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13 IIT Kanpur alumni started a company in stealth in the last 15 weeks.

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Kshitij Garg - KG

Founder and CEO
Left
Think Future Technologies
Chief Product Officer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Chief Product Officer at Think Future Technologies2023-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Chief Product Officer at TFT.ai2023-2026
  • Director, Startups and VCs at PanIIT Europe Alumni2023-2026
  • Perplexity AI Business Fellow at Perplexity2025-2025
  • Chief Business Officer at Emoha2020-2021
  • Assistant Vice President - Product & Growth at Tata 1mg2019-2020
  • Founder, Chief Product Officer & CEO at Healers at Home2014-2019
Education
  • IIT KanpurBachelor's
  • Young India Fellowship at Ashoka University
  • Terra.do

Rishav Agarwal

Co-Founder
Left
Gritt AI
Perception Lead
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Perception Lead at Gritt AI2025-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Deep Learning Engineer at Intrinsic2022-2025
  • Senior Engineer at Akasha Imaging2020-2022
  • Teaching Assistant at Vector Institute2021-2021
  • Teaching Assistant at University of Waterloo2018-2020
  • Consultant at EXL2016-2018
  • Visiting Scholar at Academia Sinica2016-2016
Education
  • IIT KanpurBS
  • University of WaterlooMaster's

Adarsh Kant Sinha

Founder
Left
Delaplex
Consultant Practice Lead. India - Cybersecurity
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Consultant Practice Lead. India - Cybersecurity at Delaplex2025-2025 · left Sep 2025
  • Project Engineer at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur2025-2025
  • Practice Lead - India, Cyber Security at Delaplex2024-2025
  • Founder & CEO (Exited) at Cyber3ra2021-2024
  • Project Director at Association of Hospitality Professionals Welfare (India) - AHPWI2020-2021
  • Cyber Security Specialist at FORnSEC SOLUTIONS2019-2021
  • CEH Instructor and Cyber Security Auditor at Crypto Forensic Technology2019-2019
Education
  • IIT KanpurMaster's
  • Nagpur UniversityBE
  • G H Raisoni Polytechnic,Anjangaon Bari Road,Amravati 444 701Master's

Tanay Anand

Co-Founder
Left
Sarvam
RL Lead
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • RL Lead at Sarvam2024-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Research Associate 2 at Adobe2019-2024
  • Virtual Research Consultant at WorldQuant2019-2019
  • Software Developer Internship at TreadWill2018-2018
Education
  • IIT KanpurBTech
  • St. Joseph's School, Shaktinagar
  • St. Joseph's School, ShaktinagarCBSE 10th

Sandeep Gupta

Founder
Left
AI Fund
Entrepreneur in Residence
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Entrepreneur in Residence at AI Fund2026-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Director Of Engineering at Tubi2021-2025
  • Engineering Leader At Argo AI at Argo AI2020-2021
  • Senior Software Engineer at Netflix2011-2019
  • Senior Software Engineer at Quotient Technology Inc.2010-2011
  • Senior Software Engineer at Coupons.com / Quotient2010-2011
  • Software Engineer II at Microsoft2000-2010
Education
  • IIT KanpurBTech
  • Ingraham Institute, Ghaziabad

Pratik Vimal

Founder & Product Builder
Left
Licious
SVP and Head of Products
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • SVP and Head of Products at Licious2025-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Fractional CTPO at VAHN2025-2025
  • Full-time Investor and Trader at India, US and Commodities2023-2025
  • SVP and Head of Products at WhiteHat Jr2019-2023
  • Product Management at Amazon2018-2019
  • Vice President, Product Marketing & Business at Tapzo2014-2018
  • Senior Associate at PwC2011-2014
Education
  • IIT KanpurBTech

Ashutosh Bajpai

Co-Founder, CEO
Left
Pocket FM
Senior Growth Manager
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Senior Growth Manager at Pocket FM2026-2026 · until Jul 2026
  • Co-Founder at Clanner AI2024-2026
  • Senior Manager Growth and Strategy at Masai2021-2024
  • Head Marketing at Antaragni, IIT Kanpur2021-2022
  • Business Analyst at Blitz2021-2021
  • Business Project Lead at Zedd Labz2021-2021
Education
  • IIT KanpurBTech

Abhishek Sharma

Co-Founder
Left
HT Digital Streams
Chief Product Officer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Chief Product Officer at HT Digital Streams2022-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Associate Vice President - Payments Product at Paytm2015-2022
  • Manager-Portfolio at Flipkart2012-2015
  • Summer Internship at Designwise India Pvt. Ltd.2011-2011
Education
  • IIT KanpurBTech
  • SPSEC

Vijay Doradla

Founder and CEO
Left
Accenture
Managing Director
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Managing Director at Accenture2024-2026 · until Jul 2026
  • President at Avathon2018-2023
  • Managing Director Verizon Ventures at Verizon Wireless2013-2018
  • CEO, Co-founder at SilverString Capital2009-2012
  • Vice President at Technology Hedge Funds2006-2008
  • Equity Research Analyst at Deutsche Bank2004-2006
  • Member of Technical Staff at Lucent Technologies Bell Labs1997-2004
Education
  • IIT KanpurMS
  • Concordia UniversityMaster's

Akshay Gupta

Founder & CTO
Left
Cohesity
Member of Technical Staff II
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Member of Technical Staff II at Cohesity2023-2026 · until Jul 2026
  • Member Of Technical Staff at DevRev2022-2022
  • Research Intern at University of South Carolina2021-2022
Education
  • IIT KanpurBTech

Loveleena Mathur

Co-Founder & Advisor
Left
S.S. Jain Subodh Law College
Training and Placement Coordinator
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Training and Placement Coordinator at S.S. Jain Subodh Law College2023-2025 · left Mar 2025
  • Assistant Professor at Institute of Rural Management (IRM)2022-2023
  • Director & Counsellor at Psycho Cafe2012-2022
  • Research Intern at CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India2018-2019
  • Labour Welfare Officer & Head of MVK at Vardhman Textiles2005-2008
  • Management Intern at National Engineering Industries Ltd. (NBC Bearings)2003-2003
Education
  • IIT KanpurPsychiatry
  • ICFAI University JaipurPhD
  • Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Law University, Jaipur, Rajasthan

Tarun Sharma

Founder
Left
MKS Enterprises
General Manager
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • General Manager at MKS Enterprises2026-2026 · until Jul 2026
  • Founder & CEO at Twinity Labs2025-2026
  • Senior Software Engineer, Software-Defined Vehicles at Jaguar Land Rover India2020-2025
  • Project Engineer at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur2020-2020
  • President at Association of Mechanical Engineers, IIT Kanpur2019-2020
  • Motion Planning of a 6DOF Robot Arm Manipulator at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur2019-2019
  • Orientation Team Member at Center for Mental Health and Wellbeing2019-2019
Education
  • IIT Kanpur
  • Loyola School Jamshedpur

Samay G.

Co-Founder
Left
Meta
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Meta2022-2026 · until Jul 2026
  • Software Engineer Intern at Google2021-2021
Education
  • IIT Kanpur
  • University of Southern CaliforniaMS

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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 } }
  }'
# [.] = exact phrase, (.) = all words. Each week it returns only the new matches.

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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.