Stealth Startup Spy #44
Google executive leaves to join Y combinator S23 batch, Former Okta director emerges from stealth for sales enablement communication platform, & Ex-VP of Credit Karma 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 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:
Former Xwing VP launches search engine for location-based data (raised $2.75M)
Ex-Google product manager debuts AI-powered plagiarism detector
Ex-Apple ML engineer unveils next-gen data warehouse optimization company
Former Okta executive emerges from stealth for sales enablement communication platform
Ex-Google Strategy & Operations Program Manager leaves to start own venture, joins Y combinator S23 batch
Ex-VP of Credit Karma is building in stealth mode
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
Jesse Kallman - Founder & CEO at Danti
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-VP, Commercialization & Strategy at Xwing, ex-President, North America at Airbus Defence and Space - Intelligence
Connect on: LinkedIn
Danti is a search engine for exploring the extensive collections of Earth observation data available today.
HQ: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 13
Latest Funding: $2.75M Pre-seed Round on 6/21/2023
Key Investors: Tech Square Ventures, Radius Capital
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Mo Zadeh - Co-Founder & CEO at Rumi
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#19
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Product Management at Google, ex-Anti-Fraud ML Strategy at Capital One
Connect on: LinkedIn
Rumi’s proprietary technology helps you distinguish authentic creations from AI-generated content
HQ: United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Richard Hruby - Co-Founder & CTO at CYQIQ
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#25
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: UC Berkeley Visiting Researcher, ex-Google (Trust and Safety) Intern
Connect on: LinkedIn
CYQIQ is an NLP-powered Saas that helps consultants get better insights out of complex files faster.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 5
Key Investors: L’oreal, Berkeley Skydeck, W. Campus fund, Microsoft for Startups, Google for Startups
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Juri Ganitkevitch - Co-Founder at Espresso AI
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Machine Learning Manager, Input Experience at Apple, ex-Research Scientist at Google, ex-Research Intern at Microsoft
Connect on: LinkedIn
Espresso AI, Next-Generation Data Warehouse Optimization
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 4
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Nadav Benbarak - Co-Founder at Baton
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Sr. Director, Strategy and Operations at Okta, Inc., ex-Product Marketing Manager at Google, Harvard MBA
Connect on: LinkedIn
Baton is the comms platform for Sales Enablement
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Media | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 22 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Amy Yan - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Strategy & Operations Program Manager, Global Acquisitions at Google, ex-Business Operations Analyst at Facebook, ex-Groupon
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Greater Seattle Area, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Oleksandr Antoshchenko - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Lead Software Engineer at Skillz, ex-Tech Lead at Amazon, ex-Software Developer at Expedia
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Harry Bleyan - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Engineer at Everyday Robots, ex-Machine Learning Engineer at Tesla, ex-Machine Learning Software Engineer at Google
Connect on: LinkedIn | Twitter
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Andrew Jenkins - Founder & CTO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-VP of Engineering at Credit Karma, ex-VP of Engineering at PacketVideo, ex-Lead Software Architect, ex-IBM
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Cyrena Chih - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Director of Product Management at ServiceNow, ex-Khan Academy, Ex-Zynga, Ex-Disney
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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