Stealth Startup Spy #240
Atomic AI founding engineer builds AI platform to study proteins. Oxford PhD launches AI for agri/bioenergy, & Ex-AWS exec builds compliance & security AI for enterprises
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In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
Former founding engineer at Atomic AI is building a platform to study proteins at scale
Ex-AWS product exec is developing an AI platform for continuous compliance and security
Ex-NVIDIA ML engineer enters stealth - likely focused on robotics or autonomous systems
Oxford PhD and ex-McKinsey CTO launch an AI platform for agriculture and bioenergy
Former Bain Capital Ventures data lead and Stitch Fix scientist 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
April Schleck - Co-Founder at Escalante
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Founding Engineer & Engineering Lead at Atomic AI, ex-Senior Software Engineer at Google, UC Davis alum
Connect on: LinkedIn
Escalante is making it possible to study individual proteins at scale by combining advanced biology techniques with AI - opening new doors in drug discovery and diagnostics.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Biotechnology Research
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 18 months
Sandy Ramamoorthy - Founder & CEO at CloudXDN
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Director Product Management, Cloud Management at Amazon Web Services, ex-Head of Products, Amazon Video Playback at Amazon, ex-Director, Product Management, Data Protection, Scale-out Storage at NetApp
Connect on: LinkedIn
CloudXDN is an AI-powered service built to transform how organizations achieve continuous compliance and security.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Security and Compliance Software
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 11 months
Djavan D. - Founder & CEO at CubeRoots
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: PhD Candidate (second PhD) at University of Oxford, ex-Director of Data Science at McKinsey & Company, ex-Co-Founder & CTO at Bio-Tesseract, ex-PhD Research at Tsinghua University, ex-Data Scientist at JD.COM, ex-Data Engineer at Alibaba Group
Connect on: LinkedIn
CubeRoots builds AI solutions that enable better strategic and tactical decisions in the agriculture and bioenergy sectors, directly boosting ROI and margins.
HQ: Belgium
Industry: Software Development
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Camilo Marroquin - Co-Founder & CEO at Suplifai
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Strategy Officer & Co - Founder at Houm, ex-Global Operation Director and Partner at Rappi, ex-Head of Shoppers Controls Latam and Partner at Mercadoni, ex-Business Director at Delivery Hero
Connect on: LinkedIn
Suplifai is an AI-powered SaaS that connects suppliers and customers, automating and digitizing their supply chain.
HQ: Mexico
Industry: Internet Marketplace Platforms | Team Size: 7
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 16 months
Brandon Veiseh - Co-Founder & CEO at
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Principal Product Manager - AI at NetSPI, ex-Lead Product Manager at ProjectDiscovery.io, ex-Technical Product Manager at Topsort, ex-Co-founder and CEO at SkyFort
Connect on: LinkedIn
MindFort is an AI agent platform that orchestrates teams of specialized agents to perform continuous penetration testing of your attack surface at massive scale.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 3
Key Investors: Y Combinator
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Kazuki Shin - Founder at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Machine Learning Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles at NVIDIA, ex-Robotics Researcher at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, ex-AWS Software Development Engineer at Amazon, ex-Autonomous Driving Researcher at BMW, ex-Machine Learning Engineer at PlayStation
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Vlasios Vasileiou - Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Data and Analytics Lead at Chubb, ex-Engineering Manager (ML/AI) at Meta, ex-Chief Scientist UK&I and EMEA DataLabs at Experian, ex-Head of Data and Data Science at Zopa
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Greece
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Alexander Rubin - Co-Founder at Something New
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Engineering and Product, International Public Sector at Scale AI, ex-Software Engineer at The Routing Company, ex-Machine Learning Teaching Assistant at Duke University
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Will Lewis - Co-Founder & CTO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Engineering Manager at Meta, ex-CTO at Fiit, ex-Engineering Manager at Lyst, ex-Engineering Manager at Badoo
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: London Area, United Kingdom
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Agnieszka Szefer - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Data Science & Engineering at Bain Capital Ventures, ex-Senior Data Scientist at Stitch Fix
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
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