Stealth Startup Spy #95
Microsoft, Meta and Amazon alumni team up to bring AI to product photography, Ex-Yahoo executive is building a stealth fashion tech company, & Former EA Engineering Director embarks on new venture
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:
AI-powered deck creation platform that connects & interprets third-party data into company branded presentations goes live
Director of Product Management at Yahoo leaves to co-found a fashion tech startup
Ex-Google Product Lead for Local Services launches AI voice moderator for gathering customer feedback
Ex-Microsoft Strategic Advisor is bringing generative AI to product photography with co-founders from Meta and Amazon
Director Of Engineering at Electronic Arts (EA) leaves to become CTO of a stealth 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
Jeff Cherkassky - Founder & CEO at DeckFusion
FounderDNA: Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-VP, Revenue at Republix, ex-SVP, Business Development at Levitate Foundry, ex-SVP, Business Development at Operam, ex-SVP, Business Development at Hawke Media
Connect on: LinkedIn
DeckFusion is an AI-powered data storytelling SaaS platform for agencies, sales teams, marketers, and data analysts.
HQ: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 1
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Vaibhav Trivedi - Co-Founder & COO at WhiteNoise
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Director, Market Intelligence, Substrate-Ecosystem at Intel Corporation, ex-Analyst at Yole Développement, ex-Amkor Technology
Connect on: LinkedIn
WhiteNoise is building the most trustable and reliable global tech influencer media platform.
HQ: Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Media | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
John Provine - Co-Founder & CEO at Voicepanel
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Product Lead, Local Services at Google, ex-Director of Product Management at Optimizely, ex-Product Manager at Upsight, ex-Software Engineer at Microsoft
Connect on: LinkedIn
Voicepanel utilizes an AI voice moderator for gathering customer feedback.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Ramnandan Krishnamurthy - Co-Founder & CEO at Flavor AI
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Strategic Advisor - Bing Advertising & Shopping at Microsoft, Co-Founder at fastnext.co (acquired by ANSR)
Connect on: LinkedIn
Flavor AI is an AI-powered product imagery platform
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Software Development
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 11 months
Victorien Garrigues - Co-Founder & CTO at Moonarch
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Full-stack Developer at Societe Generale, Co-Founder and CTO at CourseLnk, ex-Vice President Of Development at NetX Event
Connect on: LinkedIn
Moonarch is a platform that facilitates connections between startups and investors.
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals | Team Size: 8
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 13 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Daniel Hsu - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Engineering Manager at LinkedIn, ex-Data Engineer at Mango Health, Co-Founder at WashWithMe
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Building in the enterprise software and AI space.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 months
Sapir Tubul - Co-Founder & CTO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Data Scientist at Intel Coroporation, ex-Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Israel
Building the first construction engineer created by AI.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
Muni Xu - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Product Management at Yahoo, Ex-Head of Product at Nativex, ex-Data Scientist at Cisco
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Building something exciting in fashion tech.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Abirami M. - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Engineer at Visa, Procter & Gamble, Colruyt Group, and AXA
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Building an exciting product in the wealth tech space for India.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Oriol Martinez Pou - Co-Founder & CTO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Director Of Engineering at Electronic Arts (EA), ex-Product Owner, DevOps at Best Buy Canada
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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