Stealth Startup Spy #251
RoadBotics founder builds AI onboarding teacher, ex-VC & Meta engineers automate 3PL ops, and Cambridge PhD enters stealth with a neurotech-focused venture
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In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
RoadBotics founder (acquired by Michelin) returns with AI-powered onboarding teacher for organizations
Ex-VC and Meta engineers launch an AI automation startup for logistics and 3PL worfklows
Cambridge PhD and ex-Science engineer enters stealth witha neurotech-focused venture
Ex-Scale AI engineer launches an AI-powered recruitment platform for knowledge workers
Founding product leader at Chime embarks on a 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
Troy Shen - Co-Founder at Cervo AI
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Associate at HOF Capital, ex-Analyst at Insight Partners, ex-Software Engineering Intern at X, the moonshot factory, Stanford alum
Cervo AI is a software company that helps leading 3PLs automate tedious, manual workflows with AI automation.
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 3
Co-Founder: Thomas Jiang (Ex-Software Engineer at Meta - Connect via email) , Jason Kurohara (Ex-Software Engineer at Meta - Connect via email)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 10 months
Ankith Subramanya - Co-Founder at MangoDesk
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Engineer at Scale AI, ex-Software Engineer at Uber, ex-Software Engineer at ServiceNow
MangoDesk is an end-to-end knowledge work recruitment platform.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Co-Founder: Ananth Subramanya (Co-Founder at Lumio AI, ex-Software Engineer at HP - Connect via email)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Benjamin Schmidt - Founder & CEO at LoopBot.AI
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-CTO, Michelin Mobility Intelligence at Michelin, ex-Co-Founder, CEO at RoadBotics (Acq. By Michelin), ex-CTO at kWantera
LoopBot.AI offers an AI-powered teacher that completely transforms the onboarding process.
HQ: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Industry: E-Learning Providers
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Thane Hunt - Co-Founder at PeKe Labs
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Founder & CEO at Hominid X, ex-Senior Systems Engineer at Desktop Metal, ex-Senior Process Engineer at Formlabs
PeKe Labs is creating the world’s best wearable, gesture-based control system.
HQ: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 14 months
Ben Ellman - Co-Founder at Riptides
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Analyst at Rialto Capital, ex-Teaching Assistant at Brown University, ex-Starwood, Prescriptive Data, and Brown Real Estate leader
Riptides is building at the intersection of real estate, data, and technology, with a focus on solving complex challenges in commercial real estate through a data-first approach.
HQ: New York, United States
Industry: Data Infrastructure and Analytics | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 11 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Kyle Daley - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Product at Orita, founding team & product leader at Chime, advisor to StellarFi, Tribal & more
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Sid Jain - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-VP Technologies at VTS, Co-Founder & CTO at VTS Rise, ex-Engineer at State Farm, CDW & World Wide Technology
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
John Sasser - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Operating Officer at Aquia, ex-Sr. Security Architect at Amazon Web Services, ex-Senior Manager - Service Reliability Engineering at Apple
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Amy Rochford - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Member of the Technical Team at Science, PhD in Bioelectronics & Neuroscience at University of Cambridge
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Alfonso Velasco - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Founder at Lynk, ex-Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir, ex-Software Engineer at LinkedIn, Columbia CS alum
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
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