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33 Carnegie Mellon University alumni started a company in stealth in the last 15 weeks.

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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

Chirag Mehta

Co-founder - Tech
Left
Audo
Machine Learning Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
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 stealthAug 2026
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

Aditya Gautam

Founder
Left
Meta
Tech Lead, Machine Learning
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Tech Lead, Machine Learning at Meta2022-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Machine Learning Lead at AKASA2021-2022
  • Machine Learning Engineer (Founding) at Google2018-2021
  • Machine Learning Software Engineer at Zillow2017-2018
  • Software Engineer Intern (Data Science/Machine Learning) at Salesforce2016-2016
  • Research Assistant at Carnegie Mellon University2016-2016
  • Engineer at Qualcomm2011-2015
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMaster's
  • International Institute of Information TechnologyBTech
  • Saint Xavier's, jaipur

Vaibhav Viswanathan

Founder
Left
Voxel
Lead Engineer, Perception
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Lead Engineer, Perception at Voxel2021-2026 · left Jan 2026
  • Founder at Canary Aero2020-2022
  • Software Engineer at Carnegie Robotics2020-2021
  • Mentor at HMC INQ2020-2020
  • Software Lead - DARPA Subterranean Challenge Team Explorer at The AirLab at Carnegie Mellon University2020-2020
  • Co-Founder & CTO at Sparkline, Inc.2020-2020
  • Graduate Research Assistant at The AirLab at Carnegie Mellon University2018-2020
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMaster's
  • Harvey Mudd CollegeBS

Danita D.

Co-Founder
Left
Streetstop
Founding Designer (post-MVP)
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Founding Designer (post-MVP) at Streetstop2024-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Co-Director of Mentorship (Board Member) at UXPA Austin2024-2026
  • Product Design Co-Lead/ Mentor at Tech Fleet2024-2025
  • Founding Product Designer/Art Director at Cosigned2022-2023
  • Product Designer and Brand Designer at CivicActions2021-2022
  • UX Design Mentor at Springboard2017-2020
  • Product Designer - Growth Team at Intellistack2017-2018
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMaster's
  • The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityBachelor's

Aathreya Thuppul

Co-Founder
Left
McMaster-Carr
AI Lead
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • AI Lead at McMaster-Carr2025-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • MBA Candidate at MIT Sloan School of Management2023-2025
  • Venture Capital Builder at Athena Studio2024-2025
  • Growth Strategy MBA Intern at RapidSOS2024-2024
  • Director at EY2019-2023
  • Technology Analyst at JPMorgan Chase2018-2018
  • Technology Consultant at Carnegie Mellon University2017-2018
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityBachelor's
  • MITMBA

Tony Chong

Founder
Left
Latios.ai
Co-Founder and CTO
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder and CTO at Latios.ai2025-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • AI Architect at Kling AI2021-2025
  • Senior Software Engineer at Meta2018-2020
  • Software Engineer at Microsoft2016-2018
  • Software Engineer Intern at iRobot2015-2015
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMS
  • Tsinghua UniversityBS

Sung Choi

Founder, CEO
Left
Gluwa
Corporate Development
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Corporate Development at Gluwa2022-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • General Partner at Hanapi Capital2022-2024
  • Portfolio Manager, Senior Quantitative Researcher at BNY Investments Newton2021-2022
  • Portfolio Manager, Senior Quantitative Researcher at BNY Investments Mellon2016-2021
  • Senior Machine Learning Engineer at BNY2013-2016
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMS

Abha D.

Co-Founder
Left
Adobe
Strategy for B2B SaaS products
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Strategy for B2B SaaS products at Adobe2024-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Associate at McKinsey & Company2023-2024
  • Product Manager - MBA Capstone at Philips2023-2023
  • MBA Graduate, with university honours at Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business2021-2023
  • Founded 99 Tartans India (Syndicate) at 99 Tartans Alumni Angels2021-2023
  • Technology Investment Banking Summer Associate at Morgan Stanley2022-2022
  • Product Analyst at BlueTree Venture Fund2021-2022
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMBA
  • Singapore Management UniversityBachelor's
  • Illinois Institute of TechnologyBachelor's

Maayan Albert

Founder
Left
Browserbase
Design Engineer
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Design Engineer at Browserbase2025-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • KP Product Fellow at Kleiner Perkins2021-2023
  • Founding Engineer at Avenue (Acquired by Clay)2020-2023
  • Software Engineer at Apple2019-2019
  • Associate Product Manager at Google2018-2018
  • Teaching Assistant at Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science2017-2017
  • Interaction Design Intern at frog2017-2017
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityBachelor's

Ashish Vasava

Co-Founder
Left
Expedia Group
Product Manager Lead
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Product Manager Lead at Expedia Group2021-2023 · left Sep 2023
  • Product Management Consultant / Advisor at InterviewReady2025-2025
  • Product Manager at Squary AI2020-2021
  • Product Manager at Whiterabbit.ai2019-2019
  • Product Manager at Shop1012018-2018
  • Software Engineer at Microsoft2014-2018
  • Software Engineer Intern at Motorola Solutions2013-2013
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMS
  • IIT KharagpurBTech

Dev Doshi

Founder
Left
SudoScience
AI Agent Experience (AX) and Developer Experience (DX) Consultant
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • AI Agent Experience (AX) and Developer Experience (DX) Consultant at SudoScience2022-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Principal Engineer at Xolvio2024-2026
  • Senior Software Engineer at Stoked Seagull2024-2025
  • Co-Founder & Lead Developer at Optic2019-2022
  • Technical Lead at Flip Your Training2013-2019
  • Software Developer III at Cengage2017-2019
  • Software Engineer at Dropsource2015-2017
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityBS

Zoe X.

Founder
Left
Tompkins High School
Computer Science Club Vice President
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Computer Science Club Vice President at Tompkins High School2025-2026 · left May 2026
  • Competitor at University Interscholastic League2025-2026
  • Physics Club Co-President at Tompkins High School2024-2026
  • Web Development Lead at Peared2025-2026
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityBS

Andrew Young

Founder
Left
Gather AI
Founding Engineer
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Founding Engineer at Gather AI2024-2025 · left Nov 2025
  • Software Engineer at TikTok2021-2024
  • Software Engineer at John Deere2020-2021
  • Software Engineer Intern at Meta2019-2019
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityBS
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMS

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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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