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150 founders who worked at Meta started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Benjamin Cohen

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

Raghavan Vasudevan

CTO & Co-founder
Left
Meta
Software Engineer - Reality Labs
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer - Reality Labs at Meta2021-2025 · left Dec 2025
  • Chief Engineer - Powertrain systems at Marelli2012-2021
  • Lead Project Engineer at LMS, A Siemens Business2008-2012
Education
  • Clemson UniversityMaster's

Tiantian Li

Co-Founder
Left
Meta
Software Engineer, Production Engineering
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer, Production Engineering at Meta2024-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Teaching Assistant at Cornell University2021-2024
  • Software Engineer at PARC2023-2023
  • Electrical Subteam Co-Lead at Cornell University Autonomous Underwater Vehicle2022-2023
  • Researcher at Cornell Tech2022-2023
  • Electrical Subteam Member at Cornell University Autonomous Underwater Vehicle2020-2023
Education
  • Cornell UniversityBS

Xu Xie

Co-Founder
Left
Meta
Research Scientist
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Research Scientist at Meta2021-2026 · left May 2026
  • Member of Technical Staff at RoboForce2026-2026
  • Robotics Research Internship at Center for AI and Robotics Autonomy2018-2021
  • Graduate Student Researcher at UCLA2017-2021
  • Undergraduate Research Internship at Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford2015-2015
Education
  • UCLAPhD
  • UCLAMEng
  • University of Science and Technology of ChinaBachelor's
Left
Meta
Head of Program Management, Product Experience
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Head of Program Management, Product Experience at Meta2014-2022 · left Apr 2022
  • Member of Technical Staff at Physical Intelligence2026-2026
  • Member Of The Board Of Advisors at WeMakeChange2018-2026
  • Founding Team, Head of Product & Data at Dyna Robotics2024-2026
  • Director of Design & Research Program Management at Instacart2022-2024
  • Founder at Williams Scholarship for the Advancement of Engineering and Science2010-2016
  • Founder & President at EZCoaching LLC2011-2015
Education
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteBS

Chelsea Kim

Co-Founder
Left
Meta
Product Designer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Product Designer at Meta2015-2017 · left Jan 2017
  • Product Design Lead at FuriosaAI2023-2024
  • Product Designer at Oscar Health2019-2020
  • Product Designer at Coursera2017-2018
  • User Experience Designer at LinkedIn2013-2014
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMaster's
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityBachelor's
  • Taejon Christian International School
Left
Meta
Open Source Contributor
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Open Source Contributor at Meta2025-2025 · left Sep 2025
  • Intern at UKG2026-2026
  • Open Source Contributor at MapLibre2025-2025
  • Project Intern at Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology2024-2025
  • Web Developer at Fiverr2023-2023
Education
  • National Institute of Technology SrinagarBTech
Left
Meta
ML Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • ML Software Engineer at Meta2019-2020 · left Jul 2020
  • Head of Artificial Intelligence at digeiz2016-2019
  • Data Scientist at Kayrros2015-2016
  • Data Scientist at Veepee2015-2015
  • Fixed Income Trading intern at Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking - SGCIB2014-2014
Education
  • Ecole Centrale Paris
  • École normale supérieureMaster's
  • Swiss Federal Institute of TechnologyMaster's
Left
Meta
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Meta2016-2018 · left Jun 2018
  • Founding engineer at READE.ai2025-2026
  • Co-Founder, Head of Product and Engineering at Curie AI2018-2025
  • Member of Technical Staff at DKube2012-2018
  • VLSI design engineer at CoMira Solutions Inc.2011-2012
  • Research Assistant at University of Pittsburgh2009-2011
Education
  • University of PittsburghMS
  • Jawaharlal Nehru Technological UniversityB. E
Left
Meta
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Meta2011-2012 · left Dec 2012
  • Engineering Manager (Multi-Team) at Chime2021-2026
  • Director of Engineering at Cocoon2020-2021
  • Software Development Engineer at Amazon2017-2020
  • Program Manager at Microsoft2013-2017
  • Performance Engineering Tools Developer at BlackBerry2011-2011
  • RFID Firmware Developer at Sybase2010-2010
Education
  • UC BerkeleyMaster's
  • University of WaterlooBachelor's
Left
Meta
Meta CRAG MM Challenge 2025
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Meta CRAG MM Challenge 2025 at Meta2025-2025 · left Jul 2025
  • Brain-computer interfaces & Neurotechnology Spring School 2026 X BR41N.IO Hackathon at g.tec medical engineering GmbH - NEVER STOP RECORDING2025-2026
  • NFL Big Data Bowl 2026 Prediction Competition-Spatio temporal Predictive Modeler (AI/ML) at National Football League (NFL)2025-2026
  • Brain to text Challenge-Brain-computer interface X Google DeepMind Research NeurIPS Competition at University of California, Davis2025-2026
  • IBM AI Experiential Learning Lab X Agentic AI Hackathon with IBM watsonx Orchestrate at IBM2025-2025
  • Bank of India (BOI) FinTech & Cybersecurity Hackathon IIT Hyderabad at Bank of India2025-2025
  • IBM TechXchange 2025 watsonx Hackathon at IBM2025-2025
Education
  • JNTUH College of Engineering HyderabadBTech
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
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

Joe Lipshutz

Co-Founder / CEO
Left
Meta
Product
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Product at Meta2021-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Product at Unify2026-2026
  • Product - Core Messaging at WhatsApp2023-2026
  • Product Management Mentor at Product Management Club at NYU (NYUPMC)2023-2024
  • Product at Syntellis Performance Solutions (now part of Strata Decision Technology)2021-2021
  • Army Captain at US Army2016-2021
Education
  • United States Military Academy at West PointBS
Left
Meta
Staff Software Engineer, iOS
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Staff Software Engineer, iOS at Meta2014-2023 · left Jan 2023
  • Engineering Manager at Superhuman2025-2026
  • Software Engineering Mentor at Formation2023-2025
  • Software Engineer at Coda2023-2025
  • Computer Scientist at Adobe2008-2014
Education
  • Politehnica University of BucharestBS
Left
Meta
Research Scientist
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Research Scientist at Meta2015-2025 · left Oct 2025
  • Software Development Intern at Microsoft2013-2013
Education
  • Stony Brook UniversityPhD
  • South China University of TechnologyMaster's
  • South China University of TechnologyBachelor's

Ramanan S.

Co-Founder
Left
Meta
Integration Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Integration Engineer at Meta2022-2022 · left Sep 2022
  • Co-Founder at Saarthi2026-2026
  • Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Vortexa2024-2026
  • Site Reliability Engineer (2-2) at TikTok2022-2024
  • Senior Software Engineer at Circles2020-2021
  • Application Engineer at Amazon2017-2020
  • Programmer Analyst at Cognizant2014-2017
Education
  • Indian Institute of Technology HyderabadPhD
  • Indian Institute of Technology, HyderabadMTech
  • BITS PilaniMTech
Left
Meta
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Meta2018-2021 · left Nov 2021
  • Head of Engineering at Lucio AI2025-2026
  • Software Engineering Manager at Velocity2022-2024
  • Software Engineer at Grab2017-2018
  • Lead Frontend Developer at Taskbob2015-2016
  • Junior Programmer Analyst at Ishi Systems Inc.2013-2014
  • Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow at Caltech2012-2012
Education
  • D G Ruparel CollegeHSC
  • IIM BangaloreMBA
  • Indian Institute of Technology GandhinagarBTech
Left
Meta
Software Engineer: Communications Products
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer: Communications Products at Meta2019-2021 · left May 2021
  • Video Specialist at Warner Bros. Discovery2021-2026
  • Senior Principal Video Architect at Arm2017-2019
  • Founder / CTO at NGCodec2012-2016
  • Principal Architect / Director Engineering, Video Compression at Cavium Inc2008-2012
  • Sr. Director Engineering, Video Processing at W&W Communications, Inc.2005-2008
  • Software and Algorithms Director at AnaFocus2004-2005
Education
  • Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
  • Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaBachelor's

Bryant Linton

Co-Founder
Left
Meta
GenAI Project Manager - Product Data Operations - Content Originality and Impersonation
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • GenAI Project Manager - Product Data Operations - Content Originality and Impersonation at Meta2023-2025 · left Apr 2025
  • Enforcement Operations Specialist (Claude) at Anthropic2025-2025
  • Research Analyst Intern at Multimodal2023-2023
  • Corporate Intern in Data Science at New York Life2022-2022
  • Digital Project Manager at Wasabi Rabbit2021-2022
Education
  • University of VictoriaBA

Egomaron Jegede

Co-Founder I Snr Program Manager I Angel Investor I Tech Strategy & Ops
Left
Meta
Snr. Program Manager, Network Investments - at Meta
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Snr. Program Manager, Network Investments - at Meta at Meta2021-2023 · left Mar 2023
  • Enterprise Technology Consultant - Telecoms and Infrastructure Lead, West Africa at Deloitte2017-2021
  • Technology Projects Lead - Capital Projects at MainOne2011-2017
  • Technical Project Manager: E-commerce Business Unit at Chams Holdco2010-2011
  • Senior Product Development Engineer / Electrical Engineer at Motorola Mobility (a Lenovo Company)2005-2009
  • Business Accounts Manager at TripleE Consulting2004-2005
  • Assistant IT Systems Administrator at Halcrow2001-2001
Education
  • Purdue UniversityBS

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    "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.company_name",
        "type": "[.]", "value": "stealth" },
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.title",
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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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