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Ex-Adobe founders who just went stealth

19 founders who worked at Adobe started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Yash Nannaware

Founder and Investor
Left
Adobe
Account Manager
Before that
Went stealthNov 2026
Work
  • Account Manager at Adobe2025-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Assistant Manager -Business at Zycus2024-2025
  • Senior Manager - Business at Scaler2021-2024
  • Business Strategy Consultant at Pratigrham Sports For All Pvt. Ltd.2020-2022
  • Cofounder and Sociopreneur at Agneepankh Foundation2018-2022
  • Cofounder and Business Head at Bento2021-2022
  • Senior Business Consultant at upGrad2020-2021
Education
  • MITBTech
  • Sri. Shivaji Science College, Congressnagar,NagpurHSC
Left
Adobe
Adobe Community Professional
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Adobe Community Professional at Adobe2013-2015 · left Jan 2015
  • Investor at Sunbeam2024-2026
  • CEO & Co-founder at Pebble.so2022-2025
  • Podcast Host at DR - Danmarks Radio2022-2022
  • Design at Workday2021-2022
  • Director of Design at Workday Peakon Employee Voice2015-2021
  • Podcast Host at SOUNDVENUE2017-2020
Education
  • Danmarks Medie og JournalisthøjskoleBachelor's

Ersin Yumer

Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer
Left
Adobe
Sr. Director, Firefly Foundry and AI Platform
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Sr. Director, Firefly Foundry and AI Platform at Adobe2023-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Interim CEO, President and EVP of Operations at TuSimple2021-2022
  • Director of Engineering at Aurora2021-2021
  • Sr. Staff Research Scientist at Uber2018-2021
  • Head of Machine Learning at Argo AI2018-2018
  • Senior Research Scientist at Adobe2015-2018
  • Software Engineering Intern at Google2014-2014
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityPhD

Pradeep Javangula

Founder & AI Researcher
Left
Adobe
VP of Engineering - Digital Experience Cloud: Adobe Experience Platform, Sensei (AI/ML)
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • VP of Engineering - Digital Experience Cloud: Adobe Experience Platform, Sensei (AI/ML) at Adobe2011-2017 · left Jan 2017
  • Strategic Advisor at Everest AI Ventures2022-2026
  • Vice President of Enterprise AI at ServiceNow2024-2025
  • Senior Vice President of Data Science at Oscar Health2021-2023
  • VP of Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence at Workday2020-2021
  • Chief AI Officer at SymphonyAI2017-2020
  • Co-founder & CTO at Tumri Inc. (acquired by Adobe)2005-2011
Education
  • BITS PilaniBE
  • Oklahoma State UniversityPhD

Hao Tan

Co-Founder
Left
Adobe
Research Scientist
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Research Scientist at Adobe2021-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Research Intern at Bloomberg2020-2020
  • Research Intern at Google2019-2019
  • Research Intern at Adobe2018-2018
  • Research Intern at Microsoft2015-2016
Education
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel HillPhD
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityBachelor's
Left
Adobe
Partner's Council Co-President - Brazil
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Partner's Council Co-President - Brazil at Adobe2019-2023 · left May 2023
  • Managing Director EMEA & Latam at Netbiis2023-2026
  • Managing Partner/CEO - Brazil at Lima Consulting Group2014-2023
  • Co-founder & Owner at Safety Drive Blindagens2008-2019
  • Owner at PZMWEB2006-2016
  • Co Founder at Serengifty2013-2015
  • Consultant at FLAGCX2014-2014
Education
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
  • Boston University
  • Universidade Santa Úrsula
Left
Adobe
Computer Scientist
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Computer Scientist at Adobe2008-2014 · left Aug 2014
  • Engineering Manager at Superhuman2025-2026
  • Software Engineering Mentor at Formation2023-2025
  • Software Engineer at Coda2023-2025
  • Staff Software Engineer, iOS at Meta2014-2023
Education
  • Politehnica University of BucharestBS

Aaron W.

CEO & Founder
Left
Adobe
Machine Learning Engineer
Before thatNone listed
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Machine Learning Engineer at Adobe2022-2026 · left Aug 2026
Education
  • University of PittsburghMS
  • University of PittsburghBachelor's

Amogh Vaishampayan

Co-founder & CEO
Left
Adobe
Principal Product Manager, Firefly
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Principal Product Manager, Firefly at Adobe2025-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Product Head, Dashtoon Studio at Dashverse2023-2025
  • youstick.fun - personalized AI generated stickers created using Stable Diffusion at Generative AI Explorer2023-2023
  • Director - Product Management at Avataar2021-2022
  • Project Manager at Quantiphi2018-2021
  • Co-founder and CEO at Paintcollar2014-2018
  • Graduate Engineering Trainee at Emerson Network Power2013-2014
Education
  • National Institute of Technology TiruchirappalliBTech

Tanay Anand

Co-Founder
Left
Adobe
Research Associate 2
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Research Associate 2 at Adobe2019-2024 · left Feb 2024
  • RL Lead at Sarvam2024-2026
  • Virtual Research Consultant at WorldQuant2019-2019
  • Software Developer Internship at TreadWill2018-2018
Education
  • IIT KanpurBTech
  • St. Joseph's School, Shaktinagar
  • St. Joseph's School, ShaktinagarCBSE 10th

Rohan Siddam

Co-Founder
Left
Adobe
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Adobe2026-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Cloud Center of Excellence Intern at University of Utah2025-2026
  • Career Success Intern at U Career Success | University of Utah2023-2026
  • Marketing Event Coordinator at Captive Eight2023-2024
  • Cohort Leader at Factor2022-2023
  • UI & Systems Engineering Intern at Snap Inc.2022-2023
  • Product & Data Engineering Intern at Runwise2022-2023
Education
  • University of Utah John and Marcia Price College of EngineeringBachelor's

Anupam Joshi

Co-Founder
Left
Adobe
Head of Product Analytics - Acrobat
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Head of Product Analytics - Acrobat at Adobe2024-2026 · left Apr 2026
  • Head of Analytics - Sony Liv at Sony Pictures Networks India2023-2024
  • Director at Flipkart2019-2022
  • Head - Data Science at TransOrg Analytics2014-2019
  • Manager at Mu Sigma Inc.2013-2014
  • Business Development Analyst at InterGlobe Enterprises2011-2012
  • Senior Associate, Transaction Advisory(IB) at SPA Capital Services Ltd.2010-2011
Education
  • IIT DelhiB. Tech

Abha D.

Co-Founder
Left
Adobe
Strategy for B2B SaaS products
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Strategy for B2B SaaS products at Adobe2024-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Associate at McKinsey & Company2023-2024
  • Product Manager - MBA Capstone at Philips2023-2023
  • MBA Graduate, with university honours at Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business2021-2023
  • Founded 99 Tartans India (Syndicate) at 99 Tartans Alumni Angels2021-2023
  • Technology Investment Banking Summer Associate at Morgan Stanley2022-2022
  • Product Analyst at BlueTree Venture Fund2021-2022
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMBA
  • Singapore Management UniversityBachelor's
  • Illinois Institute of TechnologyBachelor's
Left
Adobe
AEM UI Developer
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • AEM UI Developer at Adobe2020-2020 · left Aug 2020
  • Senior Full Stack Engineer at GE Aerospace2024-2025
  • Sr. UI Manager at SEPHORA2024-2024
  • AEM Frontend Tech Lead at Restoration Hardware2022-2024
  • Senior Lead Developer at Crosslake Technologies2022-2022
  • Senior Manager & Application Architect at Cognizant2021-2022
  • Lead UI Developer at Salesforce2021-2021
Left
Adobe
Researcher
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Researcher at Adobe2016-2019 · left Apr 2019
  • Researcher at Sapient Intelligence2025-2026
  • Researcher at Google DeepMind2020-2025
  • Researcher at VinAI2019-2020

Samuel Tesh

Co-Founder
Left
Adobe
Senior Software Development Manager, Data & Analytics
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Senior Software Development Manager, Data & Analytics at Adobe2018-2025 · left Mar 2025
  • Senior III Tax Technology at EY2017-2020
  • Data Visualization Engineer at Salesforce2016-2017
  • Staff 2 FY14 Annual Review Excerpts at EY2014-2017
Education
  • SJSUBachelor's
  • San José State UniversityBS
Left
Adobe
Research Scientist
Before that
Went stealthMay 2026
Work
  • Research Scientist at Adobe2026-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Founder & CEO at HealthAIgnite2022-2026
  • Founder and Tech at Structure.homes2025-2026
  • Student Researcher at Google2025-2025
  • AI Research Scientist at Aireal2024-2024
  • Graduate Research And Teaching Assistant at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign2022-2024
  • AMTS Software Engineer (Machine Learning) at Salesforce2021-2022
Education
  • UC San DiegoPhD
  • Stanford University
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMS
Left
Adobe
Director
Before that
Went stealthJan 2026
Work
  • Director at Adobe2016-2026 · until Jan 2026
  • Practice Head at Wipro2010-2016
  • Business Unit Head at Torry Harris Integration Solutions1999-2010
  • Software Engineer at Zensar Technologies1997-1999
Education
  • College of Engineering TrivandrumB-Tech
  • IIM BangaloreMBA

Henry Ren

Co-Founder & CEO
Left
Adobe
Senior Product Manager
Before that
Went stealthJan 2022
Work
  • Senior Product Manager at Adobe2007-2016 · left Jan 2016
  • Group Product Manager at Google2016-2021

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curl https://api.crustdata.com/watch/person/search \
  -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_KEY" \
  -H "x-api-version: 2025-11-01" \
  -d '{
    "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.company_name",
        "type": "[.]", "value": "stealth" },
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.title",
        "type": "(.)", "value": "founder" }
    ]},
    "fields": ["basic_profile", "experience", "education"],
    "config": { "trigger": { "type": "interval", "every_hours": 168 } }
  }'
# [.] = exact phrase, (.) = all words. Each week it returns only the new matches.

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What "stealth" means here: the person's current job is a founder title (Founder, Co-Founder, Founder & CEO…) at a company listed as "Stealth", "Stealth Startup" or similar, because they haven't announced it yet.

Where it comes from: public professional profiles, via the Crustdata API. A new search runs every week and adds whoever newly matches. Profiles can take a few weeks to show up, and start dates are by month.

The company on each row is the most recent job before going stealth, with the title they held there. Where we can, we skip internships, advisor seats and freelance stints. On a "former employer" page it shows the job at that employer instead. Click a row for their full work history and education.