Stealth Startup Spy #234
Snowflake CTO builds self-improving forecasting AI, OpenAI alum raises $9.5M for 1:1 learning, & Google vets launch AI tutor for personalized career growth
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In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
Snowflake Global CTO + Adept alum builds intelligent, self-improving forecasting engine for complex commercial ops
OpenAI + Google Bard AI alum launches personalized AI tutor, raised $9.5M seed
Seasoned ML leader with experience at Stripe, Twitter, and Amazon is building in stealth mode
Ex-Fiverr execs reunite to build the ideal creative workflow platform for creators
Eightfold, Uber, and Facebook AI engineering lead enters stealth
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
Ishaan Nerurkar - Co-Founder and CEO at Omnifold
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#218
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Top 10 University, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Global CTO, AI & Privacy at Snowflake, ex-CEO at LeapYear (acquired by Snowflake), ex-Researcher at MIT
Connect on: LinkedIn
Omnifold precisely models the underlying mechanics of supply chains and commercial operations, delivering an intelligent, self-improving forecasting algorithm tailored to complex business environments.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 7
Co-Founder: Lina Lukyantsev (Stanford PhD, ex-Member of Technical Staff at Adept)
Key Investors: Lightspeed, Kleiner Perkins
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Zohair Hyder - Co-Founder & CEO at Uphop
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-AI Engineering Lead, Senior Manager at Google (14-year tenure), ex-Founder & CEO at Dabbleboard Inc., ex-Senior VLSI Design Engineer at AMD
Connect on: LinkedIn
Uphop is a personal AI tutor that supercharges career growth by delivering learning tailored to individual knowledge levels and goals.
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Education | Team Size: 2
Co-Founder: Akshat S. (Ex-Group PM Lead for Gemini / Gen AI in Google Workspace for Edu (180+ million MAUs))
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
Lior Albeck - Co-Founder & CEO at Weavy
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#150
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Former Executive Director, Head of Marketplace Supply at Fiverr, ex-Amdocs, Co-Founder of Finupp.com (acq. by Meitav Dash)
Connect on: LinkedIn
Weavy gives creators the building blocks to construct their ideal creative workflow.
HQ: Israel
Industry: Technology, Information and Media | Team Size: 6
Co-Founders: Jonathan Alumot (Ex-Head of Engineering at Perfect, ex-Software Development Manager at Fiverr), Jonathan Gur-Zeev (Ex-Group Product Director at Fiverr)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 11 months
Karttikeya Mangalam - Founder & CEO at SiglQ
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#181
FounderDNA: Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Research Scientist at OpenAI, ex-Visiting Research Scientist at Google Bard AI, ex-Visiting Researcher at Facebook AI, Berkeley AI PhD
Connect on: LinkedIn
SigIQ is building the future of personalized 1:1 learning - democratizing access to personalized education for students everywhere.
HQ: Berkeley, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 17
Latest Funding: $9.5M Seed Round on 4/7/2025
Key Investors: The House Fund, GSV Ventures, Peak XV, Venture Highway
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 year 11 months
Tanmay Agarwal - Co-Founder & CEO at Parallax Worlds
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Trajectory Planning, Autonomous Vehicles at NVIDIA, ex-Graduate Research Assistant at Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL), ex-Computer Vision Engineer at Sentera
Connect on: LinkedIn
Parallax is an advanced reliability testing software for robots.
HQ: United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 3
Co-Founder: Aumkar Renavikar (Ex-Robotics Research Assistant at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, ex-BMW, ex-Michelin)
Key Investors: Unusual Ventures, Conviction, Sapcecadet, BoostVC
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
Benjamin Schmidt - CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-CTO, Michelin Mobility Intelligence at Michelin, Co-Founder, ex-CEO at RoadBotics (acquired by Michelin)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Taylor Leese - Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Prior Exit, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Founder at Milos Ventures, ex-Sr. Director, Grid Storage & Streams at LinkedIn, ex-Sr. Director, Platform Services at Twitter, ex-Sr. Manager, Global Platform & Infrastructure at PayPal
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Sudeeksha Murari - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-ML Lead at Stripe, ex-ML Engineering Manager, Twitter Health at Twitter, ex-Sr. Research Science Manager at Amazon
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Foster City, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Sanjeet Hajarnis - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Director of Engineering (AI) at Eightfold, ex-Staff Software Engineer at Uber, ex-Senior Software Engineer at Facebook
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Sravanthi Rajanala - Co-Founder & CTO at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Director, Machine Learning and Search at Walmart Global Tech, ex-Principal Applied Scientist at Microsoft, ex-Software Architect at Nokia India
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Berkeley, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
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