Get an API key 130 founders who worked at Microsoft started a company in stealth in the last 15 weeks.
Account 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 Udacity2017-2018
Software 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.2019-2020
Graduate Research Assistant at Carnegie Mellon University2018-2019
Undergraduate 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 UniversityBSEngineer at Microsoft2016-2018 · left Mar 2018
Growth Engineering at Opendoor2024-2026
Founder at Alex Rossie & Co.2019-2024
Co-Founder & CTO at Holis2022-2023
Consultant at ICONIQ2023-2023
GGV Fellow at Notable Capital2020-2020
Intrapreneur at Flyhomes2018-2019
MITBS
MITMinorSenior Principal Research Manager at Microsoft2023-2024 · left Mar 2024
Technical Fellow, VP of Research at Together AI2026-2026Senior Principal Scientist at Microsoft2023-2024
SOAR Associate Professor (tenured) at University of Sydney2022-2024
Visiting Professor at University of Washington2022-2024SOAR Faculty Fellow at University of Sydney2019-2024
Virginia TechPhDVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityMaster'sSoftware Development Engineer II at Microsoft2008-2010 · left Aug 2010
Co-Founder, CTO at Tribe2024-2026
Advisor at Perplexity2022-2024
GM & VP of Engineering at Airtable2019-2023
VP of Engineering at drive.ai2017-2019
Director of Engineering at Quora2011-2017
Member of Technical Staff, Software Engineering at Salesforce2010-2011MITMEngMITBSSr. Performance Architect at Microsoft2019-2021 · left Apr 2021
Founder & CEO at AllyIn.ai2025-2026
Chief Development Officer (CDO) & Co-Founder at runara.ai2025-2026Founder & CEO at AllyIn.ai2025-2025
Arch/Perf Tech Lead & Manager at Meta2022-2025
Chief AI Architect at d-Matrix2021-2022
Sr. Principal Design Engineer at Cadence2016-2019
University of RochesterPhD
BITS PilaniBE
Researcher (ML & Systems) at Microsoft2013-2015 · left Sep 2015Advisor at Reflection2025-2026Senior Staff Research Scientist at Meta2024-2024
Researcher at Princeton University2015-2018
Research Assistant, Ph.D Student at Stanford University2007-2013
Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityPh. DStanford UniversityMS
Senior AI solutions engineer at Microsoft2024-2025 · left Nov 2025Head of cloud platform at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office2022-2024Senior Software Engineer at Principle One2021-2022Engineering Manager at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence2019-2021Team Leader cyber operations at UK Ministry of Defence2014-2019
University of WestminsterBE
University of OxfordSoftware Design Engineer at Microsoft2001-2005 · left Apr 2005
Head Of Engineering at PhonePe2022-2026
Engineering Manager at WhatsApp2019-2022
Software Engineer at Meta2014-2019
Engineering Ion at Little Eye Labs2013-2014
University of Southern CaliforniaMS
Netaji Subhas Institute of TechnologyBEAI Solution Engineer at Microsoft2023-2026 · left Aug 2026
Multi-Book Author at Packt2018-2023Product Manager at Microsoft2018-2023
Harvard Business School
ENACMaster's
Software Engineer II (Level 62 - Mixed Reality Calibration) at Microsoft2014-2020 · left Nov 2020Staff Computer Vision Engineer (XR Calibration) at Meta2021-2026Medical Software Developer (Vurtigo) at Sunnybrook2013-2013Software Developer (BlackBerry Link) at BlackBerry2013-2013Robotic Systems Engineer (Genera) at Retisoft, Inc.2012-2012
Plant Six Sigma & Continuous Improvements at MeadWestvaco (MWV)2011-2011University of WashingtonMEngUniversity of WaterlooBachelor'sDirector of Research at Microsoft2013-2026 · until Sep 2026
AI Adviser at Clarify2024-2025
AI Advisor at Gable2023-2025Instructor at University of Washington2016-2020
Lead Data Scientist at Wave HQ2012-2013
Statistical Genetics Research Assistant at Wake Forest University2008-2013
University of TorontoPhDWake Forest UniversityMS
Appalachian State UniversityBACloud Software Engineer at Microsoft2024-2026 · until Sep 2026
SMART Lab Undergraduate Research Assistant at University of Tennessee, Knoxville2023-2024
Developer I, Digital Applications at Pilot Company2022-2023University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleBSSoftware Engineer at Microsoft2021-2025 · left Mar 2025
Lead Engineer at Kinetic Apps2025-2026
Software Engineer Intern at MIM Software2020-2020
Intern at Ohio Lumex Co., Inc.2017-2018
Case Western Reserve UniversityBASenior Data Scientist at Microsoft2022-2026 · until Sep 2026
DATAC100 Academic Intern at University of California, Berkeley2021-2021Data Science Intern, Xbox at Microsoft2021-2021
Data Analyst Intern, Operations at CrowdAI2021-2021
Technology and Product-Design Fellow at Fung Fellowship at UC Berkeley2020-2021Discovery Data Science Researcher at University of California, Berkeley2020-2020
Data Engineering Intern at Upped Events Inc.2020-2020UC BerkeleyBachelor'sUC BerkeleyMinor
The Shri Ram SchoolSoftware Engineer, Azure at Microsoft2016-2019 · left May 2019Machine Learning Engineer - Meta Superintelligence Labs at Meta2022-2026
Software Engineer - NLP & Machine Learning at Google2019-2022
Applications Developer at Oracle2014-2016
IIT BombayBTech
Principal Product Manager Lead at Microsoft2012-2022 · left Sep 2022Founder in Residence at WTIA2025-2026Product Manager at Google2022-2025Research Assistant at University of Minnesota2011-2011Program Manager Intern at Microsoft2011-2011University of MinnesotaMS
Webster UniversityBSTechnical Product Management at Microsoft2021-2022 · left Sep 2022
Scout at Time Zero Capital2023-2026
Product at Linktree2024-2025
Advisor & Product Lead at FCTRY LAb2022-2024
Graduate Teaching Assistant at Stanford University School of Engineering2023-2024
Accel Leadership Fellow at Accel2022-2023Section Leader at Stanford University School of Engineering2022-2022Stanford UniversityMaster'sStanford UniversityBachelor'sThe newest 25 are free. Your email unlocks the other 105, plus search and filters across every page of this directory.
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.