Stealth Startup Spy #191
Zoox exec, MIT PhD goes into stealth mode; Ex-Uber, Notion, Asana team launch a product data platform for retailers; & Ex-CTO at Santa Ana Bio ($125M raised) takes on immune drug discovery
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In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
Ex-Director of Perception at Zoox and MIT PhD goes into stealth mode
Former construction project engineer launches game-changing platform for smarter, faster onsite document processing.
Ex-Uber, Notion, Nextdoor, and Asana team unveil a product data platform to help retailers boost margins
Ex-Data Scientist at LinkedIn and Windfall Data launches an AI-native online school for homeschoolers
Co-Founder & ex-CTO at Santa Ana Bio ($125M raised) builds something new in data-driven immune drug discovery
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
Rachel Mannina - Founder & CEO at Remy
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Assistant Project Manager at Suffolk Construction, ex-Assistant Project Manager at Webcor, ex-Project Engineer at Devcon Construction
Connect on: LinkedIn
Remy is changing the game for General Contractors with smarter, faster onsite document processing.
HQ: New York, NY, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 4
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 Year 7 Months
Sebastian Pinto - Co-Founder & CEO at Marble
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Product Manager at Uber, ex-Investment Banking at Scotiabank
Connect on: LinkedIn
Marble’s high-precision product data helps retailers improve their margins by optimizing pricing, product ranking, and product display
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: RetailTech | Team Size: 3
Co-Founders: Grace L. (ex-Notion, Nextdoor, Boku) , Hazel Guo (ex-Notion, Asana, Microsoft, Google)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 14 Months
Tanooj Luthra - Co-Founder & CTO at Nerve
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Engineering for Startups + Banking at Brex, ex-Co-Founder & CTO at Elph (YCW19 - acquired by Brex), ex-Senior Crypto Engineer at Coinbase, ex-Staff Software Engineer at Box
Connect on: LinkedIn
Nerve is the AI knowledge worker that does your work for you - unlocking you to focus on your highest leverage tasks.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Co-Founder: Aziz Pabani (Ex-Product at Brex)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 10 Months
Bhuvana Kadapakkam - Co-Founder at Anchor
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Engineering Manager at Bolt, ex-Engineering Manager at WePay, ex-Senior Software Engineer at Cisco, ex-Technology Lead at Infosys
Connect on: LinkedIn
Anchor automates processes for sales finance and brings all sales spend into one pane of glass.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 Months
Michael Pauleen - Co-founder at Recess
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Data Scientist at LinkedIn, Windfall Data; MS from Northwestern
Connect on: LinkedIn
Recess is building an AI-native online school for homeschoolers.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Education | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 Year 5 Months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Ruijie He - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Perception at Zoox, ex-Co-founder & CEO at Strio AI (acquired by Zoox), ex-VP Engineering at Optimus Ride, ex-Google, MIT PhD
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Danny Wells - Co-Founder at Stealth
Building something new in data-driven immune drug discovery.
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Co-Founder & ex-CTO at Santa Ana Bio ($125M raised), Co-Founder & ex-SVP, Strategic Research at Immunai, ex-Principal Scientist (Director) at Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Armin Wasicek - Co-Founder at Stealth AI Startup
Creating a scalable solution that revolutionizes the defense against malicious AI generated cyber attacks.
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Research Manager, AI at Gen™, ex-Senior Research Manager, AI at Avast, ex-Senior Software Engineer at Sumo Logic
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Breno Araujo - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Founder and CEO at Boto.io (raised $3.8M), ex-Head of Revenue Intelligence at Ripple, ex-Jury Member at Cartier Women's Initiative
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Netherlands
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Amin Ghasemazar - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
Developing foundational AI for agile manufacturing.
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Product Manager, AI at Novarc Technologies, ex-Adjunct Professor at UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pear VC Fellow
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Menlo Park | Vancouver
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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