Stealth Startup Spy #300
Ex-Sutter Hill MD and Transposit CEO returns with a stealth startup, PerimeterX founder builds enterprise AI governance platform, & Ex-Goldman & YC Terra engineer builds AI workers for automotive ops
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In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
Former PayPal AI product director and WhatsApp commerce leader launches a stealth company
Goldman Sachs alum and Terra (YC W21) founding engineer builds AI workers tailored to automotive operations
Ex-TikTok LIVE engineer builds Mac-native AI workflow assistant
Former Sutter Hill MD and Transposit CEO (acquired by Harness) returns with a stealth startup
PerimeterX co-founder & CEO (acquired by HUMAN) launches a platform for governing AI-native workforces
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
Hilla Haddad Chmelnik - Co-Founder & CEO at Moonshot Space
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Co-Founder of Safedome VC, ex-Director General at Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology, Government of Israel, ex-Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at Netivei Israel, ex-Director at Haifa Port, ex-Head of projects administration at Israel Ministry of Transport and Road Safety
Co-Founder: Fred Simon (Co-founder of JFrog) | Shahar Bahiri (Founder & CTO of Valerann)
Moonshot is an electromagnetic based launch company that accelerates payloads to hypersonic velocities advancing the space industry and hypersonic vehicle development.
HQ: Israel
Industry: Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing | Team Size: 32
Latest Funding: $12M Seed Round on 12/1/2025
Key Investor: Angular Ventures, Israel Innovation Authority
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 24 months
Shubham Malhotra - Co-Founder at RunAnywhere
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Engineer at Amazon Web Services, ex-Software Engineer at Microsoft, ex-Teaching Assistant at Rochester Institute of Technology, ex-Software Engineer Intern at Salesforce
Co-Founder: Sanchit Monga (Ex-software Engineer at Intuit)
RunAnywhere lets users quickly deploy private AI models across iOS, Android, and edge devices with just a few lines of code.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 6
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Jeffrey Yao - Co-Founder at Dash
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Engineer, TikTok LIVE at TikTok, ex-Founding Engineer at Everlab, ex-Software Engineer at Relevance AI
Co-Founder: Megan Fan (Ex-Uber)
Dash brings AI to every app on your Mac so you never have to copy-paste again. Dash understands your screen and suggests the right actions so you always stay in flow.
HQ: Sydney, Australia
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Hanbo Xie - Co-Founder at Revion
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Trader at Goldman Sachs, ex-Researcher at IBM, ex-Quant at UBS, ex-Founding Engineer at Terra (YC W21)
Revion is building AI workers fine-tuned for automotive — evolving manual work into autonomous operations that deliver resilience, speed, and growth.
HQ: London / New York
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 6
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 months
Omri Iluz - Co-Founder & CEO at Lumia Security
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-President and COO at Human Security, ex-Co-founder and CEO at PerimeterX (acquired by Human Security), ex-Sr. Director of Business Development, Security at Akamai Technologies
Lumia is built for a world where employees use AI daily and autonomous agents operate independently, providing enterprise-wide visibility, governance, and real-time guardrails across every AI interaction to keep usage safe, policy-aligned, and scalable.
HQ: New York, United States
Industry: Computer and Network Security | Team Size: 21
Latest Funding: $18M Seed Round on 12/3/2025
Key Investors: Team8, New Era
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Jacqueline Karlin - Founder & CEO at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-PayPal Ventures Advisor and Sr. Director of AI Product at PayPal, ex-Director, Commerce, Payments & Risk Operations at WhatsApp, ex-Sr. Director of Product, eCommerce Platform at Expedia Group, ex-Sr. Product Manager - Amazon Lending at Amazon
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Austin, Texas, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Divya Ranganathan - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Engineering at ThoughtSpot, ex-Sr. Engineering Manager at Mode, ex-Engineering Manager at VMware
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Wesley Penn - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Development Engineer, AI/ML at Amazon Web Services (AWS), ex-Researcher at Modular Robotics Lab (GRASP Lab), ex-Software Engineer at hummingbot.io
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Seb Poole - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Co-Founder & Director - APAC | AI R&D at Unmind, ex-Co-Founder & CPTO at Frankie Health (acquired by Unmind), ex-Co-Founder & CPTO at Hulii (acquired), ex-Head Of Operations at GRANA
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Australia
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Divanny Lamas - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Top 10 University, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Member at South Park Commons, ex-CEO at Transposit (acquired by Harness), ex-Managing Director at Sutter Hill Ventures, ex-Head of New Product Introduction at Splunk
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
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Stealth Startup Spy is a data-driven newsletter for investors, journalists and tech enthusiasts interested in uncovering the next big move for key talent, real-time stealth company launches and technology advancements not in plain sight. We leverage the technology built at Gravity to shine a light on the hidden world of stealth startups.