Get an API key 179 founders who worked at Microsoft started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.
Test Associate 2 at Microsoft2020-2020 · left Dec 2020
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 Studios2024-2024Member of Technical Staff at MultiOn2024-2024
Quality Assurance Technician at Twitch2023-2024Marketing Manager at Microsoft1999-2002 · left Jan 2002
CEO & Co-Founder at Cosmian2018-2026
General Manager at HEROW2015-2017
CEO & Co-Founder at SPRING LAB2010-2014
Regional Marketing Director, Europe at Google2004-2009
Product Development Manager at Procter & Gamble1995-1999
MBA Kellogg School of ManagementMBA
HEC School of Management (Paris, France)Master's
INSA LyonBSSoftware Engineer 2 at Microsoft2018-2021 · left Jul 2021
Software Engineer at Meta2021-2025
Software Development Engineer Intern at Amazon2017-2017
Software Development Intern at UHS2016-2016
University of Michigan
Technical University of BerlinSQL Server and Azure SQL Database at Microsoft2016-2017 · left Dec 2017
Chief Executive Officer at Relecura2026-2026Senior Product Manager at Google2019-2026
Product Manager at C3 AI2018-2019
Associate at McKinsey & Company2012-2014
Stanford UniversityMaster's
IIM Ahmedabad
IIT MadrasBTech
Digital Head (Channel Products), India (post promotion) at Microsoft2011-2013 · left Nov 2013Strategy Consulting / Strategy & Operations Practice - Digital Transformation Focus at KPMG India2016-2018Practice Head (of spun-off indep. entity) at Accenture Strategy & Consulting2015-2017Assistant Vice President at Citi2013-2014Product Developer - R&D and Engineering (BA R&D - post promotion) at HCLTech2007-2009
Product Developer (R&D & Satellite Engg - Bell Labs / Hughes, now Capgemini Product Div) at Nokia Bell Labs2005-2007
Delhi UniversityIIT MadrasBachelor'sOptical Test Engineer at Microsoft2018-2018 · left Jul 2018
Principal Engineer at Hydrosat2021-2023Hardware Development Engineer II at Amazon2020-2021
Payload Systems Engineer at Bluefield Technologies2019-2019
Optical Systems Engineer at ConsenSys Space2016-2018
Engineer Intern at AdvR Inc2015-2015
Montana State University-BozemanMaster'sMontana State University-BozemanBS
Northfield Mount HermonHigh SchoolSolution Specialist at Microsoft2021-2025 · left Dec 2025
Associate Director at Saxon AI2025-2026
Business Strategy - Founder's office at Smarten Spaces2021-2021Product Marketing Intern at Microsoft2020-2020
Building OYO Life in Tokyo at OYO2017-2019
Associate Intern at Zomato2016-2017
Campus Brand Ambassador at Uber2016-2016
Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of ManagementPGDM
Maharaja Surajmal Institute Of TechnologyBTechSoftware Engineer at Microsoft2011-2012 · left Jun 2012
Co-founder and CEO at DeepSea Technologies2016-2026
Researcher at University of Cambridge2015-2021University of CambridgePhDUniversity of CambridgeMEngPrincipal Software Engineer Lead at Microsoft2019-2026 · left Sep 2026
Senior Technical Director at BlueTalon, Inc. (A Microsoft Company)2016-2019Operating Partner, M12 at Microsoft2017-2022 · left May 2022
Managing Director - HubSpot Ventures at HubSpot2024-2026
Managing Director - Intuit Ventures at Intuit2022-2024
Operating Partner, Head of Portfolio Development at M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund2017-2022
Board Observer & Investor at Parabol2021-2022
Board Observer at Unravel Data2020-2022
Board Observer at Directly2019-2022
University of MichiganMBA
Colgate UniversityBA
Program Manager → Director of Product at Microsoft2012-2022 · left Apr 2022VP, Head of Product → Chief Platform Officer at Apex Fintech Solutions2022-2026Senior Software Engineer at Samsung Electronics2008-2011
Cornell UniversityMaster's
Sonoma State UniversityBS
General Director, CIS Cluster at Microsoft2023-2025 · left Apr 2025Digital Sales Leader, SEE & CIS at Visa2025-2026Deputy CEO, MUK Cloud at MUK2025-2026Interim Digital Sales Leader, Middle East and North Africa at Visa2025-2025
Board member, Chair of Digitalization Committee at American Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan - AmCham2023-2025
Kyiv National Economics UniversityMaster's
Plekhanov Russian University of EconomicsMBAVisiting Researcher at Microsoft2017-2017 · left Mar 2017
Member of Technical Staff at Microsoft AI2025-2026
Research Consultant at Google DeepMind2024-2025
Research Consultant at Nimble2023-2024Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind2017-2023
Doctoral Researcher at Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute2012-2017
Université de Montréal / University of MontrealPhD
Middle East Technical UniversityMS
Bahcesehir UniversityBSProgram Manager at Microsoft2013-2017 · left Jul 2017
Engineering Manager (Multi-Team) at Chime2021-2026
Director of Engineering at Cocoon2020-2021Software Development Engineer at Amazon2017-2020Software Engineer at Meta2011-2012
Performance Engineering Tools Developer at BlackBerry2011-2011
UC BerkeleyMaster's
University of WaterlooBachelor'sResearch Fellow at Microsoft2019-2021 · left Jul 2021
PHD Student at Carnegie Mellon University2021-2026
Intern at Netflix2022-2024
Mozilla - Google Summer of Code Student at Google Summer of Code2018-2018Software Development Intern at Intuit2018-2018Software Engineering Intern at Samsung Electronics2017-2017Carnegie Mellon UniversityPhD
National Institute of Technology KarnatakaBTechAccount Manager at Microsoft2006-2008 · left Feb 2008
Partner at Thunder.vc2024-2026
Advisory Board, Integrated Venture Engineering Program at Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management2024-2026
Member at PEF Community2023-2026
Board Advisor at Grid & Pixel2023-2025
CEO (Tiny Studio) at Tiny2022-2024
Managing Director at Silverbullet2018-2022Principal PM Manager at Microsoft2021-2023 · left Jul 2023
VP, Strategy and Product at PlaxidityX (Formerly Argus)2023-2026
Sr. Product Manager - Cyber Security / SOC / IoT and Cloud (SaaS) at Check Point Software2018-2021
Dir. Contact Center Solutions at AudioCodes2011-2018
VP, Strategy and BD, Mobile Cyber Security at OnPage®2009-2010
Sr. Architect APS at Akamai Technologies2008-2009
Sr. Product Manager at Avaya1999-2008
Northeastern UniversityMBA
Tel Aviv UniversityBSResearch Scientist at Microsoft2020-2024 · left Mar 2024
Senior Quantitative Researcher at Vatic Labs2024-2026
Research Internship at IBM2019-2019
Research with Prof Yann LeCun at New York University2018-2019
Mentor at Udacity2017-2018Software Development Engineer at Amazon2017-2018
Research Internship at Flipkart2016-2016NYUMS
Indian Institute of Technology, MandiBTechMachine Learning Engineer at Microsoft2020-2026 · left Sep 2026
Research Scientist at Rulai, Inc.2019-2020Graduate Research Assistant at Carnegie Mellon University2018-2019Undergraduate Research Assistant at University of Waterloo2015-2016
Engineering Intern at Lookout2015-2015
ETL Developer at LoyaltyOne2014-2014Carnegie Mellon UniversityMaster'sUniversity of WaterlooBachelor's
Sun Yat-sen University
SE2 / Robotics Engineer - Mixed Reality and AI Lab at Microsoft2022-2024 · left May 2024Robot Platform Tech Lead & Engineering Manager at RIVR2026-2026Militia Deputy Company Commander at Swiss Armed Forces2025-2026Senior Robotics AI Engineer at RIVR2024-2026Militia Platoon Commander at Swiss Armed Forces2019-2025Co-Founder & Geschäftsführer at TheraPsy2017-2023Engineer Intern at Microsoft2020-2021
ETH ZürichMaster's
TU MunichBachelor's
Product Manager Defender for Endpoint(MDE) at Microsoft2025-2025 · left Sep 2025Cyber Operations Leader at Israeli Military Intelligence - Unit 82002022-2025Research Fellowship at University of Pennsylvania2024-2024Cyber Security Engineer at Israeli Military Intelligence - Unit 82002021-2022Senior Product Manager at Israeli Military Intelligence2016-2021University of Pennsylvania
The College of Management Academic StudiesSenior AI Solutions Engineer at Microsoft2025-2026 · left Sep 2026AI Engineer at IBM2022-2024
SPAC Analyst at Alussa Energy2021-2021
Columbia UniversityColumbia UniversityBA
The Lawrenceville School
Product Manager Intern (Copilot Business Chat) at Microsoft2026-2026 · left Sep 2026Program Manager Intern at Amazon2025-2025Product Manager Intern at Spotify2024-2024Founder & Product Manager at Black Cat Scanlations2021-2023
Royal Holloway, University of LondonBSTechnical Evangelist at Microsoft1992-2000 · left Mar 2000
Chief Technology Officer at Spix Foundation2023-2026
VP Marketing at Thai Cannabis Corporation2018-2020
Director, Developer Relations at Rackspace Technology2011-2012
Technology Evangelist at Midnight Coders, Inc.2010-2010
The University of New MexicoBS
Oregon State UniversityBS
Principal Applied Scientist Manager at Microsoft2009-2023 · left Jan 2023Founding Head of AI at Blazel2025-2026Head of AI at Krutrim2024-2026Strategic Advisor at Wyzr2023-2025Software Engineer at Google2007-2008
Research Assistant at Ohio Supercomputer Center2004-2007
IIT BombayBachelor's
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Crustdata tracks hundreds of millions of professional profiles. This directory is one saved search: "current title includes founder, current company is Stealth", re-run every week. Point the same search at your own market.
Get an API key# the one request behind this page 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.
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.