Stealth Startup Spy #18
Ex-Stripe PM debuts startup to outsource the physical card creation process, Ex-Shipt/Amazon Engineer debuts game-changing recruitment platform, & Stanford/ex-Meta alum is building in stealth
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:
Ex-Shipt/Amazon Engineer debuts game-changing recruitment platform
Former Google Engineer goes incognito for next big project
Stanford/ex-Meta alum takes on the AI industry in stealth mode
Y Combinator-backed AI-powered financial news platform enters private beta (Cornell/ex-Google founder)
Former Stripe Product Manager debuts startup to outsource the physical card creation process
Stealth startup aims to boost SMB e-commerce growth with AI (Airtable/Payactiv/Meta founders)
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
Brandon Morgado - Tech Founder at Werkx
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Engineering at Shipt, ex-Solutions Builder at Amazon
Connect on: LinkedIn | Twitter
Werkx is a jobs marketplace that is changing the dynamics of hiring by connecting verified candidates with immediate job opportunities through the push of a button.
HQ: Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
James Murfin - CEO & Founder at JuiceServe
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Former FAANG, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Google Sales Lead, Ex-Global Account Director at Salesforce, Ex-Microsoft, Imperial College London MBA
Connect on: LinkedIn
JuiceServe provides a reliable, efficient payment and charging system using cutting-edge AI and computer vision
HQ: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Joshua Ying - Co-Founder at Semantic Finance
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Google Engineer, Ex-Software Engineer at Squarespace
Connect on: LinkedIn
Semantic Finance , realtime AI-powered financial news data filtered for market impact.
HQ: San Jose, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Khurram Aslam - Founder at Laminate
Prior Experience: Former Product Manager at Stripe, Ex-Engineer at Goldman Sachs and Barclays Investment Bank
Connect on: LinkedIn | Twitter
Laminate is API for physical credit card manufacturing
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Josh Xie - Co-Founder & CTO at Pump
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Technical Lead at Instabase, Ex-Technical Lead at Amazon, Ex-Software Engineer at Bloomberg LP
Connect on: LinkedIn
Pump brings you group buying discounts and utilizes AI to arbitrage cloud expenses 24/7.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Financial Services | Team Size: 5
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
Tina Gogna - Founder & CEO at Stealth Mode
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Engineer at Google, ex-Software Developer at Morgan Stanley, ex-Software Engineer Lead - Big Data Analytics at Capgemini
Connect on: LinkedIn | Twitter
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Most likely building in healthtech.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Rose Bungener - Co-founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Global Vice President of Strategy & Operations at FitXR, ex-Head of Product Management, EU Sports Clothing at Amazon
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Amit Patel - Co-founder & CEO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Product at Tempo, ex-Product Management Lead at Facebook, ex-Product Leader at Google, Former Citrix, Symantec
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Most likely building in AI.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Pierce Kelaita - Co-Founder at Revamp AI
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Co-founder at GAI Collective, Ex-Software Engineer at Meta, Ex-JP Morgan Chase
Connect on: LinkedIn
Revamp is fueling SMB e-commerce growth with AI.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Jake Engel - Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Product Technical Program Manager at Meta, ex-DevOps Project Manager at Amazon, ex-Samsung, ex-Cisco
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Atherton, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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