Stealth Startup Spy #276
Ex-GitHub CEO goes stealth, Former Apple data architect builds AI for trauma therapy, & Google-MIT alum and Ledabox cofounder creates investment gift registry
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In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
Ex-GitHub CEO launches new stealth venture
Former Apple data architect and Georgia Tech AI/ML researcher creates AI platform to scale trauma reprocessing therapies
Google-MIT alum and Ledabox cofounder develops platform to turn life events into long-term wealth building
Stanford AI Lab and Intel alum creates a new interface connecting brands to every marketing tool
Ex-Clari product leader & Stanford lecturer goes stealth
And more…
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🕵️♂️Founders Coming Out of Stealth
Real-time updates from founders who debut what they’ve been working on under stealth mode
Adaeze Ezeh - Co-Founder & CEO at Endowe
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Product & Software Development, Cofounder at Ledabox, ex-Technical Program Manager at WorkBoard and Applied Materials, ex-Data Program Lead at Juniper Networks, ex-Engineer at Synaptics, Google-MIT AITI alum
Endowe is building the world’s first investment gift registry, providing a new way to turn birthdays, baby showers, weddings, and graduations into opportunities to build long-term wealth.
HQ: San Jose, California, United States
Industry: Fintech | Team Size: 4
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Miguel Monares - Co-Founder & CEO at Jigsaw
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-AI Engineer at Intel, ex-Researcher at Stanford AI Lab, UC San Diego and National University of Singapore
Jigsaw is building the interface for the attention economy, connecting brands with every marketing tool.
HQ: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 4
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Sofia Muller - Co-Founder at Solta AI
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Data Architect at Apple, ex-Data Engineer at Forcepoint, ex-Budget Analysis Intern at U.S. Department of State, AI/ML at Georgia Tech
Connect on: LinkedIn
Solta AI aims to harness AI to make trauma reprocessing therapies accessible to all.
HQ: Austin, Texas, United States
Industry: Mental Health Care
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Jake Newfield - Co-Founder & CEO at Hermetiq
FounderDNA: Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-VP Product at OnCorps, ex-Head of Sales & CS at Nativelink, ex-Product Manager at Akamai, ex-Sales exec at Salesforce & Cloudera, Columbia MBA
Hermetiq provides engineering teams with instant observability into cloud-native build infrastructure, offering a Datadog-like platform purpose-built for builds.
HQ: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Dana Rochman - Co-Founder & CEO at Legato AI
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-CPO & VP Product at Incredibuild, ex-VP Product at AnyVision, ex-Head of Product at Taboola, ex-Director PM at Verint
Legato is the first AI Extensibility Layer for B2B SaaS platforms.
HQ: Israel
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 8
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 13 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Thomas Dohmke - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Doctorate Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-CEO & CPO at GitHub, ex-Principal Director of PM at Microsoft, Cofounder & CEO at HockeyApp (acq. Microsoft)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Adam Davison - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Lead PM at Meta, ex-Head of Product Marketing for Creator Monetization at Facebook
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Tomer Mesika - Co-Founder & CTO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Architecture at Cyera, ex-Director of Architecture at Wix, Co-founder & CTO at RapidUI (acquired by Wix)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Israel
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Will Patterson - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of New Product Integration at Clari, ex-Director & GPM at Clari, ex-Lecturer at Stanford
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Ashok Devireddy - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Research Intern at Google, ex-ML Researcher at BAIR, ex-SWE Intern at Amazon
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
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