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106 founders who worked at Meta started a company in stealth in the last 15 weeks.

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Jyoty Subramanian

Builder
Left
Meta
Senior Product Manager - Engagement & Growth
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Senior Product Manager - Engagement & Growth at Meta2022-2023 · left Dec 2023
  • Staff Product Manager at GoFundMe2025-2026
  • Senior Product Manager - Social Graph and Consumer Profiles at Handshake2024-2025
  • Product Management - Contact Center at Walmart2018-2022
  • Product Manager at Jobalaya2018-2018
  • MBA at University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business2016-2018
  • MBA Intern (Product) at Dell Technologies2017-2017
Education
  • University of MichiganMBA
  • Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology and Research AcademyBTech
  • University of MichiganMBA

Maria Hollweck

Co-Founder & CTO
Left
Meta
Engineering Manager
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Engineering Manager at Meta2016-2025 · left Nov 2025
  • Founder (building apps) at Gokoro Apps LLC2025-2026
  • React Native Expert (part-time) at intive2016-2016
  • Co-Founder at Hackaburg - the first hackathon in Regensburg, Germany2015-2016
  • Software Engineering Intern at Meta2015-2015
  • Software Engineer at Global Concepts GmbH & Co. KG2009-2013
Education
  • Columbia UniversityNon-Degree
  • OTH RegensburgBS

Greg Reiner

Co-founder & CEO
Left
Meta
Group Product Manager
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Group Product Manager at Meta2018-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Senior Strategist at Redscout2016-2018
  • Strategist at Saatchi & Saatchi2015-2016
  • Senior Client Insights Analyst at Comscore, Inc.2013-2015
  • Strategy & Insights Intern at ConcentricLife2012-2012
Education
  • University of PennsylvaniaBachelor's
  • Charles University in Prague
  • 4A's Institute of Advanced Advertising Studies

Quan Jiang

Founder
Left
Meta
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Meta2017-2019 · left Jun 2019
  • Software Engineer at Google2019-2026
  • Counterparty Risk Trading at Barclays Investment Bank2015-2017
Education
  • Ecole polytechnique fédérale de LausanneMaster's
  • Tsinghua UniversityBA

Mónica Goren

Founder
Left
Meta
Open Web Standards Program Manager
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Open Web Standards Program Manager at Meta2010-2010 · left Aug 2010
  • Software Engineering Manager at Figma2024-2026
  • Staff Technical Lead Manager at Slack2016-2024
  • Integration Platform Leader at The Honest Company2015-2016
  • Senior Director of Engineering at Crushpath2012-2015
  • Socialcast Director of Engineering/ Cloud Foundry Evangelist at VMware2010-2012
  • Senior Software Architect at Myspace2007-2010
Education
  • The Ohio State UniversityBS
  • Universidad de Lima
  • San Silvestre British SchoolHigh School

Viraj Puri

Founder / Builder
Left
Meta
AI Engineering Lead
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • AI Engineering Lead at Meta2026-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Senior Software Engineer at Threads2024-2026
  • Software Engineer at Meta2022-2024
  • Teaching Assistant at Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science2022-2022
  • Software Engineer Intern at Meta2020-2021
  • Software Engineering Intern at AT&T Labs, Inc.2019-2019
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityBS
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMS

Sid Masih

Co-Founder & CTO
Left
Meta
Software Engineer - Product
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer - Product at Meta2019-2023 · left Aug 2023
  • Engineering Fellow at MOBI2018-2022
  • Software Engineer at Novi Financial2021-2022
  • Advisor at UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (SCET)2019-2020
  • Co-Founder at Autocomm I/O Inc2018-2018
  • Software Engineering Intern at Meta2018-2018
  • Berkeley Deep Drive - Undergraduate Researcher at UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)2017-2018
Education
  • UC BerkeleyBachelor's
  • La Jolla Country Day SchoolDiploma

Bo Ren

Founder
Left
Meta
Product Manager
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Product Manager at Meta2014-2016 · left Jul 2016
  • Managing Director of Investor Coverage and Business Development at Silicon Valley Bank2021-2026
  • US Head of Ecosystem & Assistant GM at Samsung Next2019-2021
  • Venture Studio Strategy at Newlab2019-2019
  • Head of Product at Bravely2018-2019
  • Founder, Product Consultant, Investor at The Product Fund2018-2018
  • Mentor at SAP2018-2018
Education
  • UC Berkeley
  • UC Berkeley
  • Independently pursued education via Skillshare

Raj Parihar

Co-Founder
Left
Meta
Arch/Perf Tech Lead & Manager
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Arch/Perf Tech Lead & Manager at Meta2022-2025 · left Apr 2025
  • Founder & CEO at AllyIn.ai2025-2026
  • Chief Development Officer (CDO) & Co-Founder at runara.ai2025-2026
  • Founder & CEO at AllyIn.ai2025-2025
  • Chief AI Architect at d-Matrix2021-2022
  • Sr. Performance Architect at Microsoft2019-2021
  • Sr. Principal Design Engineer at Cadence2016-2019
Education
  • University of RochesterPhD
  • BITS PilaniBE

Aakanksha Chowdhery

Co-founder & CEO
Left
Meta
Senior Staff Research Scientist
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Senior Staff Research Scientist at Meta2024-2024 · left Dec 2024
  • Advisor at Reflection2025-2026
  • Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind2023-2024
  • Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning at Google2018-2024
  • Researcher at Princeton University2015-2018
  • Researcher (ML & Systems) at Microsoft2013-2015
  • Research Assistant, Ph.D Student at Stanford University2007-2013
Education
  • Stanford University
  • Stanford UniversityPh. D
  • Stanford UniversityMS

Gaurav Lochan

Co-Founder
Left
Meta
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Meta2014-2019 · left May 2019
  • Head Of Engineering at PhonePe2022-2026
  • Engineering Manager at WhatsApp2019-2022
  • Engineering Ion at Little Eye Labs2013-2014
  • Engineering Manager at Flipkart (acquired by Walmart)2012-2013
  • Co-founder at beetroute.in2011-2012
  • R&D Manager at VMware2006-2011
Education
  • University of Southern CaliforniaMS
  • Netaji Subhas Institute of TechnologyBE
  • Springdales School

Allan Wu

Founder
Left
Meta
Marketing Science Lead, App & Gaming
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Marketing Science Lead, App & Gaming at Meta2023-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Associate Data Scientist at Annalect2021-2023
  • Data Science Casual Academic at University of Sydney2020-2022
  • Mathematics Tutor at James An College2019-2020
  • Information Systems Intern at PB Tech2020-2020
Education
  • University of SydneyMaster's
  • University of SydneyBS

Edy Zhang

Founder CEO
Left
Meta
Software Engineering Manager
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Engineering Manager at Meta2018-2026 · left Apr 2026
  • Senior Software Engineer at Capital One2017-2018
  • Software Engineer II at Synchronoss Technologies2015-2017
Education
  • Lehigh UniversityMaster's
  • Lehigh UniversityBachelor's
  • Lehigh UniversityBachelor's

Samy Hajal

Founder
Left
Meta
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Meta2024-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Founding Engineer at Forethought2018-2024
  • Senior Software Engineer at MyVest2016-2018
  • Software Engineer Intern at Anghami2014-2014
Education
  • UC BerkeleyBachelor's
  • Collège Notre-Dame de JamhourHigh School

Junchao Yan

Co-Founder
Left
Meta
Staff Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Staff Software Engineer at Meta2018-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Software Engineer at Novi Financial2021-2023
  • Software Engineer at Instagram2018-2019
  • Software Engineer at Hulu2014-2018
  • Research Assistant at Purdue University2013-2014
Education
  • Purdue UniversityMS
  • University of Electronic Science and Technology

Akram Kassay

Co-Founder
Left
Meta
Staff Computer Vision Engineer (XR Calibration)
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Staff Computer Vision Engineer (XR Calibration) at Meta2021-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Software Engineer II (Level 62 - Mixed Reality Calibration) at Microsoft2014-2020
  • Medical Software Developer (Vurtigo) at Sunnybrook2013-2013
  • Software Developer (BlackBerry Link) at BlackBerry2013-2013
  • Robotic Systems Engineer (Genera) at Retisoft, Inc.2012-2012
  • Plant Six Sigma & Continuous Improvements at MeadWestvaco (MWV)2011-2011
Education
  • University of WashingtonMEng
  • University of WaterlooBachelor's

Hui Dai

Founder & AI Technologist
Left
Meta
Engineering Manager
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Engineering Manager at Meta2022-2026 · left May 2026
  • Founding Member and VP of Machine Learning at ASAPP2015-2020
  • Quantitative Researcher at Mercator LLC2011-2014
  • Research Aide at Argonne National Laboratory2005-2005
Education
  • University of ChicagoPhD
  • University of Science and Technology of ChinaBS

Abdurrahman Akkas

Co-Founder
Left
Meta
Senior Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Senior Software Engineer at Meta2025-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Software Engineer at Google2019-2025
  • Software Engineering Intern at Meta2017-2017
  • Software Engineering Intern at Sony Interactive Entertainment2016-2016
Education
  • MITMEng
  • MITBS
  • Northeastern UniversityBS

Ayesha Saksena Director

Founder & CEO
Left
Meta
Product Manager
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Product Manager at Meta2022-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Consultant at Accenture2017-2022
Education
  • The University of ChicagoBachelor's
  • Brown UniversitySummer Program
  • University of Chicago

Boyan Asenov

Founder
Left
Meta
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Meta2022-2026 · left May 2026
  • Engineering at ElevenLabs2026-2026
  • Software Engineer at Quira2021-2022
  • Software Engineer at Improbable2018-2021
  • Software Engineering Intern at Skyscanner2017-2017
Education
  • The University of GlasgowBS
  • National University of SingaporeBS
  • American College of Sofia

Angela Moreno

Founder
Left
Meta
Content Designer, Reality Labs
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Content Designer, Reality Labs at Meta2022-2025 · left Feb 2025
  • Lead Product Designer at MIMO2022-2026
  • User Experience and Education Advisor at Learnisa2021-2024
  • Senior Online Learning Designer, Edtech Lab at Imperial Business School2018-2022
  • Online Learning Experience Manager at StoryLearning2017-2021
  • Online Language and Accent Reduction Teacher at italki2011-2018
  • Online Learning Designer / Spanish Language Specialist (SME) at StoryLearning2016-2017
Education
  • Universitat Oberta de CatalunyaMS
  • Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaMRes
  • University of Cambridge

Abhishek Kumawat

Founder
Left
Meta
Machine Learning Engineer - Meta Superintelligence Labs
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Machine Learning Engineer - Meta Superintelligence Labs at Meta2022-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Software Engineer - NLP & Machine Learning at Google2019-2022
  • Software Engineer, Azure at Microsoft2016-2019
  • Applications Developer at Oracle2014-2016
Education
  • IIT BombayBTech

Chen Shen

Co-Founder
Left
Meta
Staff Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Staff Software Engineer at Meta2013-2021 · left May 2021
  • Curious Typist at Cursor2026-2026
  • Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI2024-2025
  • Senior Staff Software Engineer at Anyscale2021-2024
  • Project Lead of Search Team at Zhihu.com2012-2013
  • Software Engineer at Sinovation Ventures (创新工场)2010-2012
  • Software Engineer Intern at NetEase Youdao2008-2008
Education
  • Peking UniversityMaster's
  • North China Electric Power University (Beijing)BE

Hasan A.

Co-Founder
Left
Meta
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Meta2022-2022 · left Aug 2022
  • Member of Technical Staff at Microsoft AI2026-2026
  • Research Engineer at Citadel Securities2023-2025
  • Co-Founder at FinMock2021-2023
  • Software Engineer at Citadel Securities2023-2023
  • Software Engineer at Databricks2022-2022
  • Software Engineer at Enverus2021-2021
Education
  • The University of British ColumbiaBachelor's

Tanmay Kejriwal

Founder
Left
Meta
Above and Beyond Computer Science Fellow
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Above and Beyond Computer Science Fellow at Meta2022-2022 · left Nov 2022
  • Founding Engineer at Mira Mace2026-2026
  • Software Engineer at Dimensional Fund Advisors2023-2025
  • Teaching Assistant at Texas Christian University2021-2023
  • Software Engineer Intern at Dimensional Fund Advisors2022-2022
  • NLP Research Assistant at Texas Christian University2020-2021
  • Software Intern at Revitalize Charging Solutions, Inc2020-2020
Education
  • Texas Christian UniversityBachelor's
  • Sanskriti School, New DelhiAISSE

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      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.company_name",
        "type": "[.]", "value": "stealth" },
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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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