Stealth Startup Spy #339
Ex-SpaceX engineer builds AI R&D platform for deep tech, Stanford oncology fellow applies AI to cancer biopsies, & Ex-Google engineer / ByteDance AI lead goes stealth
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In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
Former Google DeepMind and Together AI engineer is building agentic operating procedures for enterprise ERPs
Berkeley PhD, Determined AI founder (acquired by HPE), and HPE AI VP enters stealth
Stanford oncology fellow with MD/PhD is applying AI to biopsy slides to unlock molecular intelligence for cancer care
Former Google engineer, ByteDance AI tech lead, and Flip CDAO enters stealth
Former SpaceX engineer and IBM ML researcher is building an AI scientific intelligence platform for semiconductors, batteries, and advanced materials
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
Eva Tuecke - Co-Founder at Altara
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Top 10 University, Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Software Engineer at SpaceX, Machine Learning Researcher at IBM, Software Engineer at Clay, Researcher in Computational Particle Physics at Fermilab
Altara is building the scientific intelligence platform that helps frontier industries accelerate R&D through manufacturing.
HQ: United States
Industry: Deep Tech AI, Scientific R&D, Industrial AI | Team Size: 10
Key Investors: Greylock, Neo, BoxGroup, Liquid 2 Ventures
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 Year
Dhruva Bansal - Co-Founder & CEO at FlowGen Labs
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Machine Learning Engineer at Together AI, Founding ML Engineer at Refuel, Research Engineer at Google DeepMind, Software Development Engineer at Amazon Robotics
FlowGen Labs builds agentic operating procedures for ERPs, enabling enterprises to execute workflows at machine speed and improve continuously from every transaction exception.
HQ: United States
Industry: Enterprise AI, ERP Automation | Team Size: 13
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 Year 5 Months
Ryan Quinton - Co-Founder at Perception Medicine
FounderDNA: Doctorate Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Oncology Fellow at Stanford Health Care, Resident Physician at Stanford Health Care, MD/PhD in Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics at Boston University School of Medicine
Perception Medicine applies AI to standard biopsy slides to generate spatial proteomic and transcriptomic maps at single-cell resolution, enabling oncologists and pharma partners to predict molecular biology and clinical outcomes without specialized assays.
HQ: United States
Industry: Precision Oncology, Biotech, AI Diagnostics | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 11 Months
Michael Belhassen - Founder & CEO at Anoria
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: iPhone Product Design at Apple (multiple roles), MEng at Imperial College London
Anoria is building the first wearable device for the emotional intelligence era. (YC P26)
HQ: United States
Industry: Wearables, Consumer Hardware, WellTech | Team Size: 5
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 Months
Tal Zohar Avda - CEO & Co-Founder at UNYX AI
FounderDNA: Former VC/Investor, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Managing Partner at Launchbay Capital (invested in Anthropic, Revolut, Klarna, Carta, Cohere), Founder and CEO at ArtuData (acquired), CEO (Israel) at FXCM
UNYX AI is a global interbank settlement network connecting medium-sized financial institutions to instantaneous cross-border liquidity, eliminating reliance on major correspondent banks and reducing settlement time from days to hours.
HQ: United Kingdom
Industry: FinTech, Interbank Settlement, B2B Infrastructure | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 Months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Evan Sparks - Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Top 10 University, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Founder and CEO at Determined AI (acquired by HPE), VP & GM AI Solutions and AI Cloud at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, PhD & MS (Computer Science) at UC Berkeley
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 Months
Behzad Haghgoo - Cofounder, CEO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Prior Exit, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Cofounder and CEO at Tym (Acquired by Roblox), Product Manager at Roblox, Student Researcher at Stanford AI Lab (SAIL), Data Science Intern at C3.ai
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 Months
Vishvak Murahari - Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: AI PhD Candidate at Princeton University, Research Intern at Google, Research Intern at Allen Institute for AI (AI2), Software Engineering Intern at Microsoft
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 Months
Ruofan Ding - Co-Founder at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Chief Data and AI Officer at Flip, Tech Lead of US E-com Video Recommendation at ByteDance, Software Engineer at Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 Month
Guilherme Penedo - Co-Founder and CEO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: ML Research Engineer at Hugging Face, Machine Learning Engineer at LightOn
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 Months
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