Stealth Startup Spy #348
Former reconstructive surgeon builds soft robotics platform, Ex-Pinterest & Roku VP enters stealth, & Two-time founder with exit builds algo trading for sports prediction markets
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In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
Former reconstructive surgeon and Imperial College London researcher is building a soft robotics platform that senses and shapeshifts in real time
Ex-Pinterest and Roku VP of Engineering with ML pedigree enters stealth
Former Google and Uber engineer is building a long-form AI video production platform for filmmakers
Stanford AI researcher and Together AI staff scientist enters stealth
Former two-time founder with a prior exit is building an algorithmic trading and liquidity provision firm for sports prediction markets
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
Aaron Riccio - Co-founder and CEO at SportsCapital
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Co-founder & CEO at SC Data (acquired by Outlier), Co-founder & CEO at Project Stanley.
SportsCapital is a trading firm and liquidity provider for prediction markets. They deploy trading strategies that bring price stability and order book depth to player props and parlays.
Co-founder: Dylan Lu (Quantitative Researcher at Millennium, Engineers Gate)
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Prediction Markets, FinTech | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 Months
Ari Dyckovsky - Co-Founder at Scene Systems
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Research Scientist at Princeton University, Research Assistant at Harvard Business School, Research Assistant at Stanford University, Founder & CEO at Kettle Group
Connect on: LinkedIn
Scene Systems is building a platform that turns complex organizational structures into computable protocols.
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Enterprise Software, AI, B2B SaaS | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 Months
Sidharth Raja - Co-Founder at Keyframe AI
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Senior Software Engineer at Google, Software Engineer at Uber
Connect on: LinkedIn
Keyframe AI is a production platform for visual storytellers that solves long-form AI video consistency enabling filmmakers and brands to create and ship professional-quality film content.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: AI Video, Creative Tools, Film Production | Team Size: 7
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 Months
Jean Nehme - Founder at Morph
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree, Top 10 University, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Former reconstructive surgeon, Founder and CEO of Digital Surgery (acquired by Medtronic), Honorary Research Fellow at Imperial College London
Morph is a soft robotics platform company building soft robotic cells capable of sensing, adapting, and shapeshifting in real time.
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Industry: Robotics, Deep Tech, MedTech | Team Size: 19
Key Investors: 8VC, Pharrell Williams, Copper, Harvey Spevak of Equinox Group, Qubit Ventures, Valia Ventures, and Blue Lion
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 Year 6 Months
Jesse Bridgewater - CEO at Johniac
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: PhD in Electrical Engineering at UCLA, VP of Data Science at Livongo, Data Science Leader at Twitter, VP of Data Science at SoFi, Principal Data Scientist / Director at eBay
Connect on: LinkedIn
Johniac is a Swarm Harness OS for AI-native companies, providing infrastructure for orchestrating and coordinating multi-agent AI systems at scale.
HQ: Suwanee, Georgia, United States
Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Developer Infrastructure, B2B SaaS | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 Months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Bryan Gopal - Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Staff Research Scientist at Together AI, Research Scientist at Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL), Software Engineer Intern at Meta
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 Months
Abhijit Pol - Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree
Prior Experience: Head of Monetization Engineering at Pinterest, VP of Engineering, Advertising at Roku, Sr. Director of Engineering, Big Data & ML at Rocket Fuel, Principal Engineer, Behavioral Targeting at Yahoo, Research Intern at Microsoft Research
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 Months
Abhi Ramaswamy - Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: MBA at UC Berkeley Haas, Head of Commercial Operations & Revenue at Thoughtful AI, Senior Manager, Global Operations at Meta, Senior Consultant, Strategy & Operations at Deloitte
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Austin, Texas, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 Months
Eden Gesser - Co-Founder & CTO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Principal Software Engineer at Palo Alto Networks, Software Engineer at Dig Security (acquired by Palo Alto Networks), Software Engineering Team Lead at Kaymera by TAM-C
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Israel
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 Months
Rachel Caisi Miller - Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Entrepreneur in Residence at Antler, Senior Product Manager at Reddit, Product Manager at Stride Travel
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 Month
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