Stealth Startup Spy #38
Ex-Meta/Lyft alum launches GenAI 3D face-tracked avatars, AI-powered contextual matchmaking for VCs and founders now in private beta, & Senior PM at Noom leaves to build own mental wellness startup
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 track billions of data points to help you identify tomorrow's opportunities that are currently hiding in the shadows. These signals include tracking the inflows and outflows of talent who work at “Stealth Startups”, bios and profile changes to “building something new” and monitoring press releases to shine a light on the hidden world of stealth startups.
In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
Ex-Meta/Lyft Engineer launches Gen AI 3D face-tracked avatars for livestreaming (waitlist only)
Ex-Head of Product at Carta is building something new in stealth
AI-powered contextual matchmaking startup for VCs and founders now in private beta
Former VP of Data Science at a transit tech company launches an ML-based platform for adaptive trial design
Developer tools designed for AI applications emerges from stealth
Senior Product Manager at Noom leaves to build own mental wellness startup
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
Paul-Louis Venard - Co-Founder at Phospho
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-BCG, ex-Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty of France
Connect on: LinkedIn
Phospo is the first agent deployment tool by design. Deploy, test, scale your agents in one click.
HQ: BSan Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Walid Fayez Mustapha - Co-Founder at DeckMatch
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-VP Data Science at Marketer, Founder & ex-CEO at HomeFair (acquired)
Connect on: LinkedIn
DeckMatch is an AI-powered contextual matchmaking for VCs and founders.
HQ: Sentrum, Oslo, Norway
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Peggy Wang - Co-Founder & CTO at Ego
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#14
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Engineer at Facebook, ex-Software Engineer Intern at Lyft, ex-Research Assistant at Stanford University
Connect on: LinkedIn
Ego empowers anyone to generate, create and livestream as a fully face-tracked 3D avatar to any platform...in under 90 seconds.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 5
Key Investors: Pear VC, Boost VC, Roadrunner Ventures, Kayvon Beykpour
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Bill Lennon - Co-Founder & CEO at Ollie AI
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-VP Product, FinTech at Snap Raise, ex-Co-Founder & CEO at Ground.work (Now Snap! Spend), ex-AI Engineer at Amplify.AI & Zintera
Connect on: LinkedIn
Ollie is an AI shopping expert redefining how we shop online.
HQ: San Diego, California, United States
Industry: Consumer Services | Team Size: 6
Key Investors: Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, Madrona and Two Sigma Ventures
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Elad Berkman - CTO & Co-Founder at PhaseV
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-VP Data Science - City Performance at Via
Connect on: LinkedIn
PhaseV develops a platform for adaptive trial design and closed-loop execution to support key clinical decisions at any point during the trial.
HQ: Tel Aviv, Israel
Industry: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing | Team Size: 15
Key Investors: Viola Ventures, Exor, LionBird, Getty
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
Mohnish Mohanty - Founder, CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Product at Carta, ex-Director, Product Management at Extend, ex-Senior Manager at DocuSign, ex-Deloitte
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Justin Liu - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Product, Growth at Rockset, ex-Software Engineer at Google, ex-Founder, President at Valley Consulting Group, ex-Software Engineer at Bitwage
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Feynman Liang - Co-Founder / CTO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Research Scientist at Facebook, ex-Director Of Engineering at Gigster, ex-ML Engineer at Databricks, ex-Bridgewater/Google/Microsoft
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Greater Seattle Area, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Matthieu Monsch - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Staff Software Engineer at DoorDash, ex-Software Engineer at Faros AI, ex-Senior Software Engineer at Google, ex-Staff Engineer at LinkedIn
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 10 months
Ishita Ganotra - CEO and Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Product Manager, Noom Mood at Noom Inc., ex-Product Manager at Facebook, ex-Product Manager at Microsoft
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Mountain View, California, United States
Building a Mental Wellness Startup
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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