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87 Harvard University alumni started a company in stealth in the last 15 weeks.

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Christopher Sanchez

CEO & Co-Founder
Left
Business Insider
Business Insider Columnist (Mexico) - Artificial Intelligence
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Business Insider Columnist (Mexico) - Artificial Intelligence at Business Insider2024-2024 · left Sep 2024
  • Special Advisor to the President & Governing Board - AI, Emerging Technologies & Fintech at Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores2023-2025
  • Program Advisor - Cybersecurity at California State University, Chico2022-2024
  • Guest Lecturer - Artificial Intelligence & Generative AI at EGADE Business School del Tecnológico de Monterrey2022-2023
  • Founder & CEO at Obsidian Brands2012-2016
  • Founder at Urban Klean2012-2016
  • Founder at Phetch2012-2015
Education
  • Harvard University
  • Harvard Business SchoolField X
  • MIT

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

Jason S.

Founder
Left
PureCipher
Executive Director of Creative Services
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Executive Director of Creative Services at PureCipher2023-2024 · left Mar 2024
  • Ecosystem Development Consultant at Singularity Horizon Accelerator2022-2022
  • Chief Strategy Officer at Pure Technology | Empowering People Through AI2020-2022
  • Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at EyefuelPR2020-2022
  • Board Member & Advisor at Rosotics2019-2020
  • SVP of Business Operation at Pure Technology | Empowering People Through AI2019-2020
  • VP of Marketing at EyefuelPR2019-2020
Education
  • Harvard University
  • Rockland Community College

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

Luke P.

Co-Founder and CEO
Left
Quinn Emanuel
Associate
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Associate at Quinn Emanuel2021-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Litigation Associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP2017-2021
  • Summer Legal Intern at Habeas Corpus Resource Center2016-2016
  • Paralegal at United States Attorneys' Offices2013-2015
  • Summer Intern at National Basketball Association (NBA)2012-2012
  • Summer Intern at The New York Times2011-2011
Education
  • Harvard UniversityJD
  • Harvard UniversityBA

Virginia Tiernan

Founder
Left
Creatorwood
Head of GTM
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Head of GTM at Creatorwood2026-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Chief of Staff at New Form Capital2023-2026
  • Analyst at Blackstone2022-2022
  • Co President at Harvard Undergraduate Ventures2020-2021
  • Intern at The Carlyle Group2021-2021
  • Staff Writer at The Harvard Crimson2019-2021
  • Board Member at Harvard Undergraduate Ventures2019-2020
Education
  • Harvard UniversityBA
  • TASIS-Switzerland
  • The Episcopal School of Dallas

Spencer Brown

Founder
Left
Level 3 AI
Chief Executive Officer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Chief Executive Officer at Level 3 AI2025-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Founder at Katmai Computing2024-2026
  • Engineer at MSBAI (Techstars '20)2023-2023
  • Investment Banking Intern at Tigress Financial Partners LLC Member FINRA / SPIC / MSRB at TIGRESS FINANCIAL PARTNERS2020-2021
  • Paralegal at Morea Schwartz Bradham Friedman & Brown LLP2019-2020
Education
  • Harvard UniversityMaster's
  • University of Arizona, Eller College of ManagementBachelor's
  • Arizona State University

Cynthia Qian

Founder
Left
Boutique Capital Markets & Securities Law Firm
Capital Markets & Strategy
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Capital Markets & Strategy at Boutique Capital Markets & Securities Law Firm2023-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Consultant at Gates Foundation2022-2022
  • Assistant to Chief Executive Officer at Chinese Cardiovascular Alliance2020-2022
  • Researcher at Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne2019-2020
  • Health Promotion Officer at World Health Organization2018-2020
Education
  • Harvard University
  • Stanford University

Dylan de Waart

Founder
Left
McKinsey & Company
Business Analyst
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company2019-2021 · left Jan 2021
  • Intern at Harvard Foundation2015-2019
  • Summer Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company2017-2017
  • Founder at Global Buddy2013-2016
  • Private Equity Analyst Intern at HNA Group (International) Company Limited2016-2016
  • Intern at Project Concern International2012-2015
Education
  • Harvard UniversityBachelor's
  • The Bishop's SchoolHigh School

Sifiso N.

Co-Founder
Left
VMware User Group (VMUG)
VMUG Partner Council
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • VMUG Partner Council at VMware User Group (VMUG)2025-2026 · left Jan 2026
  • Global Strategic Alliances Director at Pure Storage2023-2025
  • Sabbatical at Personal2022-2022
  • Commercial GM, Enterprise Endpoint Security at Broadcom2019-2022
  • Product Lead Security Analytics & Intelligence Services at Symantec2015-2019
  • Board Member at Cyber Threat Alliance2014-2018
  • Group Senior Manager, Global Business Development & Alliances at Symantec2009-2015
Education
  • Harvard UniversityAB
  • Harvard Business SchoolMBA
  • INSEADExec Ed

Samuel Sattler

Co-Founder
Left
Imperial College London
Postgraduate Researcher
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Postgraduate Researcher at Imperial College London2026-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Founders Associate at omnidock (acquired by Brandslandia Group)2025-2025
  • Founders Associate at LANCH2024-2025
  • Investment Team at HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds2024-2024
  • Software Engineer at Howtotalk.play.grow. Group2023-2023
Education
  • Harvard University
  • Imperial College LondonMS
  • Universität St.Gallen (HSG)Bachelor's

Sai Y.

Founder
Left
INNO Instrument Inc.
Non Executive Director
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Non Executive Director at INNO Instrument Inc.2024-2026 · left May 2026
  • Venture Capital Cohort Member (Class '24) at Included VC2024-2025
  • Head of Strategic Initiatives, Revenues & Funding at LokiBots2024-2025
  • Generative AI Evangelist at ZingHR2024-2025
  • Director, Strategic Initiatives at LokiBots2023-2024
  • Student Body Representative, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee at UCLA2020-2024
  • Strategy Principal at LokiBots2023-2023
Education
  • Harvard UniversityMaster's
  • UCLA
  • Harvard University

Kevin Mu

Founder
Left
Rubrik
Staff Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Staff Software Engineer at Rubrik2017-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Software Engineer at Quora2015-2017
  • Teaching Fellow at Harvard University2012-2014
  • Software Engineering Intern at Meta2014-2014
  • Software Engineering Intern at Google2013-2013
  • Summer Research Intern at Stanford University2009-2010
Education
  • Harvard UniversityBachelor's

David LeRay

Technical Co-Founder, President
Left
Quinn Emanuel AI & Data Analytics Group
Product Development Lead
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Product Development Lead at Quinn Emanuel AI & Data Analytics Group2026-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Partner at Quinn Emanuel2012-2026
  • Senior Research Engineer at BAE Systems2007-2009
  • Summer Research Intern at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory2006-2006
  • Simulation Intern at Aptima2005-2005
Education
  • Harvard UniversityJD
  • Worcester Polytechnic InstituteMS
  • Worcester Polytechnic InstituteBS

Cody DeVilliers

Founder
Left
Interac Corp.
Consultant - Senior DevSecOps Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Consultant - Senior DevSecOps Engineer at Interac Corp.2024-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Consultant - DevOps Engineer - Product Owner at Moneris2022-2024
  • Consultant - Software Engineer at Liquidnet2020-2021
  • Software Developer / DevOps Consultant at CGI2018-2020
  • Full Stack Developer at TBA Startup2019-2019
  • Developer and Consultant at FarmTogether2018-2018
  • Founder / Developer at Ori Creative2016-2018
Education
  • Harvard University
  • Ryerson UniversityBachelor's

Elizabeth Lenczowski Holmes

Founder
Left
EY
Director, Life Sciences
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Director, Life Sciences at EY2017-2023 · left Sep 2023
  • Senior Consultant, Life Sciences at Navigant2014-2017
Education
  • Harvard UniversityBA
  • The Tuck School of Business at DartmouthMBA
  • London School of Economics (LSE)

James Dessin

Managing Partner & Founder
Left
RouteThis
Senior Enterprise Account Executive
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Senior Enterprise Account Executive at RouteThis2024-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • GTM Advisor at Deloitte2024-2024
  • Client Partner - Financial Services / Telco at Softwire2016-2018
  • Experienced Manager in CFO Strategy Practice at Accenture Strategy & Consulting2014-2016
  • Hyperion Pre-Sales Solutions Engineer - Strategic Accounts at Oracle2012-2014
  • Bank Examiner at Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta2008-2010
  • Investment Banking Analyst - Public Finance Group at JPMorgan Chase2006-2008
Education
  • Harvard UniversityBA
  • Harvard Business School
  • University of Cambridge

Avi Boppana

Co-Founder
Left
ODDITY LABS
VP, Partnerships and M&A
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • VP, Partnerships and M&A at ODDITY LABS2023-2026 · left May 2026
  • Co-Founder & CTO [Acquired by Oddity] at Revela, Inc.2021-2023
  • Research Consultant for the HuBMAP Consortium at The National Institutes of Health2020-2023
  • Computational Chemistry and Deep Learning Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology2021-2021
  • CCB Genomics Researcher at the Flatiron Institute at Simons Foundation2020-2020
  • Biostatistician Volunteer at the Smith Center for Infectious Disease and Urban Health at Princeton University2019-2020
  • Co-founder and Director of Alimtas Bioventures at Alimtas Bioventures2018-2020
Education
  • Harvard UniversityMBA
  • Princeton UniversityBS

Josh Lessing

Founder
Left
HalfCourt
Venture Partner
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Venture Partner at HalfCourt2022-2024 · left May 2024
  • Capital Strategy Advisor at Vibe Bio2023-2023
  • CTO at AppHarvest2021-2022
  • CEO & Co-Founder (acquired by AppHarvest) at Root AI2018-2021
  • Director of Research & Development at Oxipital AI2013-2018
  • Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University2012-2014
  • Doctoral Research Assistant at Massachusetts Institute of Technology2005-2012
Education
  • Harvard University
  • MITPhD
  • Brown UniversitySc.B.

Ben Wei

Founder
Left
Harvard University
Elected Director, Emeritus
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Elected Director, Emeritus at Harvard University2020-2023 · left Aug 2023
  • Next Generation Leader at Committee of 1002022-2023
  • Founder & Executive Director at The COVID Foundation2020-2022
  • Founder & Executive Director at Asians Fighting Injustice2021-2022
  • Founder & CEO at Nova Invite2017-2020
  • Director at Pursuit2011-2013
  • President & Chief Operating Officer, Founder at Anideo2009-2010
Education
  • Harvard UniversityBA
  • Collegiate School
  • Prep for Prep

Abdullah Yonar

Co-Founder
Left
Qloo
VP of AI/ML Research
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • VP of AI/ML Research at Qloo2021-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Graduate Researcher at Harvard University2014-2021
  • Research Assistant at Massachusetts Institute of Technology2013-2013
  • Summer Research Assistant at University of California, Berkeley2012-2012
  • Summer Research Assistant at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz2011-2011
Education
  • Harvard UniversityPhD
  • Bogazici UniversityBachelor's

Zi Hua Hé

Co-Founder
Left
The National Institutes of Health
Cloud Systems Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Cloud Systems Engineer at The National Institutes of Health2022-2026 · left Mar 2026
  • Continuous Improvement Specialist at Fuyao Group2022-2022
  • Senior Associate - Low Code Services at PwC2019-2022
Education
  • Harvard UniversityMaster's
  • Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthMaster's
  • MIT

Yasser J.

Founder
Left
Microsoft
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Microsoft2025-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Founder Fellow at Future Founders2026-2026
  • Classroom Volunteer at Mission Bit2025-2025
  • Student Board Member, Markaz Resource Center at Stanford University2025-2025
  • Living Lab Fellow at Sustainable Stanford2024-2025
  • Mentee at The Valedictorian Project2021-2025
  • Excel Software Engineer Intern at Microsoft2024-2024
Education
  • Harvard University
  • Stanford UniversityBS

Meg Majumder

Co-founder (CSO)
Left
University of Cambridge
Doctoral Researcher
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Doctoral Researcher at University of Cambridge2019-2023 · left Sep 2023
  • Graduate Research & Teaching Fellow at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital2019-2020
  • Graduate Teaching Fellow at Harvard University2017-2019
  • Research Assistant at University of California, San Francisco2016-2018
Education
  • Harvard University
  • University of Cambridge
  • Imperial College London

Rebecca Wray

Founder
Left
AstraZeneca
Senior Director, Oncology Portfolio - Lung, GI, HNSCC
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Senior Director, Oncology Portfolio - Lung, GI, HNSCC at AstraZeneca2020-2025 · left Oct 2025
  • Strategy Consultant, Digital Health at TTP plc2017-2020
  • Future Car Concepts Project Engineering at Volvo Cars2017-2017
  • Medical Device Engineering at GSK2014-2016
Education
  • Harvard University
  • University of OxfordMBA
  • Queen's University Belfast

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        "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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