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McMaster University alumni who just went stealth

10 McMaster University alumni started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Static Media
Audience Development Lead /Film
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Audience Development Lead /Film at Static Media2022-2026 · left Jan 2026
  • Staff Writer at Heroic Hollywood2017-2022
  • Lead Writer at Item 9 Gaming2020-2022
  • Test Assessor - CASPer Rater at Acuity Insights2018-2021
  • Tour Director at Explorica by WorldStrides2018-2019
Education
  • McMaster UniversityBA

Paul Kostenuik

Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer
Left
Mesentech
Chief Scientific Officer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Chief Scientific Officer at Mesentech2024-2025 · left May 2025
  • CEO and Co-Founder at Ortheus Inc.2017-2024
  • Vice President of Translational Medicine at Angitia Biopharmaceuticals2022-2022
  • Vice President, Capital/Strategy/Transactions Group at Radius Health, Inc.2020-2022
  • Medical Director - Global Medical Affairs at Amgen1999-2020
  • Instructor, Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery at Boston University1998-1999
  • Post-doctoral fellow at University of California, San Francisco1996-1998
Education
  • McMaster UniversityPhD
  • University of WaterlooBS
  • University of Waterloo

Hamzah Muhammad

Co-Founder/CTO
Left
Prime Investing Capital
Co-Founder/CTO
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder/CTO at Prime Investing Capital2024-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Software Development Engineer at Amazon2022-2024
  • Application Developer (eFX Capital Markets) at CIBC Capital Markets2021-2022
  • Software Developer at CIBC2019-2020
Education
  • McMaster UniversityBachelor's

Karan S.

Founder
Left
Loblaw Companies Limited
Analyst, Pricing Integrity
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Analyst, Pricing Integrity at Loblaw Companies Limited2024-2025 · left Aug 2025
  • Data Analyst at Geotab2022-2022
Education
  • McMaster UniversityBS
  • Georgia TechMS
  • McMaster UniversityBachelor's

Mingyi Huo

Co-Founder
Left
Robinhood
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Robinhood2026-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Software Developer at Ontario Government | Gouvernement de l’Ontario2026-2026
  • Full Stack Engineer at Air Products2025-2025
  • Research Assistant at University of Electronic Science and Technology of China2023-2024
Education
  • McMaster UniversityMEng
  • University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaBachelor's

Zayn Moosa

Founder
Left
HotTakes
Business Growth Specialist
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Business Growth Specialist at HotTakes2026-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • HaloHealth Fellow at HaloHealth2025-2026
  • Associate Consultant at MacPhie2025-2025
  • Innovation and Partnerships Analyst at The Research Institute2024-2025
  • Executive Representative at McMaster Science Society (MSS)2021-2023
  • Teaching Assistant at McMaster University2022-2023
  • Head Coach at Elite Basketball Camps2016-2022
Education
  • McMaster UniversityMaster's
  • McMaster UniversityBS
  • Upper Canada CollegeIB

Chen Liu

Founder
Left
Simplicity
Head of Finance
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Head of Finance at Simplicity2025-2026 · left Apr 2026
  • Associate Manager, Corporate Finance at BDC2022-2024
  • Senior Client Services Associate at Scotiabank2021-2022
  • Business Contributor at Toronto Star2021-2022
  • Client Services Associate at Scotiabank2021-2021
  • Credit Analyst Intern at Wells Fargo2019-2020
  • Technical Systems Analyst Co-op at RBC2018-2018
Education
  • McMaster UniversityBachelor's
  • University of OxfordMBA
Left
Tesla
Engineering Intern
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Engineering Intern at Tesla2026-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Engineering Intern at Rocket Factory Augsburg - RFA2025-2025
  • Engineering Intern at New Age Robotics & Controls Inc.2024-2024
  • Engineering Intern at BFG Enterprise Services2022-2022
Education
  • McMaster UniversityBE
Left
Lunash
Co-Founder and CEO
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder and CEO at Lunash2023-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Entrepreneur in Residence at Antler2023-2023
  • Account Director at Insider One2020-2023
  • Country Head - Customer Success, Marketing, and Partnership at Igloo2019-2020
  • Head of B2B.id e-Commerce Platform & Head of Commercial Marketing (B2B) at Bhinneka.Com2015-2019
  • Strategy and Analytics for CRM at Dattabot2015-2015
  • Marketing Specialist at LAUNCH!2012-2015
Education
  • McMaster UniversityBachelor's
  • Niagara College
  • Edinburgh Business SchoolMBA

Sepehr Bayat

Co-Founder
Left
Aktus AI, Inc.
Founding AI Scientist
Before that
Went stealthJan 2026
Work
  • Founding AI Scientist at Aktus AI, Inc.2025-2026 · until Jan 2026
  • Machine Learning Engineer and Team Lead at Voices2024-2025
  • Senior Research Scientist at Cerence AI2019-2024
  • Senior Research Scientist/Developer at Microsoft2019-2019
  • Deep Learning Researcher at Voices2018-2019
  • Research Assistant at McMaster University2017-2019
  • Research Assistant at DKR Lab2015-2017
Education
  • McMaster UniversityPhD
  • University of TorontoMaster's
  • McMaster UniversityMaster's

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# the one request behind this page
curl https://api.crustdata.com/watch/person/search \
  -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_KEY" \
  -H "x-api-version: 2025-11-01" \
  -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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About this list

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.