Stealth Startup Spy #226
Google DeepMind & Boston Dynamics alumni launch AI robotics company, Launch House co-founder unveils AI-powered CRM, & Ex-Twitch/Amazon applied scientist builds YC-backed intelligent robotics startup
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In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
Ex-Google DeepMind scientist & Boston Dynamics roboticist launch AI robotics company to make general-purpose robots a reality
Ex-Cruise AI director & Amazon Halo exec builds stealth fintech venture
Caltech PhD and former Google X AI lead builds spatial reasoning AI to power low-cost autonomous robots
Launch House co-founder unveils AI-powered CRM that eliminates busywork
Former Applied Scientist at Twitch and Amazon builds Y Combinator-backed intelligent robotics startup
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
Brett Goldstein - Founder & CEO at Micro
🚀 Launch announcement - LinkedIn | Twitter
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Top 10 University, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Co-founder & CEO at Launch House (A16z backed), Ex-Senior PM at Clearbit, Ex-PM at Google, Ex- Senior Analyst at Accenture Ventures
Micro is a CRM that doesn't feel like homework. An email client that knows what matters. Organized, so you don't have to be.
HQ: New York, New York,, United States
Industry: Software | Team Size: 4
Key Team Members: Naveen Snavaneeth (Ex-Cofounder and CTO at Pawjourr, Blue Bucket, and Safe Space) and Sebastian Crossa (Ex-Software Engineer at Launch House, Ex-Co Founder at Kisana, Ex-Software Engineer at Atrato (YC W21))
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 23 months
Tony Zhang - Founder & CEO at Tera AI
FounderDNA: Doctorate Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-AI Lead at Google X, ex-Operations / Product at Lumity, ex-Researcher at World Health Organization, Caltech PhD in Neural Computation
Connect on: LinkedIn
Tera AI is building a spatial reasoning AI system to provide affordable visual navigation for autonomous robots.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Research Services | Team Size: 5
Latest Funding: $7.8M Seed Round on 3/19/2025
Key Investors: Felicis, Inovia, Caltech + Wilson Hill, Naval Ravikant
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 year 10 months
Nader Karayanni - Co-Founder & CEO at NewCase
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Co-Founder & CTO at surplex, ex-Software Engineer at Microsoft, ex-Head Teaching Assistant at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Connect on: LinkedIn
NewCase is an AI platform for insurance litigation teams.
HQ: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 11 months
Andy Zeng - Co-Founder at Generalist
FounderDNA: Former FAANG, Top 10 University, Doctorate Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Staff Research Scientist, Tech Lead at Google DeepMind, Princeton and UC Berkeley alum
Connect on: LinkedIn
Generalist AI is an AI robotics company with the mission to make general-purpose robots a reality.
HQ: San Mateo, California, United States
Industry: Robotics Engineering | Team Size: 14
Co-founder: Andrew Barry (Ex-Machine Learning Scientist at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, ex-Senior Roboticist at Boston Dynamics)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 year 1 month
Martin Patz - Co-Founder & CTO at Differential Bio
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-AI Engineer & Founding Member at Recogni, ex-AI Researcher at NavVis, ex-Robotics Researcher at KUKA Systems GmbH
Connect on: LinkedIn
Differential Bio is using AI to analyze small-scale experiments and improve the way microbes grow and produce useful materials in industrial fermentation.
HQ: Germany
Industry: Biotechnology Research | Team Size: 4
Latest Funding: $2.1M Pre-Seed Round on 12/1/2024
Key Investors: CDTM Venture Fund, Ananda Impact Ventures, Carbon13, Climate Capital, ReGen Ventures
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 year 4 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Alon Konchitsky - Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-VP AI Lab at DDN, ex-AI Architect at Frontegg, ex-GM, Head of AI Engineering at Imagry, ex-Sr. Director AI Data Science at Solidigm, ex-Director of AI Products, Computer Vision at Intel
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Lukas Wagner - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Financial Officer at Pipe, ex-Director of Finance at Fair.com
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States - Germany
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Trey Doig - Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Co-founder & CTO at Echo AI (acquired by Calabrio), ex-Engineering Manager at Yelp, ex-Software Engineer at Creative Commons, ex-Software Engineer at IBM
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Ambrish Tyagi - Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
Building in AI + Fintech.
FounderDNA: Doctorate Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of AI, Perception at Cruise, ex-Head of AI - Halo at Amazon Lab126, ex-Computer Vision Scientist at Omron Corporation
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Harish Palani - Co-Founder at Stealth
Developing intelligent robotics. Backed by Y Combinator
FounderDNA: Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Applied Scientist at Twitch, ex-Applied Scientist at Amazon, ex-Deep Learning Research at U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), ex-Computer Vision Researcher at Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
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