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
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
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
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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