Stealth Startup Spy #309
Ex-Webflow CTO goes stealth, Ex-Meta PM and Moveworks alum turn messy supply-chain data into real-time AI insights (Pear VC), & DeFi founder and ex-UBS/ING operator goes stealth
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In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
DeFi founder and former UBS/ING private wealth operator launches a stealth venture
Ex-Webflow CTO launches a stealth company
Ex-Meta PM and Moveworks alum build AI agents that turn fragmented hardware supply-chain data into real-time actionable insights
Founding engineer at Toma launches AI platform for rail operations
Ex-Brex PM and Amazon software lead launch AI to automate accounts payable emails
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
Maddie Zheng - Co-Founder & CEO at Rive AI
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Product Manager at Meta, ex-Senior Product Manager - Search Discovery at Google, ex-Sales and Trading Summer Analyst at Morgan Stanley
Co-Founder: Vanessa Z. (Ex-Sr Engineering Manager Machine Learning at Moveworks)
Rive AI is building AI agents that turn fragmented hardware supply-chain data into real-time clarity.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 3
Key Investor: Pear VC
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Brian Maloy - Co-Founder at TenKey
FounderDNA: Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Product Manager at Brex, ex-Senior Associate at PwC
Co-Founder: Dylan Barth | Email (Ex-Software Development Manager at Amazon)
TenKey automates accounts payable by using AI to read, process, and respond to AP emails.
HQ: San Diego, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Gautham Venkateshwaran - Co-Founder at Kaaro
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Founding Engineer at Toma, ex-KickStart ‘25 Director at UBC BizTech
Kaaro is building the AI employee for rail. It can handle anything from yard operations, to communications, intelligent analytics - all from one, centralized view.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Key Investors: a16z Speedrun
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Dan Kasper - Co-Founder & CEO at Piloteer
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-General Manager at Instill, ex-Venture Head at Share Ventures, ex-Advisory Board at University of Denver, ex-CEO at Wishlist, ex-Trust and Safety Lead: North America and Asia Pacific at Airbnb
Piloteer is a real-time performance system that brings live visibility, feedback, and correction into how work actually happens.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Clint Dunn - Co-Founder & CEO at Hazel
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Co-Founder at Wilde, ex-Marketing Analytics + Data Science Lead - Data Infrastructure at Afterpay, ex-Head of Data at Hairstory, ex-Data and Product at Constellation
Hazel is building the AI coworker for consumer brands.
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 4
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Ash Chary - Founder at Stealth
AI Infra x FinTech - Building the compute intelligence platform
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Former Private Wealth at UBS & ING and Founder & founding team in DeFi protocols totalling 100m TVL.
HQ: Austin, Texas, United States
Industry: Fintech/AI | Team Size: 5
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Bryant Chou - Founder & CEO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Co-Founder & CTO at Webflow, ex-CTO at Vungle (acquired by Blackstone), ex-Senior Software Engineer at Intuit, Board Member at Eppo (acquired by Datadog)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Martin Attiq - Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Business Officer at Astra, ex-VP, Head of Strategic Partnerships, Exec Team at SigFig, ex-Director, Co-Founder of Financial Markets Advisory (FMA) business at BlackRock
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Olivier Grinda - Founder & CEO at Stealth
Building an agentic AI platform to help construction projects finish on time and on budget.
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Operating Officer at Clearco, ex-CEO and Co-Founder at Home61 and Shoes4you, Antler Advisor
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Austin, Texas, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Farshad Farahbakhshian - Building in Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Global Head of GenAI GTM at Amazon Web Services (AWS), ex-Strategic Account Manager at Cisco, ex-Startup Consultant at Naked Labs, ex-Account Manager at Texas Instruments
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
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