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Founders in SF Bay Area who just went stealth

937 founders in SF Bay Area started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Andy Cahoy

Founder
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Cherry
Chief Revenue Officer
Before that
Went stealthNov 2026
Work
  • Chief Revenue Officer at Cherry2021-2026 · until Nov 2026
  • VP of Customer Experience, FBN Direct Global at Farmer's Business Network, Inc.2015-2021
  • MBA at Stanford University Graduate School of Business2014-2016
  • gTech MBA Intern at Google2015-2015
  • Platoon Leader and Executive Officer, Honor Guard Company, 3rd U.S. Infantry ("The Old Guard") at US Army2010-2014
Education
  • Stanford UniversityMBA
  • United States Military Academy at West PointBS
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Ikartt
Co-founder
Before that
Went stealthNov 2026
Work
  • Co-founder at Ikartt2021-2022 · left Oct 2022
  • Founder's Associate at BTU Protocol2018-2018
  • Operations Assistant at POLYEXPERT2009-2014
Education
  • 42
  • Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneMaster's
  • Join Lion

Laya Mathikshara

Co-Founder, Valcedia
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HUGO BOSS
Collaborator
Before that
Went stealthNov 2026
Work
  • Collaborator at HUGO BOSS2023-2023 · left Jan 2023
  • Artist at SpaceX2022-2022
  • Collaborator at PwC2022-2022
  • Contributor at Stanford Blockchain Club2022-2022
Education
  • UC BerkeleyBachelor's
  • The International School Bangalore

Yash Nannaware

Founder and Investor
Left
Adobe
Account Manager
Before that
Went stealthNov 2026
Work
  • Account Manager at Adobe2025-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Assistant Manager -Business at Zycus2024-2025
  • Senior Manager - Business at Scaler2021-2024
  • Business Strategy Consultant at Pratigrham Sports For All Pvt. Ltd.2020-2022
  • Cofounder and Sociopreneur at Agneepankh Foundation2018-2022
  • Cofounder and Business Head at Bento2021-2022
  • Senior Business Consultant at upGrad2020-2021
Education
  • MITBTech
  • Sri. Shivaji Science College, Congressnagar,NagpurHSC
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YouLearn
Founding Engineer
Before that
Went stealthNov 2026
Work
  • Founding Engineer at YouLearn2025-2026 · left Oct 2026
  • Software Engineer at ServiceNow2024-2025
  • Co-Founder at Observee (YC)2025-2025
  • Co-Founder at Odin Classroom2023-2024
  • Full Stack Developer at Michigan State University - Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation2021-2024
  • President at Spartan Hackers2023-2024
  • Software Engineer Intern at ServiceNow2023-2023
Education
  • Michigan State UniversityBE
  • Amity International School, Noida

Ife S.

Founder and CEO
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Cloudflare
Solutions Engineer
Before that
Went stealthNov 2026
Work
  • Solutions Engineer at Cloudflare2023-2024 · left Jul 2024
  • Solutions Engineer at Courier2022-2023
  • Associate Solutions Engineer at LiveRamp2021-2022
  • Software Engineer Intern at Lockheed Martin2018-2019
  • Information Systems Intern at Alameda Health System2017-2017
Education
  • Penn State UniversityBS
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OpenAI
Member of Technical Staff
Before that
Went stealthNov 2026
Work
  • Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI2025-2026 · left Oct 2026
  • Co-Founder (Acquired by OpenAI) at Crixet2025-2026
  • Software Engineer at Netflix2023-2025
  • Software Engineer at Opendoor2019-2023
  • Software Engineer at Uber2014-2019
  • Software Engineer at Branding Brand2012-2014
  • Embedded Software Engineer at Ansaldo STS A Hitachi Group Company2008-2012
Education
  • University of PittsburghBS

Patrick Latting

Co-Founder
Left
Column
GTM
Before that
Went stealthNov 2026
Work
  • GTM at Column2025-2026 · left Oct 2026
  • Co-Founder at The 1416 Group2022-2025
Education
  • Emory UniversityBachelor's
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Hasso Plattner Institute
Tutor
Before that
Went stealthNov 2026
Work
  • Tutor at Hasso Plattner Institute2025-2026 · left May 2026
  • Intern at Axel Springer2025-2026
  • Tutor at Hasso Plattner Institute2024-2025
Education
  • UC Berkeley
  • Hasso Plattner Institute
  • Hasso Plattner InstituteHPI d-school

Debjani Deb

Co-Founder
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Session AI
Co-Founder and CEO
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder and CEO at Session AI2015-2025 · left Jun 2025
  • Co-Founder and CEO at EmPower (acquired by Genpact NYSE: G)2004-2013
  • Chief Strategy Officer at GCI Group2002-2004
  • Director Strategy at ONI Systems2002-2003
  • Director Strategy at Mayan Networks2000-2001
  • Senior Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton1996-2000
  • Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories1991-1995
Education
  • MITMBA
  • Stanford UniversityMS
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New BrunswickBA

Sasha Levy

Co-Founder and CSO
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Synteny
Head of Experimental Platform Innovation
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Head of Experimental Platform Innovation at Synteny2026-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Chief Scientific Officer at BacStitch DNA2021-2026
  • Group Leader at Joint Institute for Metrology in Biology, Stanford University, NIST, SLAC2017-2023
  • Marsha Laufer Endowed Assistant Professor at Stony Brook University2013-2017
Education
  • Stanford UniversityPostdoc
  • NYUPostdoc
  • UC Santa BarbaraPhD

Askar M.

Founder
Left
wedevx
Co-Founder and CEO
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder and CEO at wedevx2022-2025 · left Dec 2025
  • Staff Server Software Engineer at Apple2020-2023
  • Software Engineer at CME Group2018-2021
  • Senior Software Engineer at TransUnion2016-2018
  • Software Engineer at Aetna, a CVS Health Company2014-2016
  • Software Engineer at ShopRunner2012-2014
Education
  • University of Nebraska at OmahaBS

Anh Nguyen

Co-Founder
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Gummicube Inc. | App Store Optimization | Big Data Analytics for Mobile App Marketing
COO and Co-Founder
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • COO and Co-Founder at Gummicube Inc. | App Store Optimization | Big Data Analytics for Mobile App Marketing2010-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • General Partner at Infinite Channel2010-2014
  • Board of Directors at DZ Holdings, Inc.2012-2013
  • Director Product & Merchandising, Business Development Group at Playphone, Inc.2006-2010
Education
  • San Jose State UniversityBS

Gundars Kokts

Co-Founder and CTO
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insightsoftware
VP Engineering, Data and Analytics
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • VP Engineering, Data and Analytics at insightsoftware2021-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Senior Director, Engineering Services at VMware2017-2020
  • Director R&D Operations, HPE Software at Hewlett Packard Enterprise2013-2017
  • Senior Director, Oracle Support Analytics at Oracle1995-2013
Education
  • BrownPhD
  • University of LatviaBS

Ba Khai Tran

Co-Founder
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PLIO
Co-Founder
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder at PLIO2024-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • VP of Growth at Y422020-2025
  • Founding Team, Product & Data at Wellster Healthtech Group2018-2020
  • Visiting Analyst at HV2018-2018
  • Co-Founder at Tradity e.V.2013-2017
  • Visiting Associate at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)2017-2017
  • M&A at ACXIT - A Stifel Company2016-2016
Education
  • WHUBachelor's

Jack Min Ong

Co-Founder
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Prime Intellect
Founding Research Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Founding Research Engineer at Prime Intellect2024-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Site Reliability Engineer at YTL AI Cloud2024-2024
  • Machine Learning Engineer at Jina AI2022-2023
  • Site Reliability Engineer at MoneyLion2021-2022
  • Software Developer at University of Malaya2021-2021
  • Software Engineer at Panasonic2021-2021
  • Software Developer at Cancer Research Malaysia2020-2021
Education
  • University of MalayaBachelor's
  • Sunway CollegeA-levels
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Redapto (YC F25)
Co-Founder
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder at Redapto (YC F25)2026-2026 · until Nov 2026
  • Tech Lead - Data Ecosystem at e6data2024-2026
  • Systems Researcher - HPC & Storage at Data, Systems and High Performance Computing (DaSH) Lab2022-2024
  • Secretary-General at BITSMUN Goa2021-2023
  • Software Developer at STEM4All2022-2022
Education
  • BITS PilaniBE
  • Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's
Left
Zapier
Chief Sales Officer (CSO)
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Chief Sales Officer (CSO) at Zapier2026-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Advisor at Terret2020-2026
  • SVP, Sales & Success at Zapier2024-2026
  • Head of GTM at Metronome2023-2024
  • VP, Global Sales at Branch2017-2023
  • Head of Strategic Accounts at Boomerang Commerce2016-2017
  • Co-Founder at Pinpoint Mobile, Inc.2014-2015
Education
  • University of FloridaBS

Benjamin Cohen

Co-Founder
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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

Quoc Tran

Founder
Left
Instructure
Vice President of Revenue Operations
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Vice President of Revenue Operations at Instructure2024-2026 · left Jan 2026
  • Head of Global Sales Strategy & Operations at Okta2021-2024
  • Senior Director, AMER Sales Operations at Auth02021-2022
  • Senior Director of GTM Operations at Zendesk2017-2021
  • APAC Partner Operations Manager at Amazon2014-2017
  • Program Manager at Autodesk2006-2014
  • Best Buy Business Professional at Best Buy2004-2005
Education
  • UC Davis

Girish Krishna

Founder and CEO
Left
Biotech @Berkeley
Director
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Director at Biotech @Berkeley2025-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Global Product Manager, Head AI for BI, Data Insights Technology at Genentech2021-2026
  • Director Emerging Technology at KPMG2018-2020
  • Digital Leader, Emerging Technologies at EY2012-2018
  • Head and Associate Vice President (IT Applications and IT Infrastructure) at Muthoot Fincorp Ltd.2010-2012
  • Global Application Security & Risk Management at Herbalife2007-2010
  • Management Consultant (Enterprise Information Risk) at Toyota North America2007-2007
Education
  • UC BerkeleyMaster's
  • UCLAMBA
  • IIM Ahmedabad
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Revamp (YC S23)
Head of Growth
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Head of Growth at Revamp (YC S23)2025-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Head of Business Development at PropRise (YC S23)2024-2024
  • Business Development Representative at Skeepers2022-2024
  • Account Executive at Meallogix2020-2021
  • Founder at Madi Ditler Fit2020-2021
  • Assistant Manager at Sprint2018-2020
Education
  • UC BerkeleyBA
  • Sciences Po
  • Sacramento City College
Left
PiTrade
Co-Founder & CTO
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder & CTO at PiTrade2025-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Senior Software Engineer at Amazon2018-2025
  • Summer Research Intern at National Tsinghua University, College of Engineering2018-2018
  • Student at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur2013-2018
  • Software Engineer at Amazon2017-2017
  • Software Engineer at KPTech Solutions Private Limited2016-2016
  • Head at The Street-Finance Club2014-2016
Education
  • IIT KharagpurMaster's
  • Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan'sHigh School

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

Grady Sokaras

Co-Founder
Left
Zapier
Head of Sales
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Head of Sales at Zapier2025-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Head of Sales at Metronome2024-2025
  • Advisor at PerceptivePanda2022-2024
  • VP, GTM Strategy and Operations at Branch2023-2024
  • Consultant at Metronome2023-2024
  • Chief of Staff at Branch2017-2023
  • Legal Analyst at Dropbox2014-2015
Education
  • Yale UniversityBA

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  -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 } }
  }'
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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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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.