CrustdataGet an API key
← All stealth founders

Founders in Chicago who just went stealth

41 founders in Chicago started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

Chicago
Showing 25 of 41 founders

Rupinder Kaur

Founder and CEO
LeftNot listed
Before thatNone listed
Went stealthOct 2026

Kripa Rajshekhar

Co-Founder, Engineer
Left
Metonymize
Founder, CEO
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Founder, CEO at Metonymize2014-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Cofounder at Mintor WhatsApp Tech2014-2026
  • Senior Vice President, Data, Analytics and AI at Straive2023-2026
  • PPAML (Probabilistic Programing for the Advancement of Machine Learning) at Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)2017-2017
  • I-Corps at National Science Foundation (NSF)2016-2016
  • Partner, Corporate Finance Strategy at EY2007-2014
  • Transaction Support (Business Due Dilligence), Manager at KPMG2004-2007
Education
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteMSEE
  • Stanford University
  • COEP Technological UniversityBE

Samuel E.

Founder
Left
ABC Supply Co. Inc.
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at ABC Supply Co. Inc.2026-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Software Engineer Intern at University of Chicago2024-2025
  • Software Engineer Intern at Slip (Startup)2024-2024
  • Product Development Intern at Playground2024-2024
  • Tech In Residence Scholar with UIC at Grainger2024-2024
  • Mathematics Grader at University of Illinois Chicago2023-2023
  • Machine Learning Intern at Illinois Department of Transportation2023-2023
Education
  • University of Illinois ChicagoBE

Henry Munez

Founder
Left
BMO U.S.
Vice Chair
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Vice Chair at BMO U.S.2008-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Senior Vice President, Division Head, National Institutional Real Estate Group in Capital Markets at Bank of America1995-2008
Education
  • Northwestern UniversityMBA
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBA
  • Northwestern UniversityMBA

Josh Canale

Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer
Left
Float
Founder
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Founder at Float2025-2026 · left Apr 2026
  • AI Design Expert at Mercor Intelligence2025-2026
  • AI Product Designer at Okaya2024-2025
  • AI UX Lead at Epic2022-2025
  • Intern - UX Research at The National Institutes of Health2021-2022
Education
  • Penn State UniversityBS

John Head

Co-Founder
Left
Netrix Global
Chief Evangelist
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Chief Evangelist at Netrix Global2000-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Chief Evangelist at PSC Group, LLC2000-2022
  • Desktop Application Architect at Synergistics1999-2000
  • Consultant at Boom Vang Consulting1997-1999
  • Consultant at Artron Products1992-1997
Education
  • University of IllinoisBachelor's
  • College of DuPage
  • The University of New Mexico

Virginia Baskin

Co-Founder
Left
84.51 ̊
Senior AI/ML Engineer, Applied AI
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Senior AI/ML Engineer, Applied AI at 84.51 ̊2023-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Statistics/ML Researcher at Rice University2022-2022
  • Division Leader at Camp Champions2021-2021
  • Data Scientist at Morning Consult2019-2019
Education
  • Cronopios Idiomas
  • Españolé IH Spanish SchoolCertificate
  • Rice UniversityBachelor's

Slava Nikitin

Founder
Left
DoorDash
Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Tech Lead)
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Tech Lead) at DoorDash2021-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • AI/ML Tech Lead at Covail2019-2021
  • Adjunct Professor at Otterbein University2017-2020
  • Senior Data Scientist at Covail2015-2019
  • Data Analyst at CJI Research Corp2013-2014
Education
  • The Ohio State UniversityPhD
  • The Ohio State UniversityMaster's
  • The Ohio State UniversityMaster's

Anshuman Dash

Founder
Left
Strategy&
Senior Associate Intern
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Senior Associate Intern at Strategy&2026-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Founder's Office (Pre-MBA Internship) at Sliq Pay2025-2025
  • Consultant at EY2021-2025
  • Summer Intern - Deals Advisory at PwC India2020-2020
  • Intern - Business Strategy at Urban Company2019-2019
Education
  • Northwestern UniversityMBA
  • Delhi UniversityBA

Faisal K.

Co-Founder & CTO
Left
Palo Alto Networks
Principal Machine Learning Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Principal Machine Learning Engineer at Palo Alto Networks2025-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Founding Engineer at Prisma AIRS by Palo Alto Networks2022-2025
  • Research Software Engineer at Argonne National Laboratory2012-2022
  • Research Assistant at University of Wisconsin-Madison2010-2011
  • Research Assistant at Condor Project, University of Wisconsin-Madison2008-2010
  • Research Software Engineer at Caltech2006-2007
  • Software Engineer for the CMS Experiment at CERN2005-2006
Education
  • University of Wisconsin-MadisonMaster's
  • National University of Science and TechnologyBS

Joshua Moses

Founder
Left
Intrepid Investment Bankers
Managing Director
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Managing Director at Intrepid Investment Bankers2022-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Managing Director at Vaquero Capital2018-2022
  • Managing Director at First Analysis2012-2018
  • Associate at Lincoln International2010-2012
  • Owner at Odysseus Advisors2009-2010
  • Vice President at Davis Capital, LLC2009-2010
  • Corporate Finance Associate at William Blair2008-2009
Education
  • University of ChicagoAB
  • Northwestern UniversityMBA

Marc Alexander Cordero

Co-Founder
Left
Ministry of Education of Spain
North American Language & Culture Assistant (Grant Recipient)
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • North American Language & Culture Assistant (Grant Recipient) at Ministry of Education of Spain2024-2025 · left Jun 2025
  • Senior Partnership Marketing Associate at Hamster Garage2023-2024
  • Marketing Consultant for Whistlestick Press through Northwestern IMC at Northwestern University Medill School2022-2022
Education
  • The George Washington UniversityMaster's
  • Northwestern UniversityBachelor's
  • Saint Ignatius College Prep

Veronica Sokoloff Cortes

Founder
Left
PlateTale
Founder
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Founder at PlateTale2025-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Software Engineer Intern at Speakeasy2025-2025
  • Computer Science Grader at University of Chicago2024-2024
  • Tech and Development Intern at ONDA2024-2024
  • Internship at BNY2022-2022
  • Volunteer at GVI2022-2022
  • Summer Intern at Cedar Capital Partners2021-2021
Education
  • University of ChicagoBachelor's
  • American School in London

Ali Kalimat

Founder
Left
Mongolian Students Organization
Vice President
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Vice President at Mongolian Students Organization2026-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Banking Intern at Golomt Bank2026-2026
  • Portfolio Manager at Student Investment Fund @ Augustana College2025-2026
  • Public Relations Chair at Mongolian Students Organization2025-2026
  • Investment Analyst at Student Investment Fund @ Augustana College2024-2026
  • Tire Retail Sales Manager at MIRAS co, ltd.2021-2025
Education
  • DePaul UniversityBachelor's
  • Augustana CollegeBachelor's
  • School No.1 of Ulaanbaatar

Winston Lin

Co-Founder
Left
Absolute Value AI
Quantitative Research Intern
Before thatNone listed
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Quantitative Research Intern at Absolute Value AI2026-2026 · until Sep 2026
Education
  • St. Mark's School of Texas

Conner Hawkins

Co-Founder
Left
New Horizons Home Services
Founder and Executive
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Founder and Executive at New Horizons Home Services2024-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Product Management Intern at Scalar Field (YC P25)2026-2026
  • Senior Consultant at Illinois Business Consulting2025-2026
  • Research Assistant at Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign2026-2026
  • Business Operations Intern at Hemut2025-2026
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBachelor's

Mikhail Lazovskiy

CEO, Co-Founder
Left
Labelbox
Managing Partner - Frontier AI
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Managing Partner - Frontier AI at Labelbox2025-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Global Account Director at Toloka2022-2025
  • Global Key Account Director at Xerox2012-2022
  • Senior Business Development Manager at Bellerage2010-2012
  • PR & Business Development Manager at Move One2008-2010
Education
  • Georgia State UniversityBS

Basim Shadidi

Co-Founder
Left
Roll & Smoke
Operations & Inventory Analyst
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Operations & Inventory Analyst at Roll & Smoke2026-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Business Operations Intern at Hemut2025-2026
  • Operations Assistant at Roll & Smoke2024-2026
  • Founder and Executive at New Horizons Home Services2024-2025
Education
  • University of Southern CaliforniaBS
  • Rock Valley College

Lisandra Martinez

Founder, CEO
Left
Bloqsy.Art
Founder
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Founder at Bloqsy.Art2023-2026 · left Jan 2026
  • Community Advisor at The Chicago Community Trust2024-2025
  • Embedded Partner & Entrepreneurial Educator at Foundation of Little Village2021-2024
  • Director, Chicago Women's Business Center at Women's Business Development Center (WBDC)2017-2021
  • Small Business Relationship Manager at Bank of America2012-2017
Education
  • University of Illinois College of LawJD
  • The George Washington UniversityBA

Conor Redmond

Co-Founder
Left
BriteCo
Chief Actuary
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Chief Actuary at BriteCo2018-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Research Director at American Property Casualty Insurance Association2016-2018
  • Pricing Actuary at StarStone Insurance2012-2015
  • Actuarial Analyst at Chubb2011-2012
  • Actuarial Analyst at Crum & Forster2009-2011
Education
  • The College of New JerseyBA
  • Goethe University Frankfurt

Edgar V.

CEO/Co-Founder
Left
Bank of America
Global Risk Summer Analyst
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Global Risk Summer Analyst at Bank of America2025-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Co-President Cornell Chapter at ALPFA Inc - Association of Latino Professionals For America2024-2026
  • Legislative Intern at U.S. House of Representatives2025-2025
  • Co-Leader Creator Corps at Project Unloaded2023-2025
  • VP of Marketing at ALPFA Inc - Association of Latino Professionals For America2024-2024
  • Public Policy Leadership Conference at Harvard Kennedy School2024-2024
  • Political and Coalitions & Finance Assistant at 2024 Democratic National Convention Committee2024-2024
Education
  • Cornell UniversityGoverment
  • Northwestern University
  • Intrinsic Schools

Advay Gupta

Founder
Left
Illinois Business Consulting
Consultant
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Consultant at Illinois Business Consulting2023-2024 · left Jan 2024
  • Software Engineer at PlayTogether2023-2023
  • Quantitative Trading at Jane Street2021-2022
  • HR Manager at Évoluer Consulting2021-2021
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBS

MING A.

Founder
Left
Shanghai Open
Global Growth Strategist + OSS Uni Lead
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Global Growth Strategist + OSS Uni Lead at Shanghai Open2022-2026 · left Jan 2026
  • Communication Strategist at PROPELLER2020-2023
  • Founding member & Head of Ecosystem at OpenTEKr2020-2023
  • Content Localisation Specialist at JONCKERS2019-2020
  • Language Specialist at Gengo2017-2019
  • Investment Research & Editing at Boston Innovation Growth. Inc.2017-2017
  • Trainee to Pro translator at Translation agencies & teams2014-2017
Education
  • Newcastle UniversityMaster's

Jamil Alhidiq

Co-Founder
Left
The Louvet Group
Growth / GTM
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Growth / GTM at The Louvet Group2026-2026 · left Jan 2026
  • Growth & Marketing at Autism Care Therapy2024-2026
  • Researcher at Moraine Valley Community College2024-2024
  • Content Creator at TikTok2021-2021
Education
  • Western Governors UniversityBachelor's
  • Moraine Valley Community College

Josué B.

Founder
Left
Workday
Growth Associate
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Growth Associate at Workday2026-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Founder at Aplika2024-2026
  • GTM and Growth Consultant at Mango Consulting2024-2026
  • Head Boys Soccer Coach at Eagan Senior High School2022-2025
  • Sales Development Representative at ClearGov2023-2024
  • Professional Soccer Player at Minneapolis City SC2020-2022
Education
  • North Central UniversityBachelor's

See all 41 founders

The newest 25 are free. Your email unlocks the other 16, plus search and filters across every page of this directory.

No newsletter, no sales email. We only use the domain to keep bots out.

Built on Crustdata. Build your own.

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.

Browse stealth founders

By former employer

Show fewer

By city

Show fewer

By school

Show fewer

By background

Show fewer

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.