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595 founders in SF Bay Area started a company in stealth in the last 15 weeks.

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Adrien Duermael

Founder
Left
Fundamental Research Labs
Head of Engineering
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Head of Engineering at Fundamental Research Labs2025-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • CEO at Blip2019-2025
  • Software Engineer at Anaxi2018-2019
  • Member at Broom LLC2015-2018
  • Software Engineer at Docker, Inc2015-2018
  • Developer / Game Designer / CTO / Co-founder at Pixowl2011-2015
  • Work-Study Program at GOBELINS Paris2009-2010
Education
  • GOBELINS Paris
  • Université Paris Cité
  • Université de Metz

Gaëtan de Villèle

Founder
Left
Fundamental Research Labs
Lead Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Lead Engineer at Fundamental Research Labs2026-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Co-founder & CTO at Blip2019-2025
  • Senior Software Engineer at Anaxi2018-2019
  • Member Of Technical Staff at Docker, Inc2015-2018
  • Mobile game and backend developer at Pixowl2011-2015
Education
  • EPSIMaster's

Elan Dekel

Co-founder
Left
Pinecone
VP Product
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • VP Product at Pinecone2022-2024 · left Sep 2024
  • Product Lead for Core Data Serving at Google2013-2022
  • Founder & CEO at Medico.com2010-2013
  • Senior Product Manager, EMEA at Google2004-2010
  • VC Associate at Evergreen venture partners2003-2004
  • CEO/Co-Founder at Earthnoise2000-2002
Education
  • Yale UniversityBS
  • INSEADMBA
  • Tel Aviv University

Pranav Vaidhyanathan

CEO and Co-Founder
Left
Tekion Corp
AI and Analytics Lead
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • AI and Analytics Lead at Tekion Corp2018-2021 · left Aug 2021
  • Research Intern at NVIDIA2025-2025
  • Research Assistant in Poon Lab at Berkeley Lab2017-2022
  • PhD Autopilot Intern at Tesla2018-2018
  • Research Assistant at Caltech2017-2017
  • Research Intern at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras2016-2016
Education
  • University of OxfordPhD
  • MIT
  • UC BerkeleyBS

Mark Leschinsky

Founder
Left
Quartz
Founder
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Founder at Quartz2026-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • -- at Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL)2026-2026
  • Inventor at Wearable Air Sterilizer2021-2024
  • Founder at Student World Impact Film Festival (SWIFF)2022-2024
  • Inventor at Self-Disinfecting Hazmat Suit2014-2016
  • Inventor at Eat-Corder2015-2015
Education
  • Stanford UniversityBS
  • Bergen County Academies
  • Johns Hopkins Center For Talented Youth (CTY)

Lu Lydia Li

Founder and CEO
Left
LinkedIn
Senior Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Senior Software Engineer at LinkedIn2021-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Organizing Committee Member at Caltech2019-2019
  • Software Engineer at Mode.net2018-2019
  • Columnist and Technical Writer (Remote) at China Campus magazine2012-2019
Education
  • CaltechMS
  • UC San Diego
  • Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsBE

Jyoty Subramanian

Builder
Left
GoFundMe
Staff Product Manager
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Staff Product Manager at GoFundMe2025-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Senior Product Manager - Social Graph and Consumer Profiles at Handshake2024-2025
  • Senior Product Manager - Engagement & Growth at Meta2022-2023
  • Product Management - Contact Center at Walmart2018-2022
  • Product Manager at Jobalaya2018-2018
  • MBA at University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business2016-2018
  • MBA Intern (Product) at Dell Technologies2017-2017
Education
  • University of MichiganMBA
  • Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology and Research AcademyBTech
  • University of MichiganMBA

Shirley Xie

Co-Founder
Left
Crimson Education
Director of VIP Sales & Business Development
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Director of VIP Sales & Business Development at Crimson Education2020-2026 · left Mar 2026
  • Program Manager at SVIEF2018-2019
  • Founder at Serial Chiller Co.2017-2018
  • Relationship Manager at Bank of America2016-2016
  • Marketing Strategist at Opti2015-2015
  • Strategy Consultant Intern at Capgemini2015-2015
Education
  • INSEADMBA
  • Northwestern UniversityMBA
  • University of TorontoBA

Pancham Y.

Co-Founder, CEO
Left
Glean
Product Designer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Product Designer at Glean2022-2026 · left Jan 2026
  • Product Designer at Okta2020-2022
  • Head of Design at Blockchain at Berkeley2019-2020
  • Founder at Data Science for India2017-2019
  • Design Consultant at Blockchain at Berkeley2019-2019
  • Product Design Intern at Okta2019-2019
  • Undergraduate Researcher at UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society2017-2018
Education
  • UC BerkeleyBachelor's
  • UC BerkeleyCertificate
  • Pathways World SchoolIB, IGCSE

Jeffrey Miao

Co-Founder
Left
Google
Motion Graphic Designer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Motion Graphic Designer at Google2020-2026 · left Apr 2026
  • Motion Graphic Designer at Looker2019-2020
  • Senior Animator at Allison Worldwide2017-2019
  • Co-Founder / Head of Design at Nytch, Inc.2014-2019
  • Technical Director at Nimble Collective2016-2017
  • Technical Director at John McNeil Studio2011-2016
  • Air & Ground Movement Coordinator, Provincial Reconstruction Team at US Army2009-2010
Education
  • NYUMS
  • UC San DiegoBA

Michel Susai

Founder Chief Architect & CEO
Left
AI Infrastructure Research
Researcher
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Researcher at AI Infrastructure Research2024-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Founder CEO at NebulaConnect, Inc2018-2023
  • Startup Mentor at Vission Factory2013-2018
  • Founder CEO at VMware2004-2012
  • Founder & Chairman of Board at NetScaler1997-2003
  • Chief Architect, Head of Internet clustering, CTO's Office, at Sun Microsystems1996-1997
Education
  • Harvard University
  • Pune Institute of Computer TechnologyBE
  • University of California, Santa Cruz

Ankur Khangaonkar

Founder
Left
Google
Product Lead, Android Platform
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Product Lead, Android Platform at Google2015-2026 · left Jan 2026
  • Analytics Associate at ZS2014-2015
  • Co-Founder & CEO at MobileJury2013-2014
Education
  • University of PuneBE

Alina Suarez

Founder
Left
Palantir Technologies
Forward Deployed Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir Technologies2025-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Product Manager at Google2021-2025
  • Computational Methods in Engineering Teaching Assistant at Duke University2020-2021
  • Google's Computer Science Summer Institute Program Participant at Google2019-2019
Education
  • Duke UniversityBachelor's
  • Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart

Vithu Thangarasa

Founder
Left
Cerebras
Staff ML Research Scientist
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Staff ML Research Scientist at Cerebras2024-2025 · left Feb 2025
  • Principal Investigator, AI Hub at Durham College2024-2024
  • Senior ML Research Scientist at Cerebras2020-2024
  • Machine Learning Researcher at Vector Institute2017-2019
  • Machine Learning Research Engineer at Cerebras2019-2019
  • Research Scientist at Uber AI2018-2019
  • Machine Learning Engineer, Computer Vision at Tesla2018-2018
Education
  • University of GuelphMaster's
  • University of GuelphBE

Kshitij Garg - KG

Founder and CEO
Left
Think Future Technologies
Chief Product Officer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Chief Product Officer at Think Future Technologies2023-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Chief Product Officer at TFT.ai2023-2026
  • Director, Startups and VCs at PanIIT Europe Alumni2023-2026
  • Perplexity AI Business Fellow at Perplexity2025-2025
  • Chief Business Officer at Emoha2020-2021
  • Assistant Vice President - Product & Growth at Tata 1mg2019-2020
  • Founder, Chief Product Officer & CEO at Healers at Home2014-2019
Education
  • IIT KanpurBachelor's
  • Young India Fellowship at Ashoka University
  • Terra.do

Mónica Goren

Founder
Left
Figma
Software Engineering Manager
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Software Engineering Manager at Figma2024-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Staff Technical Lead Manager at Slack2016-2024
  • Integration Platform Leader at The Honest Company2015-2016
  • Senior Director of Engineering at Crushpath2012-2015
  • Socialcast Director of Engineering/ Cloud Foundry Evangelist at VMware2010-2012
  • Open Web Standards Program Manager at Meta2010-2010
  • Senior Software Architect at Myspace2007-2010
Education
  • The Ohio State UniversityBS
  • Universidad de Lima
  • San Silvestre British SchoolHigh School

Phil Hie

Founder
Left
Avelios Medical
Special Projects
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Special Projects at Avelios Medical2025-2026 · left Jan 2026
  • Founder at Adepto2023-2025
  • Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs2023-2023
  • Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley2022-2022
  • Co-Founder at Grex2022-2022
  • Sneaker Reselling at StockX2015-2020
Education
  • Università BocconiBachelor's
  • WU (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien)BS

Sofiane Croisier

Co-Founder & CEO
Left
Terra Quantum AG
Head of Strategic Initiatives
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Head of Strategic Initiatives at Terra Quantum AG2023-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Founder & CEO at Voltaire Advisory2020-2023
  • Global Strategy Lead at Oyster®2021-2022
  • Advisor to CEO of BCG at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)2017-2020
  • Co-Founder & CEO at Mêtis[X]2016-2018
  • Jury Member at VivaTech2017-2017
  • Emmanuel Macron's 2017 Presidential Campaign Team at En Marche2016-2017
Education
  • University of OxfordMaster's
  • University College London (UCL)
  • Aix-Marseille UniversityLLB

Ben Liang Yang

Co-founder & CEO
Left
TiDB, powered by PingCAP
Head of Strategy, EMEA and SKA
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Head of Strategy, EMEA and SKA at TiDB, powered by PingCAP2021-2022 · left Apr 2022
  • Vice President, Financial Services Business Unit, Enterprise Group at Huawei2019-2021
  • VP Sales at Huawei Enterprise USA Inc.2017-2019
  • VP of Cloud/Data Center Sales at Huawei2007-2017
Education
  • Chongqing University of Post and TelecommunicationsBachelor's

Donelson Berger

Founder
Left
Plaid
Senior Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Senior Software Engineer at Plaid2024-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Software Development Engineer II at Amazon2022-2024
  • Research Assistant at University of Wisconsin-Madison2020-2021
  • Software Engineer Intern at Capital One2021-2021
  • Software Engineer Intern at Atombeam Technologies2019-2020
  • Intern at Tisch Designs2018-2018
Education
  • University of Wisconsin-MadisonBS

Michael Orabueze

Co-Founder
Left
Balyasny Asset Management L.P.
Quantitative Developer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Quantitative Developer at Balyasny Asset Management L.P.2023-2025 · left Sep 2025
  • Officer Cadet at Royal Navy2022-2023
  • Software Engineer at Balyasny Asset Management L.P.2022-2022
  • Founding Engineer at Classify2021-2022
  • Intern at Palantir Technologies2022-2022
  • Website and Content Developer at BRECcIA2021-2021
  • Marketing at Campus Industries ☞ Student Marketing Experts2021-2021
Education
  • Harvard University
  • University of Southampton
  • Concord College

Hepsi Premkumar

Co-Founder & CEO
Left
Infoblox
Vice President of Product and Business Operations
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Vice President of Product and Business Operations at Infoblox2024-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Chair, Howard University EECS Advisory Board at Howard University2022-2026
  • Vice President of Strategy and Operations/Chief of Staff at Cisco AppDynamics and FSO2023-2024
  • Senior Director TPM and Strategy, App Dynamics and Full stack observability (FSO) at Cisco2021-2023
  • Member of EECS Industry Advisory Board at Howard University2020-2022
  • Director, Data Center Networking Technical Program Management and Business Operations at Cisco2016-2021
  • Sr. Manager Engineering at Nimble Storage, acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise company in 20172015-2016
Education
  • Bharathidasan UniversityMCA
  • Women's Christian CollegeBachelor's

Snehasish Mukherjee

Co-Founder
Left
Roblox
Technical Director, Roblox Studio AI
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Technical Director, Roblox Studio AI at Roblox2021-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Distinguished Engineer, Conversational AI at Walmart Global Tech2013-2021
  • R&D Engineer II at Synopsys Inc2012-2013
  • Summer Research Intern at Indian Institute of Science (IISc)2011-2011
Education
  • Stanford University
  • Indian Statistical Institute, KolkataMTech
  • Heritage Institute of TechnologyMaster's

Alvin Li

Founder
Left
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
Machine Learning Researcher
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Machine Learning Researcher at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)2021-2023 · left Jul 2023
  • Quant Trader at Optiver2022-2022
  • Software Engineer at Amazon2021-2021
  • Cofounder at Hatch2020-2020
  • Computer Vision at Google2019-2019
Education
  • MITBS

Vincent Wang

Founder
Left
Hill Research
Chief Innovation Officer and Co-founder
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Chief Innovation Officer and Co-founder at Hill Research2026-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Visiting Faculty Researcher at Google2026-2026
  • Research Affiliate at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)2024-2026
  • Postdoctoral Associate at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard2025-2025
  • Team Founder at MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund Program2025-2025
  • Postdoctoral Scholar at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)2024-2025
  • PhD in Biomedical Engineering at University of California, Davis - School of Engineering2020-2024
Education
  • UC DavisPhD

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