Stealth Startup Spy #230
Pilot.com alum is building finance infra for AI, Former Google engineer is tackling privacy-preserving cryptography, & Ex-Scale AI director is developing revenue tools for frontline teams
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In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
Former Growth lead at Pilot.com launches the data backbone for Finance & Accounting AI
Ex-Google software engineer is developing privacy-preserving cryptographic infrastructure for AI
Former Palo Alto Networks & Netflix engineer is building in stealth
Stanford alum and former Director of Engineering at Scale AI builds tools to drive revenue in frontline industries
13-year Google engineering leader starts new 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
Thayallan Srinathan - Founder & CEO at Caledon
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Growth at Pilot.com
Caledon is the data layer for Accounting and Finance AI. They provide high quality datasets and tooling to AI Labs, FinServs and FinTechs.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Artificial Intelligence | Team Size: 2
Key Team Members: Hussain Punjani (Ex-Software Engineer at Instacart)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Traction Under Stealth: Launched this month and fundraising. Finalizing legal to close a leading AI lab as a customer.
Colby Adcock - Co-Founder & CEO at Scout AI
Prior Experience: Board Member at Figure, Cover, CARET, ex-Vice President at GCP Capital Partners, ex-Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Connect on: LinkedIn
Scout AI is a venture-backed defense technology company building the AI brain for defense robotics
HQ: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Industry: Defense and Space Manufacturing | Team Size: 11
Co-Founders: Collin Otis (Ex-Director of Autonomy & Principal Engineer at Kodiak Robotics, ex-Chief of Staff, Head of Data Science at Uber) featured in SSS#171
Latest Funding: $15M seed round
Key Investors: Align Ventures, Booz Allen Hamilton
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
Melisa Tokmak - Founder at Netic
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-GM, Document AI - Director of Engineering at Scale AI, ex-Product Manager at Facebook, ex-Product Manager at Instagram, Stanford alum
Connect on: LinkedIn
Netic is building the AI revenue engine for essential service industries that keep America running.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 years
Rotem Tsabary - Founder & CEO at LatticaAI
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Engineer at Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
Lattica provides a cryptography solution for privacy-preserving interaction with AI services.
HQ: Tel Aviv, Israel
Industry: Data Security Software Products | Team Size: 11
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 years
Daniel Buchmueller - Co-Founder & CTO at Gallatin AI
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-SVP of Engineering at Vast, ex-SVP of Engineering at Vay Technology, ex-Chief Engineer at The Boring Company, ex-VP, Head of Drone Cargo at Airbus, ex-Co-Founder Prime Air at Amazon
Connect on: LinkedIn
Gallatin is building a logistics platform based on the needs and constraints of today's defense industry.
HQ: El Segundo, California, United States
Industry: Information Services | Team Size: 14
Co-Founder: Brian Ballard (Ex-CEO at Upskill - acquired by TeamViewer), Brandon G. (ex-Head of Federal Delivery at Scale AI)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 10 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Yolanda Cao - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Sales Engineer at Palo Alto Networks, ex-Developer Productivity Engineering at Netflix, ex-Sales Engineer at Twitter, ex-Software Engineer at DoorDash
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Andrawes Bahou - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-AI Compute Infra at Meta, ex-ML, Accelerated Computing at UBS, ex-Machine Learning Research at ETH Zurich
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Igor Bonaci - Founder at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Former FAANG, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Engineering at Google (13 year - tenure)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Zurich, Switzerland
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Shantanu Dey - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Tech Startup
FounderDNA: Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Sr Manager II, Data and Customer Analytics Walmart Global Tech, ex-Data Engineering Manager, Analytics at Meta, ex-Sr Data Manager at Realtor.com, a part of NewsCorp
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Meghana K. - Building at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Director, Global Data Solutions / Group Product Manager at Visa, ex-Sr. Data Engineer at Intel, UC Berkeley alum
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
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