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Stealth Startup Spy #66

Ex-Airtable VP of Engineering is building in stealth mode, Healthtech automation startup (backed by DeepMind's Mustafa Suleyman) goes live, & Ex-Head of Privacy at ByteDance debuts AI security company

Drake Dukes
Sep 18, 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:

  • Ex-VP of Engineering at Airtable is building something new in stealth mode

  • Former Snap Inc Head of Conversational AI unveils world’s first video-call-based virtual agent

  • Ex-Head of Healthcare at Amazon Web Services is building a stealth healthtech startup

  • Ex-Head of Privacy at ByteDance debuts AI security company (waitlist only)

  • Ex-Google PM exits stealth with $3.2M seed funding for health tech automation 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

Ivan Vanderbyl - Co-Founder & CPTO at Ensignia

FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Prior Exit

Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Product Officer at Airheart, ex-Senior Director of Product Management at Tricentis, Co-Founder of Flood IO (acquired), ex-Software Engineer at DigitalOcean

Connect on: LinkedIn

Ensignia helps companies build trusted software to reduce the occurrence of software supply chain attacks.

HQ: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Industry: Computer and Network Security | Team Size: 2

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months


Alan Bekker - CEO and Co-Founder at eSelf AI

🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#37

FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Doctorate Degree, Prior Exit, Top 10 University

Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Conversational AI at Snap Inc., Co-Founder of Voca.ai (acquired by Snap), ex-Deep Learning Researcher at Intel Corporation

Connect on: LinkedIn

eSelf AI is the world’s first video-call-based virtual agent, capable of delivering a human feel while understanding your customers.

HQ: Tel Aviv, Israel

Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 10

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 months


Zhuo Li - Founder & CEO at HydroX AI

🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#33

FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG

Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Privacy and Data Protection Office at ByteDance, ex-Engineering Manager at Facebook, ex-Senior Software Engineer at LinkedIn

Connect on: LinkedIn

HydroX AI is a startup focused on AI safety.

HQ: Silicon Valley, United States

Industry: Security Systems Services

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months


Abdel Mahmoud - Founder & CEO at Co:Helm

FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Former FAANG

Prior Experience: Ex-Product Manager at Google, ex-Doctor/Medical Student at NHS, ex-Meta

Connect on: LinkedIn

Co:Helm is building the future of Healthcare Administration, supercharged by AI to reduce operational costs by more than 50% and improving accuracy.

HQ: New York, United States

Industry: Hospitals and Health Care | Team Size: 5

Latest Funding: $3.2M Seed Round on 9/11/2023

Key Investors: Sequoia Capital, Blue Lion Global, Nebular, Ventures Together, Four Acres, Anamcara, Mustafa Suleyman (DeepMind founder)

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months


Andrew Kass - Co-Founder & CEO at Highliner.ai

FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University

Prior Experience: Ex-Group Vice President, Engineering at Elastic (NYSE:ESTC), ex-Vice President, Server, Cloud, and Platforms at Tableau Software (acquired by Salesforce), ex-General Manager/Sr. Director at Microsoft

Connect on: LinkedIn

Highliner.ai is a SaaS company using AI and business models to provide Business Observability to gain insight and visibility into the business processes.

HQ: Seattle, Washington, United States

Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months


🕵️‍♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth

Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode

Alex Stein - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup

FounderDNA: Former FAANG

Prior Experience: Ex-Product Manager at Facebook, ex-Google

Connect on: LinkedIn

HQ: San Francisco, California, United States

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months


Harry Loboa - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup

FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University

Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Healthcare at Amazon Web Services (AWS), ex-Regional Sales Director at Elsevier

Connect on: LinkedIn

HQ: Bogota, Capital District, Colombia

Most likely building a HealthTech startup that leverages AI to revolutionize healthcare through early diagnostics, particularly focusing on chronic diseases, with a specialization in oncology.

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months


Kah Seng Tay - Founder at Stealth Startup

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

Prior Experience: Ex-GM & VP of Engineering at Airtable, ex-Director of Engineering at Quora, ex-Salesforce, ex-Microsoft

Connect on: LinkedIn

HQ: Mountain View, California, United States

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month


Christina Chang - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup

FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Top 10 University

Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Marketing Officer at Health Catalyst ($440M raised), ex-Director, Product Marketing at Adobe, ex-Head of Marketing at Lyra Health ($910M raised)

Connect on: LinkedIn

HQ: San Francisco, California, United States

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 months


Ben Hayak - Founder at Stealth Startup

Prior Experience: Ex-Director, Product Security at Salesforce, ex-Security Researcher at Trustwave

Connect on: LinkedIn

HQ: Tel Aviv, Israel

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months

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Drake


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