Stealth Startup Spy #64
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Stealth Startup Spy #64
Ex-Google Brain Scientist debuts AI startup with $16M seed funding from a16z, Femtech startup for midlife women goes live, & Former college dropout launches personalized AI tutor app for every student
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 Google Brain Scientist exits stealth with $16M seed funding from a16z and Index Ventures to kickstart GenAI startup
Former Coinbase engineer unveils innovative chatbot solution to streamline interactions with information
Former college dropout launches personalized AI tutor app for every student (backed by Y Combinator)
Former Delivery Hero executive unveils femtech startup for women in menopause & beyond
Ex-Stripe/Google engineering head is building in stealth mode
Former LinkedIn analyst is building a stealth analytics SaaS company
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
James Pozdena - Founder at Kelp Tools
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Staff Software Engineer at Coinbase, ex-Staff Software Engineer, Guest Store - Messaging at Airbnb
Connect on: LinkedIn | Twitter
Kelp Tools uses AI to turn static documents into engaging, dynamic conversations.
HQ: United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 1
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Mohammad Norouzi - Co-Founder & CEO at Ideogram
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#22
FounderDNA: Doctorate Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google, University of Toronto PhD
Connect on: LinkedIn
Ideogram is on a mission is to help people become more creative through gen AI.
HQ: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 8
Latest Funding: $16.5 million Seed Round
Key Investors: a16z, Index Ventures, AIX Ventures, Golden Ventures, Two Small Fish Ventures
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 10 months
Alex Lanzoni - Co-Founder & CTO at Studdy
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Staff Software Engineer at Rivian, ex-Senior Software Engineer at Starcity, ex-Software Engineer at Robert Half
Connect on: LinkedIn
Studdy Buddy is a multilingual tutor that uses AI, to supercharge students ability to learn new subjects.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 12
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Ava Ghaiumy- Co-Founder at Beyoni Health
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Regional Director, Global Food Services at Delivery Hero, ex-Project Manager at Hubert Burda Media
Connect on: LinkedIn
Beyoni Health, digital preventive self-care for midlife women based on personal biomarkers
HQ: Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Industry: Health and Human Services | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Mike Argosh - Co-Founder & CEO at Hydropore
FounderDNA: Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Strategic Projects at Sitetracker, 2022 Leadership Fellow at Clean Energy Leadership Institute, ex-Strategy & Innovation Consultant at Accenture
Connect on: LinkedIn
Hydropore enables the storage of electricity and clean hydrogen production in a compact footprint, utilizing any water source, including seawater.
HQ: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Industry: Renewables & Environment | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Prajakta Kalekar - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Global Money Movement Platform at Stripe, ex-Head of Engineering, Enterprise Spanner Features at Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Niel Christensen - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
Prior Experience: Ex-Product Strategy and Business Operations Analyst at LinkedIn, ex-Product Data Science at Vivint
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Greater Tokyo Area, Japan
Building an analytics SaaS.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Solomon Thompson - Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Operations at Amazon, ex-Analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, ex-Summer Analyst at BlackRock
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Los Angeles, California, United States
Building AI-powered solutions for small businesses, optimizing lead capture, automating support, and enhancing client engagement.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Emilie Boyland - CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Machine Learning Scientist at Hugging Face, ex-Data Science Manager at Amazon, ex-Senior Data Scientist at Meta
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Bernardo Toca - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Sr Partner Manager LATAM at Amazon Ads at Amazon, ex-Professor at ISDI (Instituto Superior para el desarrollo de Internet), ex-Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City, Mexico
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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