Stealth Startup Spy #43
Ex-Google Brain/DeepMind founders exit stealth for new AI company, Harvard MBA/Spotify alum debuts AI-powered digital phone concierge ($20M raised), & Former Twitter PM 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:
Harvard MBA/Spotify alum emerges from stealth with $20M funding for digital phone concierge
Former Twitter PM is building a stealth AI vertical SaaS startup
AI research and product company exits stealth with $58M funding (ex-Google Brain/DeepMind founders)
Former SpaceX engineer launches Gen-AI platform for enterprises
Payroll platform for the construction industry emerges from stealth (YC S23)
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
Alex Sambvani - Co-Founder and CEO at Slang.ai
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Data Scientist at Spotify, Ex-Analyst at Credit Suisse, Harvard MBA
Connect on: LinkedIn
Slang.ai is a digital phone concierge that answers questions, takes reservations, and satisfies callers.
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 21
Latest Funding: $20M Series A Round on 6/27/2023
Key Investors: Homebrew, Stage 2 Capital, Wing VC, Underscore VC, Active Capital, Collide Capital, Path Ventures, and Intuitive Truth Ventures
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 48 months
Yi Tay - Chief Scientist & Co-founder at Reka
FounderDNA: Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Research Scientist at Google Brain
Connect on: LinkedIn | Twitter
Reka is an AI research and product company that develops models to benefit humanity, organizations, and enterprises.
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 9
Latest Funding: $58M Series A Round on 6/27/2023
Key Investors: DST Global Partners and founding investor Radical Ventures
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Douglas Tallmadge - Co-Founder & CEO at Pano AI
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Engineering Manager at SpaceX, ex-Bridgewater Associates, ex-Lockheed Martin
Connect on: LinkedIn
Pano AI is a secure, generative AI platform that helps businesses add a language based interface to their existing software product.
HQ: Seattle, Washington, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 6
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Anna Berger - Founder & CEO at Trayd
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Growth & Marketing at Motto, Cofounder of Curtn, ex-Manager, Global Paid Media Strategy at Marriott International
Connect on: LinkedIn
Trayd is a payroll platform designed for commercial real estate subcontractors, featuring a modern workforce management platform
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Construction | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Adrian Kozhevnikov - Co-Founder & CTO at Super
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-CTO & Co-Founder of Cibus Health, Co-Founder of Fundder
Connect on: LinkedIn
Super is a platform to simplify billing for Web3 teams
HQ: London, United Kingdom
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 10
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
Jake Johnson - Co-Founder at Stealth
Prior Experience: Ex-Product Manager at Microsoft
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Seattle, Washington, United States
Building Y Combinator backed company in the 2023 Summer batch
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Alexander Wilson - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Microsoft, ex-Software Engineer at Goldman Sachs
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Austin, Texas, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Greg Brostek - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Product Manager - Data Platform at Twitter, ex-Business Analyst at PagerDuty
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Building an AI vertical SaaS
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Anant Vadlamani - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Product Leader at Exabeam, ex-Director of Product Management, Security Markets at Splunk, ex-Symantec, UCLA MBA
Connect on: LinkedIn | Twitter
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Arvind Raja - Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Staff Engineering Program Manager at Tesla, ex-Product Development Sourcing at Schlumberger
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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