Stealth Startup Spy #182
Intel’s former Chief of Staff builds AI for clean energy, Stanford PhDs launch insurtech transforming insurance risk, & Launch House founder debuts self-organizing CRM and email client
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:
Launch House founder debuts a CRM and email client that organizes itself
Former Chief of Staff at Intel develops AI for clean energy and environmental sustainability
Ex-Stripe/Ex-Wise engineer embarks on a new stealth venture
Former tech executive from Google, Walmart, and Yahoo! is building a stealth AI startup
Stanford PhDs and alumni from Citadel and D.E. Shaw launch an insurtech startup to transform insurance risk into an asset class
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
Brett Goldstein - Founder & CEO at Micro
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Top 10 University, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Co-founder & CEO at Launch House (A16z backed), Ex-Senior PM at Clearbit, Ex-PM at Google, Ex- Senior Analyst at Accenture Ventures
Micro is a CRM that doesn't feel like homework. An email client that knows what matters. Organized, so you don't have to be.
HQ: New York, New York,, United States
Industry: Software | Team Size: 4
Key Team Members: Naveen Snavaneeth (Ex-Cofounder and CTO at Pawjourr, Blue Bucket, and Safe Space) and Sebastian Crossa (Ex-Software Engineer at Launch House, Ex-Co Founder at Kisana, Ex-Software Engineer at Atrato (YC W21))
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 18 months
Traction Under Stealth: Onboarding initial users. Raised from A16z and others.
Anirudha Balasubramanian - Founder & CEO at Unwind Finance
FounderDNA: Doctorate Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Trader at D.E Shaw, Stanford PhD, Mathematics at Harvard
Unwind Finance uses AI to quantify casualty risk, facilitate its transfer, and unlock a trillion dollar asset class.
HQ: New York, New York,, United States
Industry: Software, InsurTech | Team Size: 7
Co-Founder: Armin Pourshafeie (Ex-Quantitative Researcher at Citadel, Stanford PhD Physics, Mathematics & Physics at Harvard)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 18 months
Traction Under Stealth: Has 4 customers locked into 6 figure contracts, raised pre-seed led by Lightspeed, planning to raise seed Q4 2025.
Justin Sun - Co-Founder at Scrapybara
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-AI Product Engineer at MultiOn, ex-Full Stack Engineer at Penn Labs, ex-Vehicle Dynamics Engineer at Penn Electric Racing
Connect on: LinkedIn
Scrapybara automates lead research, personalized outreach, and meeting prep so sales teams can close more leads faster.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Co-Founder: Nalin Semwal (Ex-AI researcher at MultiOn and Georgia Tech)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
James Qian - Co-Founder & CTO at MeteoAI
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Undergraduate Researcher at USC Viterbi School of Engineering, ex-Autonomous Driving Research Intern at Li Auto, CS at Stanford
Connect on: LinkedIn
MeteoAI bridges the gap between meteorology data and actionable meteorology intelligence.
HQ: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 15
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Edoardo Arbizzi - Co-Founder at Compri
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Consultant at Bain & Company, ex-Strategy & Marketing Specialist at Ferrari
Connect on: LinkedIn
Compri acts as a procurement assistant that transforms data from ERPs, emails, and external sources into actionable insights in less than 30 days.
HQ: Italy
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 6
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
Udaya Shanti Pisipati - Co-Founder at Stealth AI Startup
Building AI for clean energy and environmental sustainability
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief of Staff at Intel Corporation (14-year journey from intern to leadership)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Greg Brener - Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Lead Engineer at Wise, ex-Senior Software Engineer at Stripe, ex-ML Engineer at Intel, ex-Software Engineer at Arm, ex-Design Engineer at AMD
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Paritosh Malaviya - Co-Founder at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Director Of Engineering at Google, ex-VP Engineering - Growth, Next Gen Retail & E-Commerce at Walmart Labs, ex-Senior Director & Head of Product Management and Engineering, Emerging Markets at Yahoo
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Tahleel Prodhan - Founder at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Staff Data Analyst (Lead) at Circle, ex-Business Intelligence Manager at Figure, ex-Quant Analytics Manager at JPMorgan Chase, ex-Goldman Sachs
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
John Turner - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Product Management, Marketplace at A Place for Mom, ex-Director of Product Management, eCommerce at JLL Marketplace, ex-Lead Product Manager - LoopNet.com at CoStar Group
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 17 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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