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Stealth Startup Spy #59

Women-led game studio launches with support from a16z's SPEEDRUN, UC Berkeley PhD debuts AI robotics company, & Former executive at Dataiku ($800M+ raised AI company) is building in stealth mode

Drake Dukes
Aug 24, 2023
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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 data scientist at Amazon debuts YC-backed startup, creating the tools they wish they had during their time at Amazon

  • Director of Technology Strategy at Groq ($362M raised AI startup) leaves to become CEO of a stealth AI startup

  • Marketplace for insured patients to compare doctors’ cost goes live (founded by ex-Uber engineer)

  • Former executive at Dataiku ($800M+ raised AI company) is building in stealth mode

  • UC Berkeley PhD is hiring engineers for recently launched AI robotics company

  • Women-led educational game studio launches with support from Roble Ventures and a16z's SPEEDRUN

  • 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

Jared Wilber - Co-Founder at CambioML

FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University

Prior Experience: Lecturer at UC San Diego, ex-Data Scientist at Amazon Web Services (AWS), ex-Data Scientist at Neudesic

Connect on: LinkedIn

CambioML is an open-source Python library for ML scientists and practitioners.

HQ: California, United States

Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months


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Thomas Sohmers - Founder and CEO at Positron AI

FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder

Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Technology Strategy at Groq ($362M raised AI startup), ex-Principal Hardware Architect at Lambda

Connect on: LinkedIn

Positron AI is building next generation hardware+software appliances for machine learning applications.

HQ: United States

Industry: Computer Hardware Manufacturing | Team Size: 6

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months


Kevin Chiu - Co-Founder and CEO at Certainly Health

FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University

Prior Experience: Ex-Software Engineer at Uber, Stanford MS

Connect on: LinkedIn

Certainly Health is a marketplace for insured patients to compare guaranteed out-of-pocket costs across doctors.

HQ: New York, United States

Industry: Hospitals and Health Care | Team Size: 2

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 11 months


Emily Tierney - Co-Founder at Tiny Comet

FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University

Prior Experience: Ex-Staff Technology Manager at Google, ex-Marketing Technology Lead at Supercell

Connect on: LinkedIn

Tiny Comet is an innovative game studio dedicated to creating history based games specifically designed for school-aged players.

HQ: San Francisco, California, United States

Industry: computer Games | Team Size: 3

Key Investors: Roble Ventures, SPEEDRUN

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months


Thomas Tang - Co-Founder at Anyware Robotics

FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Top 10 University

Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Research Scientist at FANUC America Corporation, ex-Graduate Student Researcher at UC Berkeley

Connect on: LinkedIn

Anyware Robotics is build the next generation of general purpose robots, starting from warehouse automation.

HQ: Fremont, California, United States

Industry: Robotics Engineering | Team Size: 5

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

Matan Zutta - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup

FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Prior Exit

Prior Experience: Ex-Manager, Solutions Architecture at Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Connect on: LinkedIn

HQ: Tel Aviv District, Israel

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months


Christopher Tanner - Founder at Stealth Mode

FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Top 10 University

Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Director, Software Engineering at Niantic, ex-CEO and Founder of Lucidity Project (acquired by Niantic)

Connect on: LinkedIn

HQ: San Jose, California, United States

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months


Avi Abadi - Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup

FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree

Prior Experience: Former CTO and Co-Founder of Skyline Robotics ($12.9M raised)

Connect on: Linkedin

HQ: Tel Aviv District, Israel

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months


Dominique Poudevigne - Founder at Stealth Startup

FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree

Prior Experience: Ex-VP Services Product Management at Dataiku, ex-Head of Core Infrastructure Services at Credit Agricole CIB

Connect on: LinkedIn

HQ: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months


Shahar Tal - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup

FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree

Prior Experience: Ex-VP Business Development at Cellebrite, ex-Vulnerability Research Manager at Check Point Software Technologies, ex-Israeli Military Intelligence

Connect on: LinkedIn

HQ: Israel

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month

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Drake


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