Stealth Startup Spy #50
Harvard MBA/ex-Shell unveils software vertical for the oil and gas industry, Ex-Meta Senior Director debuts genAI platform as a service, & AI/ML based technology to help reduce food waste goes live
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-SambaNova engineer launches AI platform to help hardware companies manage their bills of materials
Ex-Director, Meta AI at Meta is building a stealth Gen AI startup
Harvard MBA/ex-Shell unveils operations management solution designed for the oil and gas industry
Ex-Meta Senior Director of Engineering debuts generative AI platform as a service
AI/ML based technology to help reduce food waste goes live
Ex-VP of Engineering at Ada is building a B2B 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
Jana Mithrakumar - Co-Founder at ProdTrace
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Hardware Engineer at SambaNova Systems, ex-Engineering Intern at Google and Dexterity, Inc.
Connect on: LinkedIn
ProdTrace uses AI to help hardware companies manage their bills of materials and automate supplier communication.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Natasha Reddy - Co-Founder & CEO at Porosity
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: 6 years at Shell, Ex-Senior Director at Better, ex-Goldman Sachs, Harvard MBA
Connect on: LinkedIn
Porosity is an end-to-end operations management solution designed for the oil and gas industry.
HQ: United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Erich Anderson - Co-Founder and CEO at FreighTrader
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#37
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Program Manager at Amazon, ex-Pricing Operations Manager at Convoy Inc, ex-Strategy and Operations Associate at Enova International
Connect on: LinkedIn
FreighTrader is deploying a fresh approach, transparency, and a sprinkle of AI to solve for empty miles and more.
HQ: Seattle, Washington, United States
Industry: Transportation and Logistics | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Lin Qiao - Co-Founder and CEO at Fireworks AI
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Director of Engineering at Meta, ex-Tech Lead / Manager at LinkedIn, ex-Research Staff Member at IBM Almaden Research Center
Connect on: LinkedIn
Fireworks AI offers generative AI platform as a service.
HQ: Redwood City, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 9
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 10 months
Harpreet Singh - Co-Founder at Peckish
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Central Operations Manager, EMEA at Uber
Connect on: LinkedIn
Peckish is building a new AI/ML based technology to help reduce food waste and increase profitability for restaurants.
HQ: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Arunim Samat - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Google, ex-Senior Software Engineer at 8x8
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Seattle, Washington, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
Tamara Berg - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Doctorate Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Director, Meta AI at Meta, ex-Associate Professor at University of North Carolina, ex-Research Scientist at Yahoo! Research, UC Berkeley PhD
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Menlo Park, California, United States
Working on something new in genAI
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Reza Shabani - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Sr Engineering Manager, AI & Data at Replit, ex-Data Scientist at Wellington Management, ex-Vice President, Systematic Active Equity at BlackRock
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Cesar Ramos Medina - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Data Scientist at Meta, ex-Algos Teaching Assistant at Columbia University in the City of New York, ex-Lead at ADI
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Josh Schlanger - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-VP of Engineering, DevOps at Ada, ex-Senior Director of Engineering at The RealReal, ex-VP, DevOps and IT at Demandbase
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area
Building a B2B stealth startup
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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