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215 founders who worked at Amazon started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Left
Amazon
Test Associate 3
Before that
Went stealthNov 2026
Work
  • Test Associate 3 at Amazon2022-2023 · left Jan 2023
  • Founder at Harbinger Software Solutions2025-2026
  • Member of Technical Staff at AGI, Inc.2025-2025
  • Head of Quality Assurance at MultiOn2024-2025
  • Quality Assurance Technician at Amazon Game Studios2024-2024
  • Member of Technical Staff at MultiOn2024-2024
  • Quality Assurance Technician at Twitch2023-2024
Education
  • The Internet
  • 15+ Failed Businesses
  • Life

Benjamin Cohen

Co-Founder
Left
Amazon
Software Development Engineer Intern
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Software Development Engineer Intern at Amazon2017-2017 · left Jul 2017
  • Software Engineer at Meta2021-2025
  • Software Engineer 2 at Microsoft2018-2021
  • Software Development Intern at UHS2016-2016
Education
  • University of Michigan
  • Technical University of Berlin

Quoc Tran

Founder
Left
Amazon
APAC Partner Operations Manager
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • APAC Partner Operations Manager at Amazon2014-2017 · left Feb 2017
  • Vice President of Revenue Operations at Instructure2024-2026
  • Head of Global Sales Strategy & Operations at Okta2021-2024
  • Senior Director, AMER Sales Operations at Auth02021-2022
  • Senior Director of GTM Operations at Zendesk2017-2021
  • Program Manager at Autodesk2006-2014
  • Best Buy Business Professional at Best Buy2004-2005
Education
  • UC Davis
Left
Amazon
Senior Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Senior Software Engineer at Amazon2018-2025 · left Dec 2025
  • Co-Founder & CTO at PiTrade2025-2026
  • Summer Research Intern at National Tsinghua University, College of Engineering2018-2018
  • Student at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur2013-2018
  • Software Engineer at Amazon2017-2017
  • Software Engineer at KPTech Solutions Private Limited2016-2016
  • Head at The Street-Finance Club2014-2016
Education
  • IIT KharagpurMaster's
  • Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan'sHigh School

Sachin Kulkarni

Founder and CTO
Left
Amazon
Software Development Manager
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Software Development Manager at Amazon2009-2025 · left Jun 2025
  • Group Engineering Manager at Intuit2025-2026
  • Software Engineer at Thomson Reuters2009-2009
  • Engineering Intern at Seagate Technology2008-2008
  • Software Engineer at Philips2006-2007
  • Summer Intern at Sun Microsystems2006-2006
Education
  • PES UniversityBE
  • University of MinnesotaMS

Rohan Sehgal

Co-Founder
Left
Amazon
Software Development Co-op
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Software Development Co-op at Amazon2024-2024 · left Dec 2024
  • Engineering at Tools for Humanity2026-2026
  • Contributor at World2026-2026
  • Founding Engineer at Broccoli AI2025-2026
  • Software Engineer at Salesforce2024-2024
  • Machine Learning Engineer at Capital One2023-2023
Education
  • UC San DiegoMaster's
  • University of California, Santa CruzBachelor's

Jamie S.

Founder
Left
Amazon
Sr. Manager, Product Management - Amazon Q
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Sr. Manager, Product Management - Amazon Q at Amazon2018-2025 · left Mar 2025
  • Principal Product Lead, Enterprise Strategy and Planning. at Atlassian2025-2026
  • SVP Technical Program Management, Digital Platform at Citi2015-2018
Education
  • Concordia UniversityBA
Left
Amazon
Senior Technical Program Manager
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Senior Technical Program Manager at Amazon2017-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Technical Project Manager at ShopKeep, a Lightspeed Company2016-2018
  • Senior QA Engineer Project Manager at Smarsh2013-2016
  • QA Engineer at Satuit Technologies2011-2013
  • Business System Analyst at Citizens2009-2011
  • Admissions Coordinator at NYU Tandon School of Engineering2007-2008
Education
  • The Polytechnic Institute of New York UniversityMS
  • Arya College of Engineering & Research Center,JaipurBE

ChonLam Lao

Co-Founder
Left
Amazon
Applied Scientist Intern
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Applied Scientist Intern at Amazon2025-2025 · left Sep 2025
  • Researcher at Alibaba Group2026-2026
  • Research Intern at Alibaba Cloud2024-2024
  • Research Intern at Google2022-2023
Education
  • UC Berkeley
  • Harvard UniversityPhD
  • Tsinghua UniversityMS
Left
Amazon
New Hires
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • New Hires at Amazon2016-2017 · left Sep 2017
  • Senior Enterprise Account Executive at Skillvue2026-2026
  • Enterprise Account Executive at CoachHub - The digital coaching platform2025-2026
  • Enterprise Account Executive at Gartner2022-2026
  • Regional Sales Manager at Zscaler2021-2022
  • Senior Account Executive at Gartner2019-2021
  • Sales Representative at McAfee2018-2019
Education
  • Università degli Studi di PerugiaBachelor's
Left
Amazon
Hardware Development Engineer II
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Hardware Development Engineer II at Amazon2020-2021 · left Apr 2021
  • Principal Engineer at Hydrosat2021-2023
  • Payload Systems Engineer at Bluefield Technologies2019-2019
  • Optical Test Engineer at Microsoft2018-2018
  • Optical Systems Engineer at ConsenSys Space2016-2018
  • Engineer Intern at AdvR Inc2015-2015
Education
  • Montana State University-BozemanMaster's
  • Montana State University-BozemanBS
  • Northfield Mount HermonHigh School

Joaquin J. Pons

Co-Founder & CEO
Left
Amazon
Senior Business Intelligence Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Senior Business Intelligence Engineer at Amazon2021-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Master's Thesis Researcher at Imperial College London2019-2020
  • Research Fellow at Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)2018-2019
  • Collaborator at Asociación Caminos2018-2018
  • Civil Engineering Intern at Ferrovial2017-2017
Education
  • Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)BE
  • Imperial College LondonMS
  • University College London (UCL)MS

Fabio Stefanini

Co-Founder
Left
Amazon
Country Lead, Amazon Pantry Italy
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Country Lead, Amazon Pantry Italy at Amazon2015-2019 · left Jul 2019
  • Chief Revenue Officer at Otovo2021-2025
  • General Manager - JUMP at Uber2019-2020
  • MBA Exchange Student at The Wharton School2014-2014
  • MBA Candidate at SDA Bocconi2013-2014
  • MBA Summer Associate at Bain & Company2014-2014
  • Continuous Improvement Team at Eni2010-2013
Education
  • University of PennsylvaniaMBA
  • SDA BocconiMBA
  • Università di Bologna
Left
Amazon
Tech Lead
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Tech Lead at Amazon2021-2025 · left Mar 2025
  • Founder at HELMSEC2025-2026
  • Founding Engineer at theklub.2025-2025
Education
  • Manipal Institute of TechnologyBTech

Kovan Barzani

Co-Founder
Left
Amazon
Senior Product Manager
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Senior Product Manager at Amazon2022-2024 · left Sep 2024
  • Manager - Strategy, Product, and Analytics at Capital One2016-2022
Education
  • Stanford UniversityMBA
  • Harvard UniversityMaster's
  • Southern Methodist UniversityBA
Left
Amazon
Pathways Operations Manager
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Pathways Operations Manager at Amazon2020-2021 · left Jul 2021
  • VP Sales and Fulfillment at Otovo2021-2026
  • Area Manager - Italy North East at Booking.com2016-2019
  • Co-Founder at Ombrellove2015-2016
  • Account manager at Booking.com2014-2016
  • Key Account Manager at Findus Group2014-2014
  • Junior Store Marketing Manager (Trade Marketing Modern Channels) at The HEINEKEN Company2013-2013
Education
  • SDA BocconiMBA
  • Schulich School of Business York University
  • Università BocconiMS
Left
Amazon
Software Development Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Software Development Engineer at Amazon2021-2023 · left Mar 2023
  • Founding Software Engineer at FireStrike2025-2026
  • Software Engineer at Maritime Whale2020-2021
  • Research Assistant at Interdisciplinary Visual Intelligence Lab at University of Arizona2018-2020
  • Software Engineering Intern at Trifacta2018-2019
  • Section Leader (CSC 120 - Introduction to Computer Programming II) at Department of Computer Science at The University of Arizona2018-2018
  • Team Captain at FIRST2013-2014
Education
  • University of ArizonaBS
  • Foothill College
  • University of Washington
Left
Amazon
Senior Product Manager, Payments
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Senior Product Manager, Payments at Amazon2018-2018 · left Aug 2018
  • Lead Product Manager at Deel2021-2024
  • Senior Product Manager, Growth at SimpliSafe2020-2021
  • Customer Success Manager (Financial Services) at Bessemer Trust2014-2017
  • Congressional Staffer at U.S. House of Representatives2012-2014
Education
  • University of MichiganMBA
  • University of MichiganMS
  • Amherst CollegeBA
Left
Amazon
Software Development Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Software Development Engineer at Amazon2017-2020 · left Jan 2020
  • Engineering Manager (Multi-Team) at Chime2021-2026
  • Director of Engineering at Cocoon2020-2021
  • Program Manager at Microsoft2013-2017
  • Software Engineer at Meta2011-2012
  • Performance Engineering Tools Developer at BlackBerry2011-2011
  • RFID Firmware Developer at Sybase2010-2010
Education
  • UC BerkeleyMaster's
  • University of WaterlooBachelor's
Left
Amazon
Software Development Engineer I
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Software Development Engineer I at Amazon2013-2014 · left Sep 2014
  • Director of Engineering at Salesforce2024-2026
  • Founder and CEO at Gieger labs2023-2024
  • CTO in Residence at Elevation Capital2022-2023
  • Chief Technology Officer at PING2021-2022
  • Associate Director of Engineering at Ola Electric2019-2021
  • Senior Engineering Manager at Ola2017-2019
Education
  • Anna UniversityBE
Left
Amazon
Machine Learning Data Associate II
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Machine Learning Data Associate II at Amazon2016-2020 · left Mar 2020
  • Solution Designer - Product Compliance Team at Deel Local Payroll, powered by PaySpace2025-2026
  • Associate at Goldman Sachs2021-2025
  • Analyst at Deloitte2020-2021
Education
  • St. Francis College for WomenBachelor's

Olaitan Olaleye

Co-Founder
Left
Amazon
Research Lead
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Research Lead at Amazon2019-2020 · left Dec 2020
  • Principal Applied Scientist at Oracle2020-2026
  • Advisor at Rhobust AI2019-2020
  • Member Research Staff at Signify2018-2019
  • Member Research Staff at Philips2015-2018
  • Graduate Research Assistant at University of Massachusetts Amherst2010-2015
  • Intern at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory2011-2011
Education
  • The University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessMBA
  • University of Massachusetts, AmherstPhD
  • University of LagosBachelor's
Left
Amazon
Software Development Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Software Development Engineer at Amazon2017-2018 · left Jun 2018
  • Senior Quantitative Researcher at Vatic Labs2024-2026
  • Research Scientist at Microsoft2020-2024
  • Research Internship at IBM2019-2019
  • Research with Prof Yann LeCun at New York University2018-2019
  • Mentor at Udacity2017-2018
  • Research Internship at Flipkart2016-2016
Education
  • NYUMS
  • Indian Institute of Technology, MandiBTech

Armin Najafi

Co-Founder & CTO
Left
Amazon
AI Infrastructure Engineer, Amazon AGI
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • AI Infrastructure Engineer, Amazon AGI at Amazon2020-2025 · left Sep 2025
  • Senior AI Engineer, Forward-Deployed at AIVC2026-2026
  • Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure at Hothead Games2019-2020
  • Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure at Haro.ai (acquired by Hothead Games)2019-2019
  • Research Software Engineer at Ericsson2017-2019
Education
  • Concordia UniversityMaster's
  • Tehran PolytechnicBachelor's

Jared Molton

Founder and CEO
Left
Amazon
Principal Product Manager, Technical - Amazon Halo
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Principal Product Manager, Technical - Amazon Halo at Amazon2015-2021 · left Jan 2021
  • Director of Product @Chewy at Chewy2021-2024
  • Founder and CEO at GILLY LIMITED2015-2016
  • General Manager at Louis Tannen Inc.2010-2013
Education
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel HillMBA
  • Northeastern UniversityBA

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  -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 } }
  }'
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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.

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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.