Stealth Startup Spy #318
Ex-Grammarly CEO launches a stealth startup, Former Meta and Uber applied scientist builds real-time vision infrastructure, & Former Grubhub CPTO and Visa CIO enters stealth
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In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
Former Meta and Uber applied scientist launches infrastructure that enables developers to build and run real-time vision applications
Former Grammarly CEO and Google VP launches a stealth startup
Ex-Grubhub CPTO and Visa CIO enters stealth
Stanford PhD and former Penn professor builds models that help professionals excel at the most difficult parts of their jobs
Ex-Meta engineer and Cornell robotics lead builds egocentric video datasets for physical intelligence, starting with agriculture
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
Hamid Alipour - Founder at CaltAI
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Cofounder and CTO at Persifund, ex-Product Engineering Lead at Parity Technologies, ex-Founder at Palsup, ex-Senior Software Engineer (Security & Identity) at Microsoft
CaltAI is an AI operator that automates operational oversight, decisions, and execution across core business tools.
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Sardor Rahmatulloev - CoFounder & CEO at Twolabs
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Founding Operations at MIRA, ex-Software Engineer at Meta, ex-Team Lead at Combat Robotics at Cornell, ex-Software Engineer Intern at Salesforce
Twolabs (YC X26) is building egocentric video datasets for physical intelligence, starting with agriculture.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Robotics Engineering | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Etan Green - Founder & CEO at Supremum Labs
FounderDNA: Doctorate Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Machine Learning Scientist at Arena, ex-Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, ex-Postdoc Researcher in Economics at Microsoft, Stanford PhD, ex-Bain
Supremum builds state-of-the-art models to help people excel at the most difficult parts of their jobs.
HQ: United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 15 months
Zakaria El Hjouji - Founder & CEO at Overshoot
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Software Engineer at Meta, ex-Senior Applied Scientist at Uber, ex-Data Scientist at Swiss Re, ex-Summer Analyst at Millennium Management
Overshoot helps developers build and run real-time vision applications.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Edmond Niu - Co-Founder at Atlia
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Neo Scholar Finalist, ex-Software Engineer Intern at Kensho Technologies, ex-Software Engineer Intern at Rilla, ex-Software Engineering Intern at Vanguard, ex-Data Engineering Research Assistant at Duke University
Atlia is building the next generation of AI-driven private portfolio management.
HQ: United States
Industry: Investment Management | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Rahul Roy-Chowdhury - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-CEO at Grammarly, ex-VP of Product Management at Google, Stanford MBA
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Adi Kavaler - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-CTO at Zilliant, ex-Chief Strategy Officer at Quali, ex-CTO at CentralSquare Technologies, ex-Executive Mentor at Google Launchpad Accelerator, ex-Global VP, Head of Product Management & Business Development at Micro Focus (formerly HP)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Kaleb Jessee - Founder at Stealth FinTech Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Executive Officer at The Block, ex-Sr. Director of Global Sales at PeopleFluent, ex-Vice President of Strategic Sales at Surprise HR, ex-Sales Director at Automated Insights
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Greg Russell - Founder at Stealth Mode
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Product and Technology Officer at Grubhub, ex-CTO, President Technology at Sears, ex-Chief Information Officer at Visa, ex-VP, Corporate CIO/CTO at Amazon
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Greater Seattle Area, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Victor Umunze - Co-Founder at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Product Lead at Meta, ex-Product lead | Fintech Innovation at Plaid, ex-Product | Google Shopping at Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Nigeria | 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.