Stealth Startup Spy #310
Ex-Plaid GM goes stealth, Ex-Meta and Google firmware leader builds observability for critical infrastructure, & Former Anduril and Applied Intuition defense leader enters stealth
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In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
Ex-GM and Head of Product at Plaid with prior leadership at Glassdoor, NerdWallet, and Citi enters stealth
Ex-Meta and Google firmware leader builds observability for critical infrastructure
Ex-Area VP at Zscaler and AppDynamics sales leader launches an AI Revenue OS
Former Fifty Years and Material Impact VC launches a deeptech company focused on rare earth purification
Former Anduril and Applied Intuition defense leader enters 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
Espen Sjaavik - Co-Founder at Alfred
Prior Experience: Ex-Area Vice President EMEA North & MEA at Zscaler, ex-Advisor, Investor, Board member at Lipscore.com, ex-Regional Vice President - Nordics & Benelux at Cybereason, ex-Global Account Director at AppDynamics
Alfred is an AI Revenue Operating System that turns the best enterprise software sales playbook in history into day-to-day execution inside modern sales organizations.
HQ: Oslo, Norway
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 4
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Azhar Yerzhanova - CoFounder & COO at Maglut Heavy Industries
FounderDNA: Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Deeptech VC at Fifty Years, ex-Impact Program Accelerator at Columbia Venture Community, ex-Chief Operating Officer at Nohbo, ex-Material Science VC at Material Impact
Maglut Heavy Industries is rebuilding America’s rare earth engine. Precision purification, engineered for speed and scale.
HQ: United States
Industry: Manufacturing | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
Ash Rahman - Co-Founder Accro AI
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Product Manager at Airbase, ex-Fellow at On Deck, ex-Co-Founder at BoroMi, ex-Director of Finance at OneLocal, ex-Financial Controller at Koho, ex-Risk Manager at Lendful
Accro learns how a company recognizes revenue — from ASC 606 memos and policies — and applies that judgment directly to contracts as they evolve. The result is revenue that stays consistent, explainable, and audit-ready without constant rework.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
George Buckley - Founder at Aiir
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Product at Mercury Labs AI, ex-Senior Product Manager at Motive Partners, ex-Product Manager at Daphne, ex-Product Manager - Corporate & Commercial Digital at Santander UK
Connect on: LinkedIn
Aiir automates complex investor due diligence and investor reporting for alternative asset managers.
HQ: United Kingdom
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 months
Ram Periathiruvadi - Co-Founder at Levit AI
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#161
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Firmware, VR Devices at Meta, ex-Staff Software Engineer / Tech Lead & Manager at Google, ex-Senior Software Engineer at Nest, ex-Firmware Engineer at Automatic Labs, ex-Firmware Engineer at Apple
Levit AI is building an observability platform for critical infrastructure.
HQ: United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 9
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 22 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Nonso Maduka - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Product at Invisible, ex-GM and Head of Product, Financial Management at Plaid, ex-Director of Product Management - Marketplace, Platform, Mobile at Glassdoor, ex-Senior Product Manager & Vertical Lead at NerdWallet, ex-Vice President, Mortgage Trading at Citi
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Tristam C. - Building in Stealth Mode
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of European Government and Defence at Applied Intuition, ex-Senior Director - Europe at Anduril Industries, ex-Business Development at CybSafe, ex-Operational Leadership at UK Ministry of Defence
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United Kingdom
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Chris Miller - Building in Stealth Mode
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Engineering Director, EMEA at Canva, ex-Chief Technology Officer at Ground Truth Intelligence, ex-Chief Technology Officer at Akeero, ex-Global Head of Technology, Digital Originations Experiences at HSBC
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Ireland
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Claudius Jablonka - Building in Stealth Mode
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-General Partner at Leitmotif, ex-Co-Founder & General Partner at 10x Founders, ex-Co-Founder, Director at Plug and Play Tech Center (Munich), ex-Chief of Staff at notebooksbilliger.de AG
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Germany
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Rishi Madhok - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Principal Applied Science Manager at Microsoft, ex-Graduate Teaching Assistant at Carnegie Mellon University, ex-Perception Intern at Uber
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
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