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125 Harvard University alumni started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Dhairya Mittal

Founder
Left
Eastern Road Carriers Pvt Ltd
Business Development Team
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Business Development Team at Eastern Road Carriers Pvt Ltd2026-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Founder at Edgx2023-2025
  • Founding Member at Factifi2025-2025
  • Finance Intern at East India Securities2025-2025
  • Business Development Intern at Doraemon Digital2024-2025
  • Student Intern at Alfrink College2023-2023
Education
  • Harvard University
  • Davidson College
  • Calcutta International School

Piper Cyterski

Founder
Left
Dystopic
Founder
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Founder at Dystopic2025-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Strategic Projects Lead at Mercor2024-2025
  • MBA Student at University of Tennessee, Knoxville2024-2024
  • Economics Tutor at Harvard University2021-2024
  • Radcliffe Women's Rowing Commodore at Harvard Athletics2021-2024
  • Admissions Office Tour Guide and Content Creator at Harvard University2022-2023
  • Chief Marketing Officer at Harvard Athletics2023-2023
Education
  • Harvard University

ChonLam Lao

Co-Founder
Left
Alibaba Group
Researcher
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Researcher at Alibaba Group2026-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Applied Scientist Intern at Amazon2025-2025
  • Research Intern at Alibaba Cloud2024-2024
  • Research Intern at Google2022-2023
Education
  • Harvard UniversityPhD
  • UC Berkeley
  • Tsinghua UniversityMS

Zac Thomas

Co-Founder
Left
Arizona Governor's Office
Michael S. Dukakis Governors’ Fellow
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Michael S. Dukakis Governors’ Fellow at Arizona Governor's Office2026-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Product Lead at ImpactLab2024-2025
  • President at Renters United2024-2025
  • Product Manager at ImpactLab2024-2024
  • Parliamentary Researcher (Fixed Term) at New Zealand Parliament2023-2023
  • Product Manager at Team Finance2022-2023
  • Venture Partner at Rally Cap VC2021-2023
Education
  • Harvard UniversityMaster's
  • Victoria University of WellingtonBA
  • LatitudLF5 Fellow

Kovan Barzani

Co-Founder
Left
Amazon
Senior Product Manager
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Senior Product Manager at Amazon2022-2024 · left Sep 2024
  • Manager - Strategy, Product, and Analytics at Capital One2016-2022
Education
  • Harvard UniversityMaster's
  • Stanford UniversityMBA
  • Southern Methodist UniversityBA

Enass Abo-Hamed

Founder
Left
Royal Academy of Engineering
Board Trustee
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Board Trustee at Royal Academy of Engineering2023-2025 · left Oct 2025
  • Chief Executive Officer at H2GO Power2014-2024
  • Future Energy Leader at World Energy Council2019-2020
  • RAEng Enterprise Fellow at Imperial College London2017-2019
  • Member of the Global Future Council on advanced energy technologies at World Economic Forum2018-2019
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Cambridge2010-2016
Education
  • Harvard University
  • University of CambridgePhD
  • Tsinghua UniversityPhD

Zoë Benham

Founder
Left
Alethios
Head of Operations
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Head of Operations at Alethios2025-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Sinclair Lab at Harvard Medical School2022-2024
  • Strategic Partnerships at Creative Destruction Lab2022-2023
  • Silver Lab at Harvard Medical School2021-2023
Education
  • Harvard UniversityBS

Abeera A.

Co-founder
Left
Terraton
Consultant
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Consultant at Terraton2025-2025 · left Mar 2025
  • Graduate Teaching Fellow at Harvard University2023-2025
  • East Coast Competition Intern at Compass Lexecon2023-2023
  • Communications Intern at Social Innovation + Change Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School2022-2023
  • Resource Mobilization and Communications Consultant at World Health Organization2018-2022
  • Senior Research Associate at CERP | Evidence Matters2017-2018
  • Community Mobilization and Communications Officer at IMC Worldwide2014-2017
Education
  • Harvard UniversityMaster's
  • National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)

Baron Christopher Hanson

Founder and CEO / BIC
Left
Golden Lion Capital
Investments
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Investments at Golden Lion Capital2025-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Licensed OFF-market Commercial Real Estate Advisor: Dispositions + Acquisitions at Oyster Point Real Estate Group, LLC2024-2026
  • Licensed OFF-market Commercial Real Estate Advisor: Dispositions + Acquisitions at John Burpee & Associates, Inc.2023-2025
Education
  • Harvard UniversityBA
  • Harvard University

Elif Memet

Co-founder CEO
Left
Apollo Global Management, Inc.
Private Equity Associate
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Private Equity Associate at Apollo Global Management, Inc.2021-2023 · left Jul 2023
  • Honorary Advisor to Minister of Energy and Minister of Research, Innovation, Digitalization at Guvernul României2023-2025
  • Board Observer at Yahoo2021-2022
  • Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs2019-2021
  • Research Fellow under Nobel Laureate Prof. Joseph E. Stiglitz at Columbia University2016-2021
  • Delegate at the Economic and Social Council at United Nations2019-2019
  • Chief of Staff at Her Highness Princess Marina Sturdza of Romania2015-2017
Education
  • Harvard UniversityMaster's
  • Harvard Business SchoolMBA
  • Columbia UniversityBA

Henry Hudepohl

Founder
Left
The Perception Foundation
Kentucky State President
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Kentucky State President at The Perception Foundation2025-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Intern at LifeSciKY2026-2026
  • Research Intern at AI Bio Lab2025-2026
  • Research Analyst at BrandRank.AI2024-2024
Education
  • Harvard University
  • UCLA
  • Thomas More University

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

Arsen Avagyan

Founder
Left
GrubMarket Inc.
Head of Product and Engineering
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Head of Product and Engineering at GrubMarket Inc.2023-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Director of Product Management at Kimelo2021-2022
  • Product Management @ Bluebeam at Bluebeam2020-2021
  • Senior Product Manager - Software/R&D at Ingram Micro Commerce & Lifecycle Services2018-2020
  • Director, Product Management and Engineering at Cyberself Consulting Inc.2001-2019
  • Senior Product Manager at Cisco2009-2018
  • Senior Consultant at Deloitte2008-2009
Education
  • Harvard University
  • Harvard University
  • Stanford University

Allen Zhang

Founder
Left
China Chengtong Investment Company Limited
Summer Investment Analyst
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Summer Investment Analyst at China Chengtong Investment Company Limited2023-2024 · left Jun 2024
  • Research Intern at Stanford University2021-2021
  • Research Internship at Amprius Technologies, Inc.2019-2019
Education
  • Harvard UniversityBachelor's

Abraham Barkhordar

Founder
Left
EvenUp
Senior Product Counsel
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Senior Product Counsel at EvenUp2026-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Attorney at Strauss Borrelli PLLC2025-2025
  • Attorney at Morgan & Morgan, P.A.2022-2025
  • Summer Associate at Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP2021-2021
  • Law Clerk at Morgan & Morgan, P.A.2021-2021
  • 1L Law Clerk at PARRIS Law Firm2020-2020
  • 1L Summer Associate at Thomas J. Henry Law2020-2020
Education
  • Harvard UniversityJD
  • UCLABA
  • Santa Monica College

Franco Miguel Valencia

Co-Founder
Left
Intact
Data Scientist I
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Data Scientist I at Intact2026-2026 · left Apr 2026
  • Data Engineering + Analytics Intern at Stanford Data Science2025-2026
  • Excellence Research Intern at EPFL2025-2025
  • Data Science Research Fellow at Stanford Center for Asian Health Research and Education2024-2025
  • R&D Data Scientist and Software Engineer at Cove Neurosciences Inc.2024-2025
  • International Research Scholarship Student at National University of Singapore2024-2024
  • Research Engineer at University of Toronto2023-2024
Education
  • Harvard UniversityMS
  • MIT
  • University of TorontoBS

Arthur Chapin

Founder & CTO
Left
Nasa Space Apps
Team Founder
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Team Founder at Nasa Space Apps2025-2025 · left Dec 2025
  • 清华大学 学生军训团 at Tsinghua University2024-2025
  • 科研合作承包商 at CHINA AEROSPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION2024-2025
  • Research Assistant at Tsinghua University2024-2025
  • AI Engineer at VinAI2024-2025
  • Multimedia Director at Olympic Broadcasting Services2023-2024
  • Sales And Marketing Specialist at LA MAISON DE L'ASTRONOMIE2024-2024
Education
  • Harvard UniversityMaster's
  • Tsinghua UniversityCNSA program
  • EFREI Paris

Maximilian Hsiao

Founder
Left
Real Life Studios
Founder
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Founder at Real Life Studios2023-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Product Manager at Workstream2022-2024
  • Member Board Of Trustees at WASHINGTON CANNABUSINESS ASSOCIATION2021-2021
  • Founder at Cannaport LLC2018-2021
Education
  • Harvard UniversityBA

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