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Ex-Snap Inc. founders who just went stealth

14 founders who worked at Snap Inc. started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Soam Desai

co-founder and ceo
Left
Snap Inc.
Augmented Reality Externship
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Augmented Reality Externship at Snap Inc.2024-2024 · left Apr 2024
  • engineering fellow at Tools for Humanity2026-2026
  • contributor at World2026-2026
  • associate product manager at Coinbase2025-2025
  • President at Berkeley M.E.T. Student Board2023-2025
  • product manager at Coinbase2024-2024
  • product manager at Pump.co2023-2023
Education
  • UC Berkeley
  • UC Berkeley
  • UC Berkeley

Rushi Jash

Founder
Left
Snap Inc.
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Snap Inc.2021-2024 · left Jun 2024
  • Software Engineer at Atom Tickets2018-2020
  • Student Assistant - Web Developer at California State University, Long Beach2016-2018
  • Software Design Engineer Intern at Atom Tickets2017-2017
Education
  • California State University-Long BeachMaster's
  • CHAROTAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator

Steve Hwang

Co-Founder
Left
Snap Inc.
SVP, Strategy, Corp Dev, & Partnerships
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • SVP, Strategy, Corp Dev, & Partnerships at Snap Inc.2014-2024 · left Jan 2024
  • SPECS at SPECS2025-2026
  • Associate at Cooley LLP2011-2013
  • Tour Guide at Mike's Bike Tours Munich2010-2010
  • Summer Associate at Cooley LLP2008-2008
  • Summer Clerk at Baker McKenzie2007-2007
Education
  • Duke UniversityBS
  • Columbia UniversityJD

Arihant Kothari

Founder
Left
Snap Inc.
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Snap Inc.2022-2022 · left Aug 2022
  • Co-Founder at Dora AI2024-2025
  • Software Engineer at Ripple2022-2024
  • Software Engineer at Groq2021-2021
  • Software Engineer (Processing) at WATonomous2020-2020
  • Software Engineer at Autodesk2019-2020
Education
  • University of WaterlooBachelor's
  • University of WaterlooBachelor's

Ryan A.

Founder
Left
Snap Inc.
Product & Software Developer Extern
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Product & Software Developer Extern at Snap Inc.2024-2024 · left Apr 2024
  • Software Engineer at Global Lives Project2024-2026
  • Student Researcher at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business2024-2026
  • Technical Project Lead at Second Front2025-2025
  • Lead UI/UX Designer at Haas Business Student Association (HBSA)2024-2024
  • Software Engineer at Global Lives Project2024-2024
  • President at KORAFF.org2018-2022
Education
  • UC BerkeleyBachelor's
  • The Overlake School
  • Northwestern University

Alkis Toutziaridis

Founder, CEO
Left
Snap Inc.
Augmented Reality Development @ Snap
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Augmented Reality Development @ Snap at Snap Inc.2024-2024 · left Apr 2024
  • Evals at Rowspace2026-2026
  • Summer Analyst at Moelis & Company2026-2026
  • Growth at Pari Passu Newsletter2025-2026
  • Research Fellow at Basis Set2025-2026
  • President at Capital Investments at Berkeley2024-2026
  • Independent Research - Quantum Computing at UC Berkeley College of Engineering2025-2025
Education
  • UC Berkeley
  • Hellenic American Educational Foundation Athens College

Ashwin Ayyasamy

Co-Founder
Left
Snap Inc.
Data Scientist
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Data Scientist at Snap Inc.2022-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Data Scientist at CoStar Group2020-2022
  • Data Science Intern at 23andMe2019-2019
  • Data Science Intern at Wipro2018-2019
  • Finance and Administration Co-Chair at UCLA2017-2019
  • NLP Intern at Wipro2018-2018
  • Co-Founder at Cibus2017-2018
Education
  • UCLABachelor's

Maria Lai

Founder
Left
Snap Inc.
Product Architect, Games & Minis
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Product Architect, Games & Minis at Snap Inc.2020-2022 · left Sep 2022
  • Product Staff - Technical, Ops Tech at Amazon2025-2026
  • Product Lead, B2B auth SaaS at Microsoft2017-2020
  • Interactive Data Visualization Course Facilitator at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences2016-2016
  • Co Editor-in-Chief at The Harvard Undergraduate Research Journal (THURJ)2013-2016
  • Software Engineer at Vettery2016-2016
  • Term Time Projects Director at Harvard Developers 4 Development2014-2014
Education
  • Harvard UniversityBA
  • Central AcademyHigh School

Dillon Johnson

Co-Founder
Left
Snap Inc.
Mechanical Engineer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Mechanical Engineer at Snap Inc.2016-2020 · left Aug 2020
  • In-Region Product Design Engineer at Apple2020-2024
  • Head of Marketing and Sales at SimSim2015-2015
Education
  • MITMBA
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityBachelor's

Eitan Pilipski

Co-Founder
Left
Snap Inc.
SVP - Camera Platform and GenAI Technology
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • SVP - Camera Platform and GenAI Technology at Snap Inc.2015-2025 · left Feb 2025
  • VP - XR Growth & Strategy (acquired by Kaltura) at eSelf AI (acquired by Kaltura)2025-2026
  • VP of Technology (aquired by PTC Technology) at Vuforia by PTC2010-2015
  • Vice President of Engineering at Qualcomm2002-2010
  • Principal Programmer (acquired by Qualcomm) at Eudora1999-2002
  • Product research at WinSoft Inc.1997-1999
  • Software Architect at ECI Telecom1996-1997
Education
  • Tel Aviv UniversityBS

Joe Qiao

Founder and CEO
Left
Snap Inc.
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Snap Inc.2017-2026 · until Jul 2026
  • Co-founder & CTO at Beijing Summer Love Technology Co., Ltd2016-2017
  • iOS Software Engineer at Sogou2015-2017
Education
  • Beijing Normal UniversityMaster's
  • Shandong University of Science and TechnologyBachelor's

Marcella Imoisili

Technical Co-Founder
Left
Snap Inc.
Software Engineer Intern
Before that
Went stealthMar 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer Intern at Snap Inc.2019-2020 · left Sep 2020
  • Software Engineer II at eBay2023-2026
  • Technical Co-Founder at Shepherd Learn2023-2024
  • Software Engineer I at eBay2022-2023
  • CIS Graduate Teaching Assistant at Cornell University2021-2021
  • Software Engineer Intern at eBay2021-2021
  • Undergraduate Student Instructor at Cornell University2020-2021
Education
  • Cornell UniversityBS

Saniul A

Founder
Left
Snap Inc.
Staff Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthJan 2026
Work
  • Staff Software Engineer at Snap Inc.2018-2023 · left Jul 2023
  • Senior Software Engineer at Postmates by Uber2016-2018
  • iOS Developer at Heyday2014-2016
  • Head of iOS Development at NeoSphere LLC2012-2014
  • Research Intern at UCL2010-2010
Education
  • University College London (UCL)MEng
  • Bellerbys College

Shawn Lin

Co-Founder & CEO
Left
Snap Inc.
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthMay 2025
Work
  • Software Engineer at Snap Inc.2016-2019 · left Jun 2019
  • Software Engineer Intern at Meta2015-2015
Education
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New BrunswickMS
  • Tongji UniversityBS

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# 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.

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About this list

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.