Stealth Startup Spy #266
Former DeepMind & Meta AI researcher enters stealth, Ex-Ribbit Capital data lead launches AI search engine for long-form content, & Ex-Rappi product head transforms supply chain with AI workflows
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In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
Former DeepMind & Meta AI researcher enters stealth
Stanford GSB alum builds AI agents for U.S. manufacturing back-office
Ex-Ribbit Capital data lead launches AI search engine for long-form content
Terminal49 founder and ex-Rappi product head transforms supply chain with AI workflows
Ex-Apple GenAI engineer and ODF fellow embarks on 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
Ami Gan - Co-Founder & CEO at Vylit
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-CEO & CMO of OnlyFans, ex-Founder at HOXTON, ex-Board Member at Amaze
Vylit is a platform designed to help creators build stronger connections with their audience while maintaining control over their content and business.
HQ: United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Media | Team Size: 2
Co-Founder: Kailey M. (ex-Head of Marketing at WithYouWithMe & View Labs - Connect via email)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Jack Strauss - Co-Founder & CEO at Forgepoint
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Stanford GSB MBA & Innovation Fellow, ex-GTM Director & Chief of Staff at Xwing (acquired by Joby), ex-Investor at Flybridge, ex-Bain
Forgepoint builds AI agents for American manufacturing firms, taking on critical back-office jobs like quoting, invoicing, and customer support.
HQ: United States
Industry: Software Development
Key Investors: Andreessen Horowitz
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Rohan Sharma - Founder at Serafis
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Data at Ribbit Capital ($12B AUM), ex-Head of Data at Fifth Wall, ex-Founder at Kosmos, ex-Software Engineer at Google & Addepar
Serafis is a search and discovery engine for long-form content. Their AI knowledge graph turns under-indexed data into structured market intelligence — starting with podcasts.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Talha Faiz - Co-Founder & CEO at Candid Intelligence
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Engineer, Computer Vision at Meta, ex-Research Engineer at Samsung Research
Candid is an AI agent builder for EPC projects, compressing months of pre-construction work into a few compute hours.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Construction
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Philipp Gutheim - Founder at Glacis
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode 27 weeks ago
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Co-Founder and ex-CEO at Terminal49, ex-Head of Product, New Verticals at Rappi, ex-Program Manager at Google
Glacis is transforming supply chain execution with AI-powered workflows built for logistics operations.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 8
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 17 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Yixin Lin - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Researcher at DeepMind, ex-Researcher at Meta, ex-Founding venture partner at Contrary, ex-Researcher at Facebook, ex-Researcher at Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Yoel Gluck - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Head Of Security at Airtable, ex-Head of Security at Helix, ex-Director, Product Security at Salesforce
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Ranjan Goel - Founder at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-VP Product Management - AI Initiatives at LogicMonitor, ex-Director, Product Management at Gigamon, Extreme Networks and Cisco
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Jose, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Abhimanyu Yadav - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Generative AI at Apple, ex-Computer Vision Engineer at Veea, ODF fellow
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Wai Kit Ong - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Doctorate Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Computational Biologist at X, the moonshot factory, ex-Advanced Computational Biologist at SRI International, ex-Graduate Research Assistant at UW-Madison
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
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