Stealth Startup Spy #46
Ex-Googlers unveil product analytics platform for AI chat interfaces, Ex-Plaid/Visa co-founders debut real-time account to account payments platform, & Ex-Stripe exec debuts API for smart meter data
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:
Fintech startup for real-time account to account payments emerges from stealth (Ex-Plaid/Visa co-founders)
Ex-Googlers unveil product analytics platform for AI chat interfaces
Former Meta PM debuts AI platform where anyone can explore and build AI-powered apps
Ex-Netflix Engineer takes on new venture in the intersection of AI and security
Former Stripe executive unlocks access to smart meter data in new startup
Ex-Lead Product Manager at Canva is building something new 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
Andrew Coover - Co-Founder at Push Cash
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Software Engineer at Plaid, ex-Software Engineer at Yelp
Connect on: LinkedIn
Push aims to help people transfer money promptly, securely, and effortlessly regardless of their financial institution.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Financial Services | Team Size: 2
Key Investors: Foundation Capital
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Alex Gamble - Co-Founder and CTO at Context
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering at Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
Context provides product analytics for AI chat interfaces
HQ: London, United Kingdom
Industry: Data Infrastructure and Analytics | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Don O'Leary - Co-Founder & CTO at Coreclimate
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#24
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-EMEA Head of Customer Engineering at Stripe, ex-Director of Sales at Twitter, ex-Senior Online Sales & Operations Manager at Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
Coreclimate unlocks access to smart meter data in Europe through a developer friendly API
HQ: London, United Kingdom
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Saurabh Jain - Co-Founder at Stable Money
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-CEO at Navi Mutual Fund, Ex-AVP, Business Projects at Swiggy
Connect on: LinkedIn
Stable Money is an investment company that aims to help individuals grow their wealth in a stable and secure way through fixed-income assets.
HQ: Bangalore, India
Industry: Financial Services | Team Size: 28
Latest Funding: $4.5M Series A Round on 2/12/2023
Key Investors: Matrix Partners India, Lightspeed India Partners, Titan Capital
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 months
Andrew Hoh - Co-Founder at LastMile AI
FounderDNA: Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Product Manager at Meta, Airbnb and Microsoft
Connect on: LinkedIn
LastMile AI helps you build AI-powered applications from LLMs, image, and audio models.
HQ: New York, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 8
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Steven Novak - Co-Founder/CTO at Stealth Mode
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Software Engineer at Uber, ex-Full Stack Engineer at Palantir Technologies
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Building AI powered products
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 36 months
Preetam Joshi - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Software Engineer at Netflix, ex-Manager, Data Science & Engineering at Thumbtack, ex-Senior Software Engineer at Yahoo
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Building in the intersection of AI and security.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Dale Vaz - Founder and CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Technology Officer at Swiggy, ex-Director of Software Engineering at Amazon India, ex-Infosys Technologies
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Manuel Diaz-Granados - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Software Engineer at Rokt and Yahoo
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Pius Binder - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Lead Product Manager at Canva, ex-SMB Growth Manager at Facebook, ex-Trade Marketing Analyst at L'Oréal
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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