Stealth Startup Spy #190
Netflix’s ex-ML Platform Director co-founds stealth venture, Unit 8200 veterans’ AI startup exits stealth with $21M in funding, & Roblox’s former Trust & Safety VP builds in stealth
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In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
Former VP of Trust and Safety at Roblox is building in stealth mode
AI infrastructure startup founded by Unit 8200 veterans exits stealth with $21M in seed funding
Former XPENG executive steps into stealth mode
Ex-Director of ML Platform at Netflix co-founds a stealth startup
Healthtech startup developing evidence-based treatments for mold-related illnesses comes out of stealth
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
Alex Zilberman - Co-Founder & CEO at Chamelio
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-VP Growth & Partnerships at Pagaya Investments, ex-Co-founder, COO at AnyVision, ex-PwC, ex-EY
Connect on: LinkedIn
Chamelio is the modern and intuitive way to negotiate, collaborate, monitor, and streamline your legal workflows for high impact outcomes.
HQ: New York, NY, United States
Industry: LegalTech | Team Size: 5
Co-founder: Gal Lellouche (Ex-Senior Director of AI/ML at Sage)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 16 months
Tyler Rice - Co-Founder at LilyLink
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#125
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Principal Scientist at Medtronic, Cofounder and ex-CTO at Laser Associated Sciences (acquired by Medtronic), ex-Research Scientist at Modulated Imaging
Connect on: LinkedIn
LilyLink is a digital health company focused on providing state-of-the-art diabetes management solutions to maternity care providers.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: HealthTech | Team Size: 7
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 13 months
Moshe Shalev - Co-Founder & CPO at Decart
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Co-Founder at StartAch, ex-Project Manager at Israeli Military Intelligence - Unit 8200
Connect on: LinkedIn
Decart: The First Real-Time Generative AI Open World Model
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: AI Infrastructure | Team Size: 19
Latest Funding: $21M Seed Round on 10/31/2024
Key Investors: Sequoia Capital, Zeev Ventures
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 16 months
Ariana Thacker - Founder at MoldCo
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Advisor at 10X Capital, ex-Founding Partner at Conscience VC, ex-Managing Partner at Predictive VC, ex-Corporate Partnership Lead, Investor at Rhapsody Venture Partners
Connect on: LinkedIn
MoldCo: Evidence-based treatments for mold-related illness.
HQ: Cambridge, MA, United States
Industry: HealthTech | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 year 11 months
Dhruv Pai - Co-founder & Chief Science Officer at Tilde
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: AI/ML Researcher at Stanford University School of Engineering, ex-Foundation Model Scientist at Orby AI, ex-NLP Research Engineer at Automorphic
Connect on: LinkedIn
Tilde is building interpreter models to optimize AI deployments.
HQ: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industry: AI Infrastructure | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Tao Wang - Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Strategic Initiatives at XPENG, ex-Co-founder, Director of Research and Engineering at drive.ai, ex-Research Assistant at Stanford University
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
Jonathan Mortensen - Chief Executive Officer at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Staff Engineer at Databricks, ex-Founder & CTO at bit.io (acquired by Databricks), ex-Head of Data Science & Data Engineering at BlueVoyant, Founder & CTO at Gyroscope Software (acquired by BlueVoyant)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Faisal Siddiqi - Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Director, Machine Learning Platform at Netflix, ex-Director of Engineering at Conviva, ex-Engineering Manager at Avaya, Stanford alum
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Sadia Sharmin - Founder, Chief Product Officer at Stealth
Building Next Gen AI and Multi-cloud Platform
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Partner, Cloud Advisory Practice Lead at IBM, ex-Executive Director at JPMorgan Chase & Co., ex-Director, Product at American Express, ex-Director, Product Consultant at Salesforce
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Jeff Maher - Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Vice President - Trust and Safety at Roblox, ex-Director Of Analytics at Kabam
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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