Stealth Startup Spy #265
Splunk alum builds AI platform for hearing care, YC founder & former OpenAI engineer goes stealth, and ex-Meta, Lyft & Expedia exec launches 3D scene reconstruction platform
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In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
Ex-Meta, Lyft & Expedia exec launches platform to capture 3D, edit in Unreal, and share immersive spaces
Ex-Splunk engineer builds AI platform to assist hearing care professionals
Former LinkedIn VP and longtime Microsoft Windows GM goes stealth
YC-backed Princeton researcher launches robotics company and data vendor for embodied vision models
YC founder and former OpenAI engineer goes 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
Eman Barhoumeh - CEO at Cr3ate
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#146
FounderDNA: Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-AI Product, Modern Recommendation Systems at Meta, ex-VP of Product and GM at Lyft and Expedia Group, ex-Senior Product Manager at Microsoft
Cr3ate gives creative professionals the freedom to capture 3D from any device, edit in Unreal Engine, and share immersive spaces via a browser.
HQ: United States
Industry: Software Development
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 16 months
Federico Collarte - Founder & CEO at wh-ai
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Founder & CEO at Baraja, ex-Lead Systems Engineer at Finisar, ex-Systems Engineer at Cochlear, ex-Engineering Project Manager at Motorola
Connect on: LinkedIn
wh-ai is building the future of knowledge, enabling verified collaboration of both experts and AI.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Gianluca Bencomo - Founder & CEO at Efference
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Researcher at Princeton University, ex-President & Co-Founder at Ludus Labs (YCS25), ex-Researcher at Harvard Medical School, ex-Intern Scientist at the NASA
Efference is a robotics research company and data vendor for embodied vision models.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Robotics Engineering
Key Investors: Y Combinator, Anti Fund
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Rochit Gupta - Founder & CTO at Soundly Supported
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Principal Software Engineer at Splunk, ex-Software Development Engineer Intern at Amazon
Soundly Supported offers an AI-powered platform designed to assist hearing care professionals.
HQ: United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 10 months
Giuseppe Intilla - Co-Founder & CTO at dama*
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Founder in Residence at Vento, ex-Data Scientist at Docsity, ex-Software Engineer at Arm
Connect on: LinkedIn
dama* makes it extremely easy to understand and visualize data, empowering non-technical teams to take better decisions.
HQ: Italy
Industry: Data Infrastructure and Analytics | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Kashyap Nathan - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Member of Technical Staff (Intern) at OpenAI, ex-Forward Deployed Engineer (Intern) at Palantir, ex-Machine Learning Researcher at DARPA, ex-Software Engineer Intern at Amazon
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Jared Green - Founder & CEO at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-VP of Engineering at LinkedIn, Ex-GM of Microsoft’s Windows Localization team, where he spent two decades rising from Software Engineer to General Manager
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Ankur Senapati - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: ML Researcher at Stanford, Computer Hardware Engineer at NASA, Computer Engineering & ML/AI at Purdue
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Akash Guru - Co-Founder at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Product at Deep Origin, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Neuroscientist from Cornell
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Lucas Negritto - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Co-Founder at Odapt (YC X25), ex-Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
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