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19 Duke University alumni started a company in stealth in the last 15 weeks.

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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

Steve Hwang

Co-Founder
Left
SPECS
SPECS
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • SPECS at SPECS2025-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • SVP, Strategy, Corp Dev, & Partnerships at Snap Inc.2014-2024
  • Associate at Cooley LLP2011-2013
  • Tour Guide at Mike's Bike Tours Munich2010-2010
  • Summer Associate at Cooley LLP2008-2008
  • Summer Clerk at Baker McKenzie2007-2007
Education
  • Duke UniversityBS
  • Columbia UniversityJD

Namjin Chung

Co-Founder & CEO
Left
Samsung Biologics
Executive Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer, R&D
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Executive Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer, R&D at Samsung Biologics2022-2024 · left Dec 2024
  • Board Member at Aimed Bio Inc.2024-2024
  • VP, Platform Innovation at Vesalius Therapeutics2022-2022
  • Director, Laboratory for Genomics Research (LGR) at University of California, San Francisco2021-2022
  • Head, Functional Genomics at AbbVie2015-2021
  • Principal Scientist, Disease Science & Biologics at Bristol Myers Squibb2007-2014
  • Sr Research Scientist, Advanced Biotechnologies at Merck2004-2007
Education
  • Duke UniversityPhD
  • Korea UniversityBachelor's

Kaitlyn Luo

Co-Founder
Left
Whatnot
New Verticals
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • New Verticals at Whatnot2023-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Chief Of Staff at Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership and Ethics (COLE)2020-2023
  • PM Intern at Amazon2022-2022
  • Growth at Anomalie (acquired by David's Bridal)2021-2021
Education
  • Duke UniversityBachelor's

Joan Nambuba

Co-Founder
Left
Doximity
Medical Fellow
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Medical Fellow at Doximity2024-2025 · left Mar 2025
  • Strategic Advisor at Education Advancement Consulting LLC (EAC)2024-2025
  • Data Abstractor at CDC Foundation2024-2024
  • Resident Physician at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center2022-2023
  • Postbaccalaureate IRTA Fellow at The National Institutes of Health2013-2015
Education
  • Duke UniversityMS
  • Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of MedicineMD
  • Duke UniversityBS

Vikhram Baranidharan

Co-Founder & CEO
Left
The Arts Council of Greater Weston, Inc.
Coordinator/Co Coordinator
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Coordinator/Co Coordinator at The Arts Council of Greater Weston, Inc.2023-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Medical Volunteer Staff at Cleavland Clinic2024-2026
  • Cancer Researcher at Nova Southeastern University2025-2025
  • Marketing And Public Relations Intern at FinWheel2024-2025
  • BigFuture Ambassador at The College Board2024-2025
  • Business Marketing Ambassador/Intern at TravelArrow2024-2025
  • Marketing Team Lead at Kolly2024-2025
Education
  • Duke UniversityBachelor's
  • University of Florida
  • Florida Virtual School

Mayank Singh

Co-Founder
Left
Grubhub
Staff Machine Learning Engineer
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Staff Machine Learning Engineer at Grubhub2021-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Data Scientist, Customer Analytics at The Home Depot2019-2021
  • Consultant at Fractal2016-2018
Education
  • Duke UniversityMS
  • Manipal Institute of TechnologyBTech

Nathan Ly

Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer
Left
Big Nate Vintage
Founder
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Founder at Big Nate Vintage2024-2026 · left May 2026
  • Government Lab Researcher - Federal Employee, VA Palo Alto Health Care System at DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM2024-2026
  • Scientific Researcher for Fox Lab at Stanford University2024-2026
  • Research Collaborator and Bioengineering at Saint Louis University2022-2026
  • Biomedical Computation at L.A. Downtown Medical Center2025-2025
  • Research Assistant at Washington University in St. Louis2021-2021
Education
  • Duke UniversityCredit
  • Stanford University
  • St. Louis University High

Alex Groves

Founder
Left
Meta
Data Scientist
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Data Scientist at Meta2020-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Senior Data Scientist at Branch International2019-2020
  • Head of Data Science at Mason Finance2018-2019
  • Member Of Technical Staff at Datacoral Inc2016-2018
  • Data Scientist at CreativeLive2014-2016
  • Fellow at Insight Data Science2014-2014
  • Postdoc at ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles2012-2014
Education
  • Duke UniversityPhD
  • UC BerkeleyBS
  • University of California, Santa CruzBA

Colin Roche

Founder
Left
Otter Creek Engineering, Inc.
Lead Service Line Engineering Technician
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Lead Service Line Engineering Technician at Otter Creek Engineering, Inc.2024-2024 · left Aug 2024
  • Product Development at Infosys2025-2025
  • Project Member in Accenture Innovation Challenge at Accenture2024-2024
Education
  • Duke UniversityMaster's
  • Thayer School of Engineering at DartmouthMaster's
  • Thayer School of Engineering at DartmouthBE

Ambrose Koo

Co-Founder
Left
Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne
Senior Congressional Intern
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Senior Congressional Intern at Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne2024-2024 · left Aug 2024
  • Intern at Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy2026-2026
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant at University of North Texas2023-2025
Education
  • Duke University

Gaurang Munje

Founder
Left
Walmart
Product Manager
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Product Manager at Walmart2022-2022 · left Aug 2022
  • Marketing Growth Lead at Clair2022-2022
  • Product Manager at Blinkit2020-2021
  • Product Manager at Amazon2018-2021
  • Associate Software Engineer at Accenture2019-2020
  • Business Development Account Management at Perfectice2018-2019
  • Software Development Engineer II at Amazon2017-2018
Education
  • Duke UniversityMEng
  • Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, BhubaneswarBTech
  • Duke University

Abigail Bolton

Founder
Left
Optum Ventures
Senior Associate
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Senior Associate at Optum Ventures2022-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Senior Associate - European Healthcare Sector Analyst at Third Bridge Group2019-2022
  • Associate Consultant at Barclays Investment Bank2018-2019
  • Internship at BlackRock2015-2016
  • Student Brand Manager at RefME2014-2015
Education
  • Duke UniversityBA
  • Fettes College

Ellie Shang

Founder
Left
Crux
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Crux2025-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Senior Software Engineer II at Mercury2023-2025
  • Software Engineer/Product Manager at Warpdrive (YC18)2020-2022
  • Software Engineer Intern at Snackpass2020-2020
  • Technology Associate Intern at Bridgewater Associates2019-2019
  • Teaching Assistant at CS502018-2018
  • Research Assistant at Yale University2017-2018
Education
  • Duke UniversityMaster's
  • Yale UniversityBS
  • Phillips Academy

Mike Wayne

Co-Founder
Left
BlinkOps
Vice President of Global Sales
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Vice President of Global Sales at BlinkOps2025-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Vice President, North America Enterprise at Certinia2023-2025
  • Chief Revenue Officer at Stairwell2021-2023
  • Head of Security Sales, Americas - Google Cloud Security at Google2017-2021
  • Head of Enterprise Sales, Americas - Chronicle Security at Google Cloud Security2018-2019
  • Head of Enterprise Sales, Security Moonshot - GoogleX at Google2012-2018
  • Enterprise Account Executive at NetApp2011-2012
Education
  • Duke University
  • Cal Poly San Luis ObispoBS

Jake S.

Founder
Left
Circuit
Product
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Product at Circuit2024-2026 · until Jul 2026
  • Builder - IKA Ecosystem at dWallet Labs2022-2025
  • Senior Product Manager at Harmonic Financial Technology2021-2022
  • Senior Strategy Analyst at Accenture2019-2021
  • Intern at Amazon2018-2018
  • Chief Operating Officer at Campus Enterprises2017-2018
  • Oil Refineries Analyst Intern at Genscape - now part of Wood Mackenzie2017-2017
Education
  • Duke UniversityBA
  • NOLS

Alexander S.

Founder
Left
Google
Strategy & Operations
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Strategy & Operations at Google2017-2023 · left Dec 2023
  • Product Officer at Atlant Invest2015-2017
  • Process Excellence Consultant at Pacific Gas and Electric Company2016-2017
  • Consultant Business Intelligence at Publicis Groupe2015-2016
  • Business Development Consultant at Rent4Days Apartment Rentals2014-2015
  • Senior Business Data Analyst at Sberbank2012-2014
  • Project Manager at Aristos2011-2012
Education
  • Duke University
  • Florida International University
  • Finance University under the Government of the Russian FederationMS

Timothy Iyere

Co-Founder
LeftNot listed
Before thatNone listed
Went stealthJul 2026
Education
  • Duke University

Jonathan Lee

CEO and Co-Founder
Left
OmicSyn, Co. Ltd.
Product Manager
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Product Manager at OmicSyn, Co. Ltd.2024-2026 · left Feb 2026
  • Data Scientist at 코리아PDS (KoreaPDS)2021-2022
  • Research Analyst Program at International Monetary Fund2015-2016
  • Natural Gas Analyst at Bloomberg2014-2014
  • Sergeant at Republic of Korea Army2012-2014
Education
  • Duke UniversityBS
  • California State University, FullertonMaster's

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  -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.

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.