Stealth Startup Spy #196
Sono Motors, Moovel, and TIER Mobility founders launch new mobility venture, Databricks/Snowflake alum unveils next-gen Python platform, & Ex-Walmart eCommerce director builds AI for consumer privacy
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In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
Former product exec at Ethos and Uber is building a stealth startup targeting the US insurance industry
Serial founders behind Sono Motors NASDAQ ($SEV), Moovel, and TIER Mobility ($227M raised) unite to launch new mobility venture
Former product leader at Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, and Google unveils a next-generation production platform for Python
Ex-Director of Product at Walmart eCommerce is developing an AI Agent focused on consumer privacy
Former Chief Product Officer at AppDynamics (Cisco) launches a stealth venture within the Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry
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
Yaniv Shani - Founder & CEO at Apigene
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-VP of Engineering at Deepchecks, ex-VP R&D at Lightrun, ex-Senior R&D Director at JFrog, ex-R&D Director at NICE Systems, ex-Senior R&D Director at Oracle, ex-R&D Director at Sun Microsystems
Connect on: LinkedIn
Apigene enhances ChatGPT to become your AI-native command center, giving you complete control of your SaaS tools.
HQ: Tel Aviv District, Israel
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 months
Aerin Kim - Co-Founder at Miraflow
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Engineering Manager at Scale AI, ex-Senior Research Software Engineer at Microsoft, ex-Data Science Manager at Boxfish, ex-Manager at Standard Chartered Bank
Connect on: LinkedIn
Miraflow effortlessly creates thousands of studio-quality lip-sync and voiceover videos.
HQ: United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Media
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 months
Julian Blessin - Founder at AllRide
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Co-Founder at Tier Mobility ($227M raised), ex-Speedinvest, ex-BCG Digital Ventures
Connect on: LinkedIn
AllRide is building a platform that seamlessly integrates various modes of transportation, from public transit to shared rides and personal vehicles.
HQ: Germany
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 5
Co-Founder: Laurin Hahn (Ex-CEO & Co-Founder at Sono Motors NASDAQ ($SEV)) , John David von Oertzen (Ex-CEO at Mobimeo, ex-CEO at moovel Group)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 months
Serhii Sokolenko - Co-Founder & CEO at Tower
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Startup Mentor at Techstars Berlin, ex-Sr. Staff Product Manager at Databricks, ex-Sr. Manager, Product Management at Snowflake, ex-Head of Product, Streaming Analytics at Google, ex-Principal Product Manager at Amazon Web Services
Connect on: LinkedIn
Tower is building a compute platform that is designed to securely run modern Python data apps in production.
HQ: Berlin, Germany
Industry: Information Services | Team Size: 3
Co-Founder: Brad Heller (Ex-Mentor at Techstars Berlin, ex-Senior Engineering Manager at Snowflake)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Selina Harmsworth - Founder at Edenity
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Strategy Officer at MVP Match, ex-VP Corporate Development at Glispa, ex-Group Talent Acquisition at Market Tech UK
Connect on: LinkedIn
Edenity is helping product & tech companies and portfolios harness the best global knowledge & experience in the tech space.
HQ: London, England
Industry: Staffing and Recruiting
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
Vipul Shah - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth
Leveraging generative AI to drive efficiencies in the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) industry.
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Vice President of Products at Krutrim, ex-Chief Product Officer / VP of Product Management at AppDynamics, ex-Senior Director of Product Management at VMware, ex-Sr. Director, Product Management at Edifecs, ex-Microsoft
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Cupertino, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Sachin Kulkarni - Founder at Stealth AI Startup
Building AI-agents for the US insurance industry.
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Products at Ethos, ex-Global Product Management Lead at Uber, ex-Head of Products at Vizury
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Mike Ebener - Co-Founder at Stealth
Preparing to release an AI agent that empowers consumers to take control of their data and privacy.
FounderDNA: Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Product, AI Venture at Store No. 8, ex-Director of Product Management, Local Delivery at Walmart eCommerce
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 11 months
Ajay Yadav - Co-Founder at Stealth
Building (service-as-software) in FinOps using AI Agents
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Founder at Roomi (raised over $20M in capital), ex-Co-Founder at Simplified (raised over $14M from Khosla Ventures and Craft)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Los Angeles, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Joji John - CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-VP, ML & Data Engineering at Rakuten, ex-Manager, Data & Analytics Platform at Ebates
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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