Stealth Startup Spy #42
Founding member of Tesla Autopilot team debuts EV startup, OpenAI backs female-led stealth AI company, & Former talent recruiter at Snap Inc and Spotify is building in stealth mode
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 technologay 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:
Founding member of the Tesla Autopilot team debuts EV startup to change the way people live and work on the road (raised $13.6M)
Femtech startup unveils first-ever platform to understand how the body processes medicine for a personalized medication experience (waitlist only)
Kubernetes co-founder exits stealth to bring software supply chain security to enterprises
Sequoia-backed gen-AI startup emerges from stealth to revolutionize the way customer care is handled
Open AI backs female-led stealth startup (Harvard alum founder)
Former Infosys SVP of Enterprise Applicaation Integration at Infosys is building an AI platform in stealth
Former talent recruiter at Snap Inc and Spotify leads AI stealth 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
Stefan Solyom - Chief Technology Officer at Pebble
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#32
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Sr ML Engineering Manager at Apple, ex-Systems Architect at Tesla, ex-Volvo Car Corporation
Connect on: LinkedIn
Pebble is a California-based EV startup.
HQ: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Industry: Motor Vehicle Manufacturing | Team Size: 9
Latest Funding: $13.6M Series A round on 6/13/2023
Key Investors: Lightspeed, Vision+, UpHonest Capital
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
Athena Doshi - Founder and CEO at Celeste
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Founder at Project Kilimanjaro, ex-Product Manager at Omada Health, ex-Clinical Research Coordinator at Heartbeat Health
Connect on: LinkedIn
Celeste is the groundbreaking precision medicine therapeutics platform for menstruating people that's revolutionizing the healthcare industry.
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Hospitals and Health Care | Team Size: 6
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Craig McLuckie - Co-Founder & CEO at Stacklok
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Former VP R&D at VMware, Kubernetes co-founder, Product Lead for Google Compute Engine, Ex-Microsoft
Connect on: LinkedIn
Stacklok is an Open Source first security company enabling safe Open Source Software consumption
HQ: Seattle, Washington, United States
Industry: Computer and Network Security | Team Size: 6
Latest Funding: $17.5M Series A round on 5/22/2023
Key Investors: Accel, Madrona
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Suhail Abidi - Co-Founder & CEO at Cube
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Co-Founder at StudyRoom and Tinystep, ex-PwC, Stanford MBA
Connect on: LinkedIn
Cube is a generative AI startup helping multi-location businesses streamline online reputation management and customer care.
HQ: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 25
Latest Funding: $1.7M Pre-Seed Round on 11/1/2022
Key Investors: Graph Ventures, Sequoia Capital
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Rashmi Sinha - Co-Founder and CTO at Revv
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Engineer at Pinterest, Co-Founder of Augment Health, ex-iOS Engineer at Audible
Connect on: LinkedIn
Revv's mission is to power the future of safer roads and vehicles for all.
HQ: New York City, New York, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Latest Funding: $2.1M Pre-Seed Round on 05/01/2023
Key Investors: 1984 Ventures, Adapt Ventures, Soma Capital
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Samantha Whitmore - Founder & CEO/CTO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Engineering at Maximus and Kensho Technologies
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Latest Funding: $3.4M Undisclosed Round
Key Investors: Lachy Groom, the OpenAI Fund, South Park Commons, Script Capital
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Tom Sherwood - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior International Recruiter at Snap Inc., ex-Senior Recruiter at Spotify, ex-Apple
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Building an AI startup
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
Sourabh Pateriya - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Product Manager at Spotify, ex-Lead Designer at Samsung, ex-User Experience Designer at Tobii
Connect on: Linkedin | Twitter
HQ: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Srinivas Kamadi - Founder at Aiden AI
FounderDNA: Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Vice President and Global Head of Enterprise Application Integration and Services at Infosys, Stanford alum
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
AIDEN AI, the cutting-edge AI-based platform revolutionizing the way you build applications with its innovative low code no code approach.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Daniel Ribeiro Silva - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Staff Software Engineer - Perception & ML at X, the moonshot factory, ex-Sr. Software Engineer at Google, ex-Apple, ex-Amazon
Connect on: Linkedin | Twitter
HQ: Mountain View, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 16 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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