Stealth Startup Spy #244
UiPath’s former Autopilot lead returns with a stealth AI venture, Apple and Google alums launch an AI copilot for electrical engineers, & Stanford-led team builds an AI-native data stack for science
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In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
Former Hardware Engineers from Apple and Google launch an AI copilot to accelerate electrical engineering workflows
After selling a fintech startup and leading AI agent development at UiPath, this founder is back with a stealth AI-powered investing platform
A Stanford-led team is building an AI-native data stack for scientific R&D (backed by Y Combinator)
A quantum physicist from X, the moonshot factory and BMW research is launches electrified autonomous vehicles for farming and defense applications
Ex-GitHub and AWS architect with a Masters Degree in AI from MIT is building in stealth mode
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
Craig Schindler - Co-Founder & CTO at Assemble Labs
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Hardware Engineer at Apple, UC Berkeley PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences , ex-Goldman Sachs, ex-Intel, Princeton alum
Connect on: LinkedIn
Assemble Labs is building an AI copilot for electrical engineers
HQ: Silicon Valley, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Co-Founder: Nima Banai (Ex-Google Hardware, Meta Reality Labs, and Amazon Lab126)
Key Investors: Menlo Ventures, NVIDIA
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 14 months
Caitlin Hogan - Co-Founder at Labric
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Data Systems at Swift Solar, ex-Algorithms Engineer at Protein Metrics, ex-Data Analyst Consultant at Lark Health, Stanford alum
Connect on: LinkedIn
Labric (YCX25) is building the data layer that makes AI work for science.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Data Infrastructure and Analytics | Team Size: 2
Co-Founder: Connor Hogan (Ex-Google, Stanford CS)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Vivek Velivela - Co-Founder at Navi AI
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Software Engineer at Aurora, ex-Robotics Engineer - Motion Planning at Near Earth Autonomy, ex-Research Assistant at Field Robotics Center, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
Connect on: LinkedIn
Navi AI is a learning companion for flight training that helps student pilots progress faster by integrating their flights, feedback, and study materials into a cohesive system.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Airlines and Aviation
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 16 months
Yogi Goel - Co-Founder & CEO at Maxima
FounderDNA: Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Director, Finance & Accounting at Rubrik, ex-GTM, LinkedIn Sales Solutions at LinkedIn, ex-VP at Barclays Investment Bank, ex-Citi, ex-EY
Connect on: LinkedIn
Maxima is an AI-powered real-time accounting platform.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 12
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 11 months
Tom Hubregtsen - Founder and CEO at Voltrac
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode 22 months ago
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Co-Founder, COO at Extropic, ex-PhD Resident - Quantum Physics at X, the moonshot factory, ex-Lead Quantum Computing (BMW Research) at BMW Group
Connect on: LinkedIn
Voltrac is building electrified autonomous vehicles for farming and defense.
HQ: Spain
Industry: Manufacturing | Team Size: 5
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 15 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Dean Mauro - CEO & Founder at Stealth
B2C FinTech - Building the AI Financial Advisor for Retail Investors
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Serial Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Conversational Agents Team at UiPath (Built Autopilot (generalist AI chatbot) and three other platforms at UiPath), Ex-founder of Financial Scrapbook (sold in 2018)
HQ: New York City, New York, United States
Industry: FinTech | Team Size: 4
Key Team Members: Alex Vasile (Ex-Senior Software Engineer at UiPath (employee #15, 10 year tenure)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Deniz Binay - Founder at Stealth Mode
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Product Manager at Google DeepMind, ex-Product Manager at Google, ex-Co-Founder at Classalog (acquired), ex-Microsoft
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Denise Latarowski - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-VP of Product, Worker Experience at Employbridge, ex-VP of Product, Worker Experience at Bluecrew, ex-Setup Product Lead - Alexa Smart Home at Amazon
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Seattle, Washington, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 months
Ali Sayyah - Founder at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Engineering Manager at Apple (9 years), ex-Software Developer Engineer at Amazon Web Services
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Igor Costa - Founder at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Software Architect at Microsoft, ex-Senior Architect at GitHub, ex-Cloud Architect at Amazon Web Services, MIT Masters Degree in AI
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New Zealand
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
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