Stealth Startup Spy #66
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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
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
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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