Stealth Startup Spy #213
Ex-Comcast SVP behind RDK (150M devices) builds an AI workflow manager, Former Google & Rivian ML engineer leverages AI for GTM strategies, and YC alum (acquired by AWS) launches stealth startup
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In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
Ex-Comcast SVP & RDK creator (150M devices) builds AI-powered workflow manager to accelerate software development
Ex-Google & Rivian ML engineer applies AI to transform go-to-market strategies
YC alum (Fig - YCS20), acquired by Amazon, builds new startup in stealth mode
Ex-Big Law partner and Harvard alum brings AI to legal risk management
Ex-Head of Crypto & AI Product Partnerships at Stripe embarks on stealth venture
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
Labeeb Ismail - Founder & CEO at Kavia AI
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex- Senior VP, Global Devices at Comcast Cable (18 year tenure), Ex-VP of Engineering at Liberate Technologies, Ex-VP of Engineering at Metabyte Networks, Inc. Created and open sourced RDK which is running on 150M devices globally and is the leading device stack in the operator ecosystem.
Kavia AI is revolutionizing software product development with an AI-powered Workflow Manager that accelerates every phase of the development lifecycle..
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: AI / B2B SaaS | Team Size: 20
Key Team Members: Richard Saffir (Ex-General Counsel at Odyseey Telecorp, Wurl, Tower Cloud, and Imagine Media, NYU Law)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 10 months
Traction Under Stealth: Currently raising $4M with commitments for $2-2.5M. Started early access to customers in December with 7 customers and around 35 users expanded in Jan with another 8 customers. Targeting an April 2025 public launch.
Anish Chopra - Founder & CEO at FunnelBoost
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Founder at Komodo AI, Ex-Machine Learning Engineer at Synthesis AI, Ex-Deep Learning Engineer at Rivian, Ex-Machine Learning Engineer at Embark Trucks, Ex-Machine Learning Engineer at Google
FunnelBoost finds your customers using AI GTM Agents.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: AI / B2B SaaS | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Traction Under Stealth: Currently raising a pre-seed with commitments for $250k. Came out of stealth in mid January and have received over 70 inboundrequests. Currently iterating closely with customers in a private beta, targeting a June 2025 public launch.
Jorge Mattamouros - Founder & CEO at Equall
FounderDNA: Top 10 University, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree
Prior Experience: Ex- Partner at White & Case LLP and King & Spalding LLP (International Lawyer for 15 years), Harvard Law
Equall is a vertical AI company transforming legal risk management for private markets. The company builds agentic systems that execute legal risks analysis across complex use cases, and produces final work at a fraction of the time and cost.
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: AI / Legal Tech | Team Size: 8
Key Team Members: Pierre Colombo: Notable AI researcher and a core contributor to BLOOM, based at Paris-Saclay. Malik Boudiaf: Stanford grad / GoogleBrain / CoactiveAI, Phd Montreal (computer vision). Michael Desa is a mathematician (Berkeley), and software developer with a decade of startup experience. Telmo Pires: Formerly with GoogleBrain, Apple ML.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 months
Traction Under Stealth: Started early access to customers in January. Has revenue with a strong pipeline.Currently raising to support continued product development and growth.
Umut Isik - Co-Founder & CEO at Incept AI
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Principal Applied Scientist, Sr. Manager at Amazon, ex-Research Scientist, Research Lead at Helm.ai
Connect on: LinkedIn
Incept helps restaurants take orders from guests over the phone and in the drive-thru.
HQ: New York, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 year 3 months
Jonathan Lei - Co-Founder at Q Concierge
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Engineer at Ripple, ex-Software Engineer at Livestack, ex-Technology Researcher at Intuit
Connect on: LinkedIn
Q Concierge is an AI-powered platform that transforms hospitality operations by handling all guest voice calls and texts while seamlessly automating tasks like bookings, service requests, and personalized recommendations.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 5
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 year 2 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Louis Amira - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Crypto & AI Product Partnerships at Stripe, ex-Director, Marketplace & Data Partners at Chainlink Labs, ex-Head of Product,Area 120 at Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Dheera Venkatraman - Founder at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Principal Applied Scientist at Amazon, ex-Robotics Software Engineer and Architect at Freedom Robotics, ex-Co-Founder and CTO at Robby Technologies, ex-Research Assistant at MIT
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Jack Zhou - Founder at Stealth Mode Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree, Top 10 University, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Algorithms and Machine Learning at Instacart, ex-Head of Data Science at Spin (Ford Motor Company), ex-Founder & CEO at Eyespage (Acquired), ex-Director of Data Science at AppLovin
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 year 7 months
Ting Chen - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Doctorate Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-ML Engineer at Pinterest, ex-ML Engineer at LinkedIn, ex-Director of Engineering at Tencent Health AI, ex-Data Science Manager at Uber
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Cupertino, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Brendan Falk - Founder & CEO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Global lead, GenAI, Private Equity at Amazon Web Services, Co-founder & CEO at Fig (YCS20, acquired by Amazon), ex-Business Development at Brex
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
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