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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

Drake Dukes
Sep 11, 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 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

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