Stealth Startup Spy #179
C3 AI alums launch an AI platform for personal law, 23andMe alums create an operations design platform for clinical research teams, & Ex-TikTok engineer joins YC to launch a construction tech 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:
C3 AI alums launch an AI platform for personal law
Former General Manager at Forbes Advisor embarks on a new stealth venture
23andMe alumni launch an operations design platform for clinical research teams
Former TikTok software engineer joins Y Combinator to launch a construction tech startup
Ex-VP of Engineering at GitHub and former CTO/VPE at Catalyst and Totango becomes founder & 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
Hans Guntren- Co-Founder at deliberately.ai
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Vice President, Product Design at Demandbase, Vice President, Product Design at C3 AI, Board of Advisors at Celonis and CalmSea Inc, Director, Product Design at Vendavo
Co-Founder: Riley Siebel (Director of Developer Experience at Chalk, Sr. Director of Product Management & Software Architect at C3 AI - 10 yrs 8 mos tenure, Princeton - Computer Science)
Deliberately.ai is an AI platform for personal law that helps attorneys engage with clients more effectively. Follow on: LinkedIn
HQ: Menlo Park, California, United States
Industry: Software, Legal Tech | Team Size: 4
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Traction Under Stealth: Exited stealth yesterday with live platform and pilot customers including one of the largest firms in the United States. Planning to raise in Q4 2024.
Conor Brennan-Burke - Founder & CEO at Hyperspell
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#128
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Product Manager at Pave, Ex-Senior Product Manager at Checkr, Ex-Product at BCG Digital Ventures, Ex-Senior Associate at BCG, On Deck Fellow
Hyperspell lets developers build data-powered AI apps in minutes, not months. It handles the entire RAG pipeline—ingestion, chunking, embedding, indexing, and retrieval—so developers can access structured user data via a single API call.
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Industry: Software, Dev Tools | Team Size: 2
Co-Founder: Manu Ebert (Ex-Tech Lead at Airbnb, Ex-Founder at Summer AI - acquired by Airbnb, Ex-Founder, CTO at HeartRithm, Ex-Founder at The Most Dangerous Writing App - acquired by Squibler, Ex-Engineering Manager at Hey Inc. - acquired by Postmates, On Deck Fellow)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Traction Under Stealth: Exited stealth yesterday with pilot customers. $250k in pipeline revenue, planning to raise in Q4 2024.
Andre Bain - Founder at Mani
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Vice President Marketing at Siprocal, ex-Vice President, Marketing at DigitalReef, Co-Founder and CEO of Flowsense (Acquired by DigitalReef)
Connect on: LinkedIn
Mani aims to solve the problem of retirement income in emerging markets, eliminating financial stress in retirement.
HQ: Sau Paulo, Brazil
Industry: Financial Services
Co-Founder: Bernardo Faria (Ex-Chief Strategy Officer at DigitalReef, ex-Board Member at Flowsense, Co-Founder at Foxbit, $21M raised)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Akhil Gupta - Co-Founder at Fresco
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Engineer at Lumen Energy, ex-Software Engineer at TikTok, ex-Software Engineer at Ribbit Network, ex-Software Engineer at Optoro
Connect on: LinkedIn
Fresco (YCF24) generates detailed, custom and shareable site walk notes in minutes, not hours—with just your phone.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Construction | Team Size: 2
Co-Founder: Arvind Veluvali (Ex-Chief of Staff and Director of Partnerships at January AI, ex-NASA)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Cody Sam - Co-Founder & CEO at Polytrial
FounderDNA: Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Product Management at Marley Medical, ex-Head of Product at Curebase, ex-Technical Product Manager at Invitae, ex-Technical Program Manager at Verily Life Sciences, ex-Associate Product Manager at 23andMe
Connect on: LinkedIn
Polytrial helps research teams create, align on, and launch better, more achievable operations plans for clinical trials.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 3
Co-Founders: George Michopoulos (ex-Engineering Manager at 23andMe) , Tod Loebel (ex-Designer at Clover Health and Curebase)
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
Brian Blanchette - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-VP Product, AI Quality Platform at Covera Health, ex-Chief Operating Officer, Head of Product at CoRead, ex-Director of Product and Operations at Velo, ex-Lead Product Manager at Outside, ex-Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
David Franklin - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-General Manager at Forbes Advisor, ex-CEO/Co-Founder at Expertise.com (acquired by Forbes Advisor), ex-Co-Founder & Managing Director at Houston Health Ventures, ex-Co-Founder at Joycare Pediatric Day Health Center
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Sha Ma - CEO & Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-CTO of Catalyst + Totango (post merger), ex-VP of Engineering at GitHub, ex-VP Software Engineering at SendGrid
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Anthony Humay - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup (YC F24)
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Software Engineer at Meta, ex-Senior Software Engineer at Apple, ex-Software Engineer at Snap, ex-NASA
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York, NY, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Uma Natarajan - Co-Founder at Stealth Mode
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Global VP - GTM Solution Engineering & Partners | Operations & Enablement at UiPath, ex-Sr. Director of Software Engineering at Monster
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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