Stealth Startup Spy #365
Former OpenAI COO goes stealth, Ex-Scythe Robotics CEO builds infra for real-world robots (YCS26), & Ex-Apple Siri QA engineer and YC alum, enters stealth mode with new AI startup
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In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
Former COO of Open AI goes under stealth
Ex-Scythe Robotics CEO and founder of Replica Labs (acquired by Occipital), builds reliable infrastructure for real-world robots
Ex-Apple Siri QA engineer and YC S21 alum, goes stealth with new AI startup
Ex-Cyera architecture lead and Wix director builds the Context Warehouse for enterprise AI
CMU PhD and Harvard postdoc, ex-Aptonomy co-founder/CTO, builds new robotics venture
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
Patrick Samy - Co-Founder & CEO at Hale
🔎 Featured Founder under stealth mode 62 weeks ago
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Prior Exit, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Entrepreneur in Residence at Menlo Ventures, Director at Eight Sleep, Co-founder & CEO at Span (acquired by Eight Sleep), Product Engineer at Microsoft
Hale is building a preventive-care platform aimed at catching heart disease before it starts.
HQ: United States
Industry: Preventive Health, Cardiac Care | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 Months
Jack Morrison - CEO & Co-Founder at Agency Tool Company
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Cofounder and CEO at Scythe Robotics, Computer Vision at Occipital, Cofounder and CTO at Replica Labs (acquired by Occipital)
Agency Tool Company gives robotics teams reliable infrastructure to build, deploy, manage, and operate real-world robots, so they can focus on the product instead of the plumbing.
HQ: Denver, Colorado, United States
Industry: Robotics Infrastructure, DevOps for Robots | Team Size: 3
Key Investors: Y Combinator (S26)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 Months
Tomer Mesika - Co-Founder & CTO at Modus
🔎 Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#276
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Head of Architecture at Cyera, Director of Architecture at Wix.com, Co-founder & CTO at RapidUI (Acquired by Wix)
Modus is building a “Context Warehouse” that learns how a business actually works from its existing data and workflows, then gives every AI interaction the relevant context it needs.
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Enterprise AI, Data Infrastructure | Team Size: 12
Latest Funding: $10M Seed Round led by Insight Partners
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 Months
Sam Alghaithi - Co-Founder at Gandr
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: President at Google Developers Group, Founder at Syth AI, Machine Learning Intern at San José State University
Connect on: LinkedIn
Gandr provides natural, low-cost text-to-speech for systems that need to talk continuously, addressing the per-token pricing that forces most developers to ration how much their software can say.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Voice AI, Developer Tools | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 Months
Alfredo Gonzalez - Founder & CEO at Omanta
FounderDNA: Doctorate Degree
Prior Experience: Senior Bioinformatics Scientist - Genomics Lead at Sid Sijbrandij’s team, Doctoral Researcher at UCLA, Biomedical Researcher - Cancer program at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Omanta is a personalized research lab for patients who’ve exhausted standard treatment options, want to prepare proactively for recurrence, or are living with an unresolved diagnosis.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Health Tech, Precision Medicine | Team Size: 3
Key Investors: Y Combinator (S26)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 Months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Brad Lightcap - Founder at Stealth
Prior Experience: Ex-COO at OpenAI, CFO at OpenAI, Strategic Finance at Dropbox, Investment Banking Analyst at J.P. Morgan
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 Month
Siddharth Sanan - Founder at Stealth Startup
Building at the intersection of robotic manipulation and AI.
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Robotics R&D Tech Lead at Omron Research Center of America, Co-founder / CTO at Aptonomy (YC S16), Postdoctoral Research Fellow - The Wyss Institute at Harvard University, Robotics Innovation & Research Scientist - AI Center at Samsung Research America
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 Months
Omar Gamel - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Staff Machine Learning Engineer at Tesla, Sr. Machine Learning Engineer at Google, Research Scientist at Amazon
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 Months
Japjot Sethi - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Head of Technical Program Management - Data, Privacy & Compliance at Apple, Product Lead - Environment Health & Safety at Apple
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Palo Alto, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 Months
Max Glubochansky - Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Co-Founder at Careerist (YC S21), QA Engineer (Siri) at Apple, Test Engineer - Intel True VR (Voke) at Intel Corporation
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 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.