Stealth Startup Spy #201
Former Google engineering director enters stealth, Harvard alum and ex-Instagram data scientist launch AI-driven revenue optimizer, & AR pioneer and Snap nanophotonics leader goes into stealth
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In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
Harvard alum and ex-Instagram data scientist launch AI-driven revenue optimizer for enterprise software
Former Google engineering director and Amazon principal researcher embarks on stealth venture
Ex-Chief Growth Officer at Granulate (Intel) launches software enabling companies to revolutionize data processing without code changes
Former Salesforce AI research leader enters stealth mode
Snapchat’s Director of Nanophotonics becomes co-founder and CTO of a deep tech startup in stealth mode
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
Juan Areces - Co-Founder & CTO at Hyper
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Software Engineer at Twilio, ex-Growth Product Manager at Dialpad, ex-Analyst at Lockheed Martin
Connect on: LinkedIn
Hyper is an AI financial analyst that gives finance teams real-time business intelligence.
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 10 months
Udi Tizan - Co-Founder at Flarion
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Growth Officer at Granulate (Intel), ex-Head of Sales, Israel at GlobalDots
Connect on: LinkedIn
Flarion accelerates the performance of distributed data engines like Spark, Ray, and Hadoop with up to 3× faster processing, 60% cost reduction, and seamless 5-minute setup.
HQ: Israel
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 3
Co-founder: Ran Reichman (ex-Senior Software Engineer at Roblox)
Key Investors: Hetz Ventures, Sierra Ventures, Essence VC
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
Jack Miller - Co-Founder & CEO at Nettle
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Principal Product Manager at QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey, ex-McKinsey
Connect on: LinkedIn
Nettle provides software designed to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of risk engineering teams.
HQ: London
Industry: Insurance | Team Size: 2
Co-Founder: Katya L. (ex-Senior Data Engineer at QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Alejandro Perez - Co-Founder & CEO at Yarn
FounderDNA: Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Data Science at Instagram, ex-Data Science at Lyft, Harvard alum
Connect on: LinkedIn
Yarn is an autonomous data analyst that drives revenue retention and growth at enterprise software companies.
HQ: United States
Industry: Data Infrastructure and Analytics | Team Size: 2
Co-founder: Paul Floussov (ex-Instagram, Amazon)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 year 10 months
Kaled Alhanafi - Co-founder & CEO at Basata
FounderDNA: Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Director & General Manager, Commercial Operations at Cruise, ex-Senior Director, Head of Operations at Lyft
Connect on: LinkedIn
Basata is an AI-powered platform that streamlines document management for healthcare practices.
HQ: United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 5
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Matthew Tumbleson - Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Director, Digital Marketing at Procter & Gamble, ex-Chief Marketing Officer at Rappi, ex-Senior Director of Marketing at Grubhub
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Karthik Halukurike - Founder at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Engineering Manager at Uber, ex-Engineering Lead at Twilio, ex-Sr Software Engineer at Brocade, ex-Cisco, ex-Qualcomm
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 year 4 months
Arseny Alexeev - Co-Founder, CTO at DeepTech Startup in Stealth Mode
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Nanophotonics R&D at Snap, ex-Director of Product Development, AR Waveguides at WaveOptics (acquired for >$500M by Snapchat)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United Kingdom
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 year 1 month
Jesse Vig - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Doctorate Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Lead Research Scientist at Salesforce AI Research, ex-Research Scientist at PARC
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Justin Levandoski - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Engineering at Google, ex-Principal Engineer at Amazon, ex-Principal Researcher at Microsoft
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Seattle, Washington, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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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 shine a light on the hidden world of stealth startups.