Stealth Startup Spy #74
Google veteran of 10+ years embarks on new stealth venture, Voice-driven AI hrtech exits stealth, & Ex-Cruise/Pinterest/Graft engineer is building an AI agent to automate B2B e-commerce
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:
London-based voice-driven AI hrtech exits stealth (waitlist only)
Blockchain analytics platform to prevent crypto scams goes live
Google veteran of 10+ years embarks on new stealth venture
Engineer alum from Cruise, Pinterest and Graft is building an AI agent to automate B2B e-commerce
Ex-Head of Growth at Getir leaves to build something new in the healthcare and marketplace space
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
Martin Lukac - Co-Founder & Chief Data Scientist at Koios
FounderDNA: Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Research Data Scientist at QuantCo, Former Associate at the Oxford Martin School, LSE Fellow, ex-Data Scientist at IBM
Connect on: LinkedIn
Koios empowers Talent and HR leaders to unlock human potential with the transformative power of Acoustic AI.
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 4
Latest Funding: $550,000 Pre Seed round on 9/4/2023
Key Investors: Seedcamp, Evolvient Capital
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Arijit Das - Founder & CEO at Datadash
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Founder at Xtake Finance (acquired), ex-Distributed Systems Engineer at Dgraph Labs, ex-Member of Technical Staff at Cohesity
Connect on: LinkedIn
Datadash is a cutting-edge platform designed to revolutionize your interaction with blockchain data.
HQ: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Data Infrastructure and Analytics | Team Size: 9
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Vinay Prabhu - Founder at HAL51.AI
FounderDNA: Doctorate Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Principal Machine Learning Scientist at UnifyID (acquired by Prove), ex-Data Scientist at Albeado
Connect on: LinkedIn
HAL51 is a technology that combines 3D displays, educational technology (EdTech), on-device artificial intelligence (AI), and 3D visual modeling.
HQ: Menlo Park, California, United States
Industry: Computer Hardware Manufacturing | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Lucas Christel - Co-Founder at Purpose
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Doctorate Degree, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Managing Director (Digital Strategy) at Engel & Völkers, Co-Founder & ex-CEO at REO and offmade (both companies acquired by Engel & Völkers)
Connect on: LinkedIn
Purpose is an end-to-end solution for energy renovation and long-term ESG management.
HQ: Berlin, Germany
Industry: Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing | Team Size: 7
Latest Funding: $3.4M Pre Seed Round on 10/5/2023
Key Investors: Speedinvest, Atlantic Labs
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Itay Saadia - Co-Founder & CEO at Tevet.ai
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Security Reasearcher at Cellebrite, ex-Security Reasearcher at Israelli Military Intelligence, ex-Software Firmware Engineer at Gimoby
Connect on: LinkedIn
Tevet.ai supercharges IT teams by automating trivial and recurrent tasks, freeing them up to address complex issues.
HQ: Tel Aviv District, Israel
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 10 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Michael Graczyk - Co-Founder & CTO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Staff Software Engineer at Google, ex-Software Engineer at Instagram, Cofounder & ex-CTO at OpenToken, ex-VP of Engineering at comma.ai
Connect on: LinkedIn
Most likely building AI productivity tools
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Chris Yang - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Lead Technical Program Manager at Google, ex-Board of Directors at The Knowledge Egg, UC Berkeley/Columbia University dual MBA degree
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Mountain View, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Yucheng He - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Founder in Residence at Afore Capital, Founding Engineer at Graft, ex-Senior Software Engineer at Cruise, ex-Pinterest, ex-Amazon
Connect on: LinkedIn
Building an AI agent to automate B2B e-commerce
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Ankur Varma - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Prior Exit, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-President/Chief Product Officer at Course Hero, Founder and ex-CEO at Plonked (acquired), ex-Development Manager at Microsoft
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Kara Amantoy - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Growth at Getir, ex-Global Director of Planning and Performance at Gorillas (acquired by Getir), ex-Global Brand Manager at Unilever
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Building something new in the healthcare and marketplace space.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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