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56 Carnegie Mellon University alumni started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Harsh Tenoria

Co-Founder
Left
Perplexity
Staff Research Scientist
Before that
Went stealthNov 2026
Work
  • Staff Research Scientist at Perplexity2024-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Research Scientist at Mistral2022-2024
  • Research Engineer at Google DeepMind2019-2022
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityBS
  • Stanford UniversityMS

Vinod Nair

Founder
Left
Enzen Global Solutions
Co-Founder
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder at Enzen Global Solutions2006-2024 · left Nov 2024
  • Co-Founder & CEO at Enzen Technologies Pvt. Ltd.2006-2011
  • Leadership of Large Programs in Wipro UK & India at Wipro1999-2006
  • Senior Consultant at Tata Technologies1998-1999
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • IIM BangaloreMBA
  • University of KeralaBTech

Lening Li

Co-Founder
Left
Symbotic
Senior Software Engineer (Symbot Control)
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Senior Software Engineer (Symbot Control) at Symbotic2022-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Graduate Research Assistant at Worcester Polytechnic Institute2016-2022
  • Senior Software Engineer at Berkshire Grey2021-2022
  • Software Engineer Intern at Rudolph Technologies2015-2016
  • Software Engineer Intern at Neusoft2013-2013
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMBA
  • Worcester Polytechnic InstitutePhD
  • Worcester Polytechnic InstituteMS

Prateek Mehta

Founder
Left
Mitra Chem
Senior Manager, Acceleration
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Senior Manager, Acceleration at Mitra Chem2022-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Senior Researcher, Modeling and Optimization at ExxonMobil2019-2022
  • PhD at University of Notre Dame2014-2019
  • Visiting Researcher at DIFFER2018-2018
  • Visiting Researcher at University of Antwerp2018-2018
  • Computational Chemistry and Materials Science Summer Fellow at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory2016-2016
  • Computational Materials Intern at Bosch USA2014-2014
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMS
  • University of Notre DamePhD
  • National Institute of Technology DurgapurBTech

Ersin Yumer

Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer
Left
Adobe
Sr. Director, Firefly Foundry and AI Platform
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Sr. Director, Firefly Foundry and AI Platform at Adobe2023-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Interim CEO, President and EVP of Operations at TuSimple2021-2022
  • Director of Engineering at Aurora2021-2021
  • Sr. Staff Research Scientist at Uber2018-2021
  • Head of Machine Learning at Argo AI2018-2018
  • Senior Research Scientist at Adobe2015-2018
  • Software Engineering Intern at Google2014-2014
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityPhD

Bryan W.

Founder
Left
ComfyUI
Senior Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Senior Software Engineer at ComfyUI2026-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Senior Software Engineer at Together AI2024-2026
  • Senior Software Engineer at Twitch2017-2021
  • Software Engineer at PubNub2015-2017
  • Software Engineer at Refinery292014-2015
  • Software Engineer at OnSIP2013-2014
  • Intern at AT&T2012-2012
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityBachelor's
  • Lakeside School

Konstantin Besfamylnyi

Founder
Left
Sand Technologies
Managing Director - Telecom & Digital Infra, North America
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Managing Director - Telecom & Digital Infra, North America at Sand Technologies2024-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Practice Leader - Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) at Intellias2020-2024
  • Chief Operating Officer & Founding Partner at Other: High growth tech startups - product and services2018-2020
  • Advisory Manager, Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) at PwC2016-2018
  • Director Of Business Development at Comverse (Amdocs acquired Comverse in 2014) at Comverse Technology, Inc.2007-2014
  • Product Manager, Application and Software (A&S) Product Unit at Huawei2004-2007
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMBA
  • Odessa National Telecommunications AcademyMS
  • Scholar of the Future Leaders Exchange Program (FLEX)

Chelsea Kim

Co-Founder
Left
FuriosaAI
Product Design Lead
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Product Design Lead at FuriosaAI2023-2024 · left Dec 2024
  • Product Designer at Oscar Health2019-2020
  • Product Designer at Coursera2017-2018
  • Product Designer at Meta2015-2017
  • User Experience Designer at LinkedIn2013-2014
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMaster's
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityBachelor's
  • Taejon Christian International School

Harish M.

Founder
Left
eBay
Senior Member of Technical Staff
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Senior Member of Technical Staff at eBay2012-2025 · left May 2025
  • Android Developer at CodePath2016-2016
  • Data Analyst (Capstone project at CMU) at Warner Bros. Entertainment2012-2012
  • Senior Systems Engineer at INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES2007-2010
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMaster's
  • CodePath
  • RV College Of EngineeringBE

Sagar Bharadwaj K S

Co-Founder
Left
Microsoft
Research Fellow
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Research Fellow at Microsoft2019-2021 · left Jul 2021
  • PHD Student at Carnegie Mellon University2021-2026
  • Intern at Netflix2022-2024
  • Mozilla - Google Summer of Code Student at Google Summer of Code2018-2018
  • Software Development Intern at Intuit2018-2018
  • Software Engineering Intern at Samsung Electronics2017-2017
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityPhD
  • National Institute of Technology KarnatakaBTech

Rohith Salim

Co-founder
Left
SpotDraft
Co-founder & Chief Product Officer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Co-founder & Chief Product Officer at SpotDraft2019-2025 · left Nov 2025
  • Technology Investment Partner at COWRKS2018-2019
  • Founder & CEO at The Crypto University2017-2019
  • Product Manager at Cuemath2016-2017
  • CEO, Co-founder at Bridgethru2015-2016
  • Product Manager at Oyster Inc.2013-2015
  • Software Engineer at Rent The Runway2012-2013
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMS
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityBS

Wenchao Du

Founder
Left
Microsoft
Machine Learning Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Machine 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 LoyaltyOne2014-2014
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMaster's
  • University of WaterlooBachelor's
  • Sun Yat-sen University

Viraj Puri

Founder / Builder
Left
Meta
AI Engineering Lead
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • AI Engineering Lead at Meta2026-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Senior Software Engineer at Threads2024-2026
  • Software Engineer at Meta2022-2024
  • Teaching Assistant at Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science2022-2022
  • Software Engineer Intern at Meta2020-2021
  • Software Engineering Intern at AT&T Labs, Inc.2019-2019
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityBS
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMS

Patrick B.

Founder/CEO
Left
Ai2
Director of Applied AI
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Director of Applied AI at Ai22022-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • ML at MindX (Acq. by Blackrock Neurotech)2018-2019
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMS
  • University of PittsburghPhD
  • McGill UniversityBA

Aaron M. Roth

Founder
Left
Partner Engineering & Science, Inc.
AI Implementation Manager
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • AI Implementation Manager at Partner Engineering & Science, Inc.2025-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) Software Engineer at Gallatin AI, Inc.2025-2025
  • Head of Autonomy Technology at BlackSea Technologies2023-2024
  • Autonomous Robotics Research Scientist at U.S. Naval Research Laboratory2021-2023
  • Graduate Researcher at University of Maryland - College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences2019-2023
  • Mentor at Stanford Existential Risks Initiative2021-2021
  • Research Assistant at Carnegie Mellon University2017-2019
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMS
  • University of PennsylvaniaBSE
  • Noble & Greenough School

Chirag Mehta

Co-founder - Tech
Left
Audo
Machine Learning Engineer
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Deepmatter
Work
  • Machine Learning Engineer at Audo2022-2022 · left Aug 2022
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant at Carnegie Mellon University2021-2021
  • Data Scientist at HP2019-2021
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMS
  • Vellore Institute of TechnologyBTech

Tushar D.

Founder
Left
Teemyo
Founder
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Founder at Teemyo2025-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Principal Product Manager at Walmart2021-2025
  • Director Of Engineering at Standard AI2019-2021
  • Co-Founder at Explorer.ai (acquired by Standard AI)2017-2019
  • Senior Software Engineer at Pivotal Software, Inc.2015-2017
  • Graduate Research Assistant at Carnegie Mellon University2013-2014
  • Performance Engineering Intern at Rambus2014-2014
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMaster's
  • Manipal Institute of TechnologyBachelor's

Bradley Xu

Co-Founder
Left
Reve
Research Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Research Engineer at Reve2025-2026 · left Feb 2026
  • Software Engineer at Amazon2024-2024
  • Software Engineer at Lazard2023-2024
  • Data Engineer at Warner Bros. Discovery2022-2022
  • Software Engineer at ICIMS2020-2021
  • Intern at Monmouth University2020-2020
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityBS

Xiao He

Founder
Left
RegHero
Co-Founder
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder at RegHero2023-2026 · left Feb 2026
  • Software Engineer at Apple2020-2022
  • Software Engineering Intern at Jump Trading2019-2019
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMaster's
  • School of the Art Institute of ChicagoBachelor's

David Wang

Co-Founder
Left
Bloomberg
Quantitative Developer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Quantitative Developer at Bloomberg2022-2025 · left Aug 2025
  • Incoming Software Engineer at Coinbase2022-2022
  • Quantitative Developer at Cathay Fortune Corporation2021-2021
  • Undergraduate Researcher at Cylab - Carnegie Mellon Univeristy Security and Privacy Institute2019-2021
  • Software Engineer at Clobotics Retail2019-2019
  • Front End Development Intern at Loopring2018-2018
  • Support Engineer Intern at Citrix2018-2018
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityBS
  • Shanghai American School

Xuewei He

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer
Left
Samsara
Staff Product Market Manager
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Staff Product Market Manager at Samsara2025-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Product Marketing Lead - App at Snowflake2022-2025
  • Manager, Developer Relationship at TiDB, powered by PingCAP2021-2022
  • Sr. Technical Curriculum Developer at Okta2018-2021
  • Senior Technical Cloud User Assistant Developer at Oracle2012-2018
  • Teaching Assistant for Business Process Modeling at Carnegie Mellon University2011-2011
  • ADA Coordinator Assistant at City of Pittsburgh2010-2011
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMS
  • Product Marketing Alliance
  • Renmin University of ChinaBA

Rob Southern

Co-Founder
Left
Ascend
CEO
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • CEO at Ascend2018-2025 · left Jun 2025
  • James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business2015-2017
  • Strategy & Operations (Consultant) at RIA in a Box2016-2016
  • Director of Operations at Atrius2014-2015
  • Operations & Account Management (Consultant) at HealthCPA2014-2014
  • Team Lead, Energy Markets at EnerNOC2007-2013
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMBA
  • Emory UniversityBA
  • Phillips Exeter Academy

David Dong

Founder / CEO
Left
Amazon
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Amazon2019-2021 · left Jul 2021
  • Advisor at SambaNova2021-2026
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityBS

Bhavishya Banda

Founder
Left
F4 Fund
Fellow
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Fellow at F4 Fund2026-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Co-Founder at Redwood River Academy2022-2025
  • Management Consulting Intern at PwC2022-2022
  • Managing Director - CMU at Development Solutions Organization2021-2022
  • Teaching Assistant at Carnegie Mellon University2020-2022
  • Operations Analyst - Custody Client Sevices at BNY2021-2021
  • BCG Advance at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)2021-2021
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityUndergraduate

YJ Lin

Founder
Left
MGM Resorts International
Experiential Marketing - Social Media
Before that
Went stealthLaunched INSEAD AI Venture Lab
Work
  • Experiential Marketing - Social Media at MGM Resorts International2026-2026 · left May 2026
  • Sr. Program Manager - Dell Business Partnerships North America at Dell Technologies2022-2025
  • NextGEN Community Engagement Captain at Greater Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce2024-2025
  • Entrepreneurship Council Member at Round Rock Chamber2022-2025
  • Chief Fun Officer - Product Manager at YorksGamePieces2016-2025
  • Founding Member at Executive Council Network (ECN)2021-2025
  • Strategic Partnerships - Sales Operations & Business Development Manager at Dell Technologies2018-2022
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMBA
  • University of HoustonBachelor's
  • University of HoustonBachelor's

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      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.company_name",
        "type": "[.]", "value": "stealth" },
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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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