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39 IIT Bombay alumni started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Lokap Sahu

Founder
Left
LanguifyAI
Chief Executive Officer, Founder
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Chief Executive Officer, Founder at LanguifyAI2020-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Cohort 2023 at Norrsken2023-2023
  • EIR (Cohort 7) at IIT Startups2021-2022
  • Executive Director at ONMYOWNTECHNOLOGY2019-2020
  • Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder at Metwiz Materials Private Limited2016-2019
  • Research Fellow at Applied Materials2015-2016
  • Summer Internship at Fluidtherm2014-2014
Education
  • IIT BombayBTech

Rekha Rudhiramoorthy

CPO & Co-Founder
Left
SAP
Design Leadership
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Design Leadership at SAP2022-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Sr. User Experience Designer at Walmart Global Tech India2019-2022
  • UX Designer at Dell Technologies2018-2019
  • UX Designer at Capital Float (now axio)2016-2017
  • Visual Designer at CommonFloor.com2015-2016
  • Visual Communication at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay2013-2015
  • Business technology Analyst at Deloitte2011-2013
Education
  • IIT BombayMaster's
  • SJCE MysoreBE
  • Mount Carmel College, IndiaPUC, PCMB
Left
WaterBridge Ventures
Investment Analyst
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Investment Analyst at WaterBridge Ventures2026-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • MC Delivery Associate at Accenture Strategy & Consulting2026-2026
  • Product Management Intern at Swiggy2026-2026
  • Research Scholar at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management2025-2026
  • Head of Marketing, Core Group at Mood Indigo IIT Bombay2025-2026
  • Founder's Office Intern at Kidiaree2025-2025
  • Operations & Logistics Coordinator: Concerts at Mood Indigo IIT Bombay2024-2025
Education
  • IIT BombayBTech
  • ShARE
  • New Era Progressive School
Left
Scale AI
Forward Deployed Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Forward Deployed Engineer at Scale AI2026-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Tech Lead Manager at Palantir Technologies2018-2025
  • Head, Department Academic Mentorship Programme at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay2017-2018
  • Software Development Intern at Morgan Stanley2017-2017
  • Internship Coordinator at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay2016-2017
Education
  • IIT BombayBTech
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMaster's
Left
FlytBase
Chief Commercial Officer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Chief Commercial Officer at FlytBase2026-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Leader: Commercial Center of Excellence at KPMG2023-2026
  • Senior Principal at The Arnold Group2017-2022
  • Head of Product Management at Alchemer Mobile (formerly Apptentive)2016-2017
  • Co-Founder, Head of Product at ResolutionTube2014-2016
  • Technical Product Management at Amazon2013-2014
  • Product Marketing Management (MBA Intern) at VMware2012-2012
Education
  • IIT BombayB. Tech.
  • The University of ChicagoMBA
  • Starter League (Code Academy)

Rajkiran Panuganti

Founder & CEO
Left
Blazel
Founding Head of AI
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Founding Head of AI at Blazel2025-2026 · left May 2026
  • Head of AI at Krutrim2024-2026
  • Advisor at Avinya Build AI2024-2025
  • Strategic Advisor at Wyzr2023-2025
  • Principal Applied Scientist Manager at Microsoft2009-2023
  • Software Engineer at Google2007-2008
  • Research Assistant at Ohio Supercomputer Center2004-2007
Education
  • IIT BombayBachelor's
  • The Ohio State UniversityPhD
Left
Erdos Systems
Co-Founder
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder at Erdos Systems2026-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Founder and Lead researcher at Erdős AI Lab2025-2026
  • Lead Embedded Engineer at Team GENSUS2023-2026
  • Engineer at IIT Bombay Mars Rover Team2023-2026
  • Head of Investment at GreenFlow Ventures2025-2026
  • Co-Founder at DonnaAI2025-2026
  • Investment Associate at GreenFlow Ventures2025-2025
Education
  • IIT BombayBTech
  • Ramanujan Junior collegenone
Left
Glip.gg
Founding Game Dev
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Founding Game Dev at Glip.gg2023-2025 · left Aug 2025
  • Co-Founder at YoZu2021-2023
  • General Secretary, Sports Affairs at IIT Bombay Sports2020-2021
  • KITES Intern at ITC Limited2020-2020
  • Institute Aquatics Secretary at IIT Bombay Sports2019-2020
  • Research Intern at National Research University - Higher School of Economics2019-2019
Education
  • IIT BombayBTech

Nisha Mutneja

Co-Founder
Left
Karta
Director of Growth
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Director of Growth at Karta2025-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Director of GTM & Partnerships at ConvoZen2024-2025
  • Founder at Hippo2022-2024
  • Brand Partnership - Tiktok at ByteDance2020-2021
  • Brand Partnerships at The Viral Fever2018-2020
  • Product Lead at Flipspaces2016-2018
  • Business Development at Gloob Decor - FlipSpaces2014-2016
Education
  • IIT Bombay
  • Amity UniversityMTech
  • Bihani Children's Academy,SriganganagarHigh School
Left
Meta
Machine Learning Engineer - Meta Superintelligence Labs
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Machine Learning Engineer - Meta Superintelligence Labs at Meta2022-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Software Engineer - NLP & Machine Learning at Google2019-2022
  • Software Engineer, Azure at Microsoft2016-2019
  • Applications Developer at Oracle2014-2016
Education
  • IIT BombayBTech

Shyam Shah

Founder
Left
SeekOut
Principal Product Manager
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Principal Product Manager at SeekOut2024-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Associate Director Product at BlackBuck Limited2022-2024
  • Senior Product Manager at WhiteHat Jr2021-2022
  • Product Manager at Mobile Premier League (MPL)2020-2021
  • CEO & Co-founder at Innovision2015-2020
  • Summer Research Intern at Applied Materials2012-2012
Education
  • IIT BombayBTech
  • Zydus school for excellence10+2

Riya Baviskar

Co-Founder
Left
Dyna Robotics
Member of Technical Staff
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Member of Technical Staff at Dyna Robotics2025-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Engineering at Granica2023-2025
  • Teaching Assistant at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay2019-2021
  • Intern at Microsoft2020-2020
  • Research Intern at Samsung Electronics2019-2019
Education
  • IIT BombayBTech
Left
Masters' Union
Director's Office Intern
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Director's Office Intern at Masters' Union2026-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Investment Analyst Intern at Cactus Partners2026-2026
  • Media and Public Relations Coordinator at Student Alumni Relations Cell, IIT Bombay2025-2026
  • NEC Jr.Mentor at E-Cell, IIT Bombay2025-2025
Education
  • IIT BombayBTech
  • ShARE
  • Central Hindu Boys School
LeftNot listed
Before thatNone listed
Went stealthSep 2026
Education
  • IIT BombayBTech
  • Harvard Business SchoolMBA
Left
Ola Electric
Chief of Staff - COO's Office
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Chief of Staff - COO's Office at Ola Electric2025-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • MEMS D-AMP Coordinator at Student Mentor Program, IIT Bombay2023-2025
  • Product Managment Intern at Mondee2024-2024
  • Product Manager at DevCom IIT Bombay2023-2024
  • Digital Products Intern at Kotak Mutual Fund2023-2024
  • Project Support Intern at Ekaga Group - Mumbai | Gurgaon | Dubai (Ekaga Futuristics Private Limited | Ekaga Group L.L.C-FZ )2023-2023
  • Project Founder at Desai Sethi School of Entrepreneurship, IIT Bombay2022-2023
Education
  • IIT BombayBTech
  • Ryan International School, Goregaon
LeftNot listed
Before thatNone listed
Went stealthAug 2026
Education
  • IIT Bombay
  • Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI- University of Mumbai)BTech
  • JAI HIND COLLEGE, MUMBAIHSC

Amit Butala

Co-Founder
Left
Rippling
Technical Leader - Rippling AI
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Technical Leader - Rippling AI at Rippling2024-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Product Advisory Board at Databricks2025-2026
  • Engineering Leadership at Paxos2022-2024
  • Director of Engineering at Abacus.AI2021-2022
  • Tech Lead - AI Applied Research at Meta2016-2021
  • Founding Engineer at Luminate Wireless, Inc.2013-2016
  • Principal Engineer/Office of CTO at SpiderCloud Wireless, Inc2008-2013
Education
  • IIT BombayBTech
  • Cornell UniversityMS

Dharmendra Modha

Founder & CEO
Left
IBM
IBM Fellow
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • IBM Fellow at IBM1997-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Founder & CEO at Treelet Inc2000-2001
  • Founder & CEO at S.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.S1990-1991
Education
  • IIT BombayB. Tech.
  • UC San DiegoPh. D.
Left
Flint
Engineer
Before that
Went stealthLaunched PAR Technology
Work
  • Engineer at Flint2026-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • CoFounder and Engineer at Trulogik Inc.2024-2026
  • Board Member at MerlinWand2021-2026
  • Head Of Engineering at 3DAiLY2022-2024
  • Vice President Of Technology - India at Tide2020-2022
  • Senior Software Engineer at Uber2017-2019
  • Architect at Uber India Pvt Ltd2017-2019
Education
  • IIT BombayBTech
  • Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
  • Pushpraj English Medium School
Left
Credible
Senior Product Designer
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Senior Product Designer at Credible2021-2025 · left Nov 2025
  • Product Designer at Vibes2019-2021
  • UX Designer (Capstone project) at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis2019-2019
  • UX Designer/Researcher at Indiana University Indianapolis2018-2019
  • UX Designer at Creativeland Asia2015-2017
  • Designer at Celebrity Store2013-2015
  • Research Intern at Defence Research and Development Organisation2012-2012
Education
  • IIT BombayCertificate
  • Sofia UniversityMBA
  • Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis

Arnav Prasad

Co-Founder
Left
DevCom IIT Bombay
Developer
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Developer at DevCom IIT Bombay2025-2026 · left Mar 2026
  • AI Engineering Intern at Prodigal2026-2026
  • Techfest Organizer at Techfest, IIT Bombay2024-2025
  • Events and Marketing Organizer at E-Cell, IIT Bombay2024-2025
Education
  • IIT BombayBTech
  • Vikhe Patil Memorial School

Aishna Tijaria

Co-Founder
Left
BluQ
Co-Founder
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder at BluQ2026-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Product Manager at Square Yards2024-2025
  • Institute Student and Academic Mentor at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay2023-2024
  • Product Growth at Jupiter2023-2023
  • Creatives Head at Mood Indigo IIT Bombay2021-2023
  • Product Manager at Oliria Foods & Beverages Pvt. Ltd2020-2021
Education
  • IIT BombayBTech
  • GrowthX®
  • Neerja Modi School

Ketan K.

Founder
Left
Idiap Research Institute
Research Associate
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Research Associate at Idiap Research Institute2018-2025 · left Dec 2025
  • Technical Leader at Samsung Electronics2013-2014
  • Research Fellow at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay2010-2013
  • Visiting Researcher at Università di Trento2010-2010
  • Research Associate at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay2007-2010
Education
  • IIT BombayMaster's
  • IIT BombayPhD

Kalyani Gattani

Co-Founder
Left
BluQ
Co-Founder
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder at BluQ2026-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Quant analyst lll at Equity Data Science (EDS)2024-2025
  • Economics Placement Coordinator at Placement Office, IIT Bombay2023-2024
  • Research Consultant at WorldQuant2023-2023
  • Junior Member, Technology Unit at ShARE IIT Bombay2022-2023
  • Trainee at Deutsche Bank2023-2023
  • Department Academic Mentor at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay2022-2023
Education
  • IIT BombayBS
  • Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), NagpurBTech
  • Shri Shivaji Science College
Left
Zeus Numerix
Project Lead
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Project Lead at Zeus Numerix2021-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Founder at DhanWise2019-2020
  • Autonomous Cars Instructor at Infosys at Udacity India2018-2018
  • Mentor at Udacity2016-2018
  • Engineer at Harmonize2016-2017
  • Lead Engineer at PepperTap2014-2016
  • Graduate Management Associate at Citi India2012-2013
Education
  • IIT BombayBTech

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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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