Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Steve Thompson - Founder & CEO at Stealth
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Product Officer at CareRev ($50M raised), ex-VP, Enterprise Portfolio Product Management at Salesforce, ex-VP - Product Development at Tableau Software, ex-VP - Analytics & Data Platform Product Management at Accolade, ex-VP Product Management & Strategy at SAP Concur, ex-Microsoft
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Seattle, Washington, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Yoni Benshaul - CEO & Co-Founder at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Analytics Officer at Gap, ex-CEO of CB4 (Backed by Sequoia Capital, acquired by Gap), ex-VP Sales and Strategy, EMEA & APAC at Panorama Software
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 13 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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