Stealth Startup Spy #177
Reddit's Head of Security Engineering launches an AI security startup, Ex-CIA officer debuts cybersecurity company, & Manufacturing tech startup focused on automating hardware development goes live
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 Head of Security Engineering at Reddit and former Head of Product Management at Meta launch an AI security startup
Techstars’ former Director of Investor Relations now co-founds a stealth venture
A manufacturing technology startup, led by a CEO with previous roles at ICON and Airbnb, emerges from stealth to automate the engineering design process
An former Legal Counsel and Engineer from Klarna builds an AI-powered platform for regulatory and legal compliance
A former CIA Intelligence Officer and Palantir alum launches a cybersecurity company
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
Ke Huang - Co-Founder at Abundant
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Engineer at Brex, ex-Software Engineer at YouTube, ex-Software Engineer at Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
Abundant (YCF24) is building testing and evaluation tools for AI applications in safety-critical industries.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Daniel Pereira - Co-Founder & CEO at FleetGlue
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Co-founder/CEO at Blank Lab (Techstars 24'), ex-Associate Strategy & Growth Manager at BetterUp, ex-Energy Research Intern at Institute for Energy Research
Connect on: LinkedIn
FleetGlue is a hardware agnostic fleet manager that gives any mobile robot instant interoperability.
HQ: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industry: Robotics Engineering | Team Size: 3
Co-Founders: Sahil Patel (Ex-Epic) , Allan Gibson (Ex-Stanley Black & Decker & The Estee Lauder Companies)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Lakshmi Kethana - Co-Founder & CTO at AI Sentry
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#75
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Security Engineering at Reddit, ex-Security Leader at Airbnb, ex-Head of Security Engineering at Databricks
Connect on: LinkedIn
AI Sentry is a stealth-mode startup operating at the intersection of security and AI/ML.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Co-Founder: Sachin Agarwal (Ex-Head of Product Management, Infrastructure, AI and Data at Meta, featured in SSS#120)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 19 months
David Dubick - Co-Founder & CEO at Delphos Labs
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-CIA Intelligence Officer, Ex-Product Manager at Palantir and Lookout, VC at Lightspeed and Outpost Ventures
Connect on: LinkedIn
Delphos Labs is using AI to detect and fix vulnerabilities in critical software before they can be exploited.
HQ: United States
Industry: Computer and Network Security | Team Size: 9
Co-Founder: Caleb Fenton (Ex-VP of Innovation at SentinelOne, featured in SSS#160)
Key Investors: Decibel Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Sequoia, Data Collective, SentinelOne Ventures, Outpost Ventures
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Chris Barton - Co-Founder & CEO at Drafter
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Creative Mechanical Design Engineer at ICON, ex-Sr. Mechanical Engineer, Supply Chain at Airbnb
Connect on: LinkedIn
Drafter is changing the way engineers bring designs to manufacturing by automating the process and creating the highest-quality manufacturing specs.
HQ: United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 10
Co-Founder: Peter Atkin (Ex-Deloitte)
Key Investors: Omni Ventures
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 14 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Ronan Roche - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Director, Investor Relations & Portfolio Growth at Techstars, ex-Business Development & Strategic Partnerships Manager at WilmerHale; ex-Manager, Industry Accelerator Programs at RocketSpace
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Michael Levitz - Co-Founder at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Vice President, Business Development and Account Management at IV.AI, ex-Product Lead at Chord, ex-Chief Business Officer, North America at Reaktor, ex-Managing Director at R/GA
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Matt Saucedo - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Product Management and Product Marketing at Prism AI, ex-Head of Core Product Adoption at Meta, Stanford MBA, UCLA alum
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Los Angeles, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Bindi Pankhudi - Founder at Something New
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Engineering Lead, Gen AI Initiatives at Airbyte, ex-Co-Founder & CTO at Rewind.live ($2M raised), ex-Group Engineering Manager at Dropbox, ex-Senior Engineering Manager at Yelp, ex-Software Design Engineer at Microsoft
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United State
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Pierre F. - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
Building the future of AI-powered regulatory and legal compliance, eliminating manual work, reducing legal spend and increasing customer trust.
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Managing Legal Counsel & Engineer at Klarna, ex-Legal Counsel, Privacy at Philips, ex-Legal Data Analyst at Simmons & Simmons
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Paris, France
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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