Stealth Startup Spy #236
Gap’s ex-Chief Analytics Officer launches AI CRM for SaaS GTM teams, WhatsApp and Uber insights lead goes stealth, & Stanford-Palantir alum builds model testing platform
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In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
Stanford and Palantir alum builds testing platform to efficiently evaluate models and applications
Gap’s former Chief Analytics Officer launches AI-native CRM for SaaS GTM teams
Former engineering director at Airtable and Pinterest is building in stealth
Insights lead from WhatsApp and Uber goes stealth with new AI venture
Cruise and Waymo hardware leader is building next-gen energy systems in 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
Rayan Krishnan - Co-Founder at Vals AI
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Engineer Intern at Palantir Technologies, ex-Machine Learning Engineer at Valar Labs, ex-Student Researcher at Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL)
Connect on: LinkedIn
Vals AI is building the standard for evaluating the ability of LLMs to perform real-world tasks.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 9
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 year 10 months
Yoni Benshaul - CEO & Co-Founder at Dreamhub
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#172
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Analytics Officer at Gap, ex-CEO of CB4 (Backed by Sequoia Capital, acquired by Gap), ex-VP Sales and Strategy, EMEA & APAC at Panorama Software
Connect on: LinkedIn
Dreamhub is an AI-native CRM for B2B SaaS that automates data entry, keeps pipelines clean, and delivers tailored insights using models trained on company-specific and peer data.
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 10
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 year 5 months
Andrea Pinto - Co-Founder & CEO at Notte
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Lecturer at MIT EECS, ex-Researcher at MIT, ex-Research Engineer at IBM, ex-Data Analyst at Amazon
Connect on: LinkedIn
Notte is building a framework for AI agents to browse and act on websites - turning any page into a text-based API for LLMs.
HQ: United States
Industry: Research Services | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Felix Lorenzen - Founder at Autonome
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Founding Member Strategy & Venture Development at CHAPTR, ex-D2C Manager at Razor Group, ex-Capgemini
Connect on: LinkedIn
Autonome is building an autonomous health system that monitors your body in real time to detect issues before symptoms appear.
HQ: Paris, France
Industry: Health and Human Services
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Dhruv Chadha - Co-Founder & CEO at MagicBoard
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-VP of Product Management, Smart Cockpit at Stellantis, ex-Director of Product Management, Consumer IOT Products at T-Mobile, ex-Product Manager at Microsoft
Connect on: LinkedIn
MagicBoard is building an AI-powered experience to help kids build routines, understand time, and grow with confidence - starting at age 3.
HQ: Canada | United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Wendy Lu - Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Prior Exit, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Engineering - AI at Airtable, ex-Director of Engineering at Pinterest, ex-Engineer at Bump Technologies (acquired by Google)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Saswati Saha-Mitra - Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Product Insights, WhatsApp Monetization and Business AI at WhatsApp, ex-Head of Driver and Money Research at Uber, ex-Senior Researcher for International Search Growth and Google Assistant at Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: London Area, United Kingdom
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Tsung-Ching H. - Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
Building a deep tech stealth-mode startup.
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Research Scientist at Meta, ex-Senior Research Scientist at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, ex-Senior Design Engineer at TSMC North America
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
John Massey - Building at Stealth
Building next-gen Energy Systems at a stealth startup.
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Product Integrity Engineering at Cruise, ex-Hardware Engineering Lead at Waymo, ex-Staff Thermal/Mechanical Design Engineer at Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Jose, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Utkarsh Ohm - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of AI/ML Engineering at ThoughtSpot, ex-Advisor at Attentive.ai, ex-Engineering Lead at HyperTrack, ex-McKinsey, ex-Microsoft
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
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