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139 MIT alumni started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Yash Nannaware

Founder and Investor
Left
Adobe
Account Manager
Before that
Went stealthNov 2026
Work
  • Account Manager at Adobe2025-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Assistant Manager -Business at Zycus2024-2025
  • Senior Manager - Business at Scaler2021-2024
  • Business Strategy Consultant at Pratigrham Sports For All Pvt. Ltd.2020-2022
  • Cofounder and Sociopreneur at Agneepankh Foundation2018-2022
  • Cofounder and Business Head at Bento2021-2022
  • Senior Business Consultant at upGrad2020-2021
Education
  • MITBTech
  • Sri. Shivaji Science College, Congressnagar,NagpurHSC
Left
Sharpa
Global VP GTM
Before that
Went stealthNov 2026
Work
  • Global VP GTM at Sharpa2025-2026 · until Nov 2026
  • Product Operations Lead at ByteDance2021-2025
  • Operations Lead at DiDi2019-2021
  • Program Management at Tesla2018-2018
  • Market Manager at Air Liquide2013-2017
Education
  • MITMBA
  • MITMBA
  • IFP SchoolMaster's

Debjani Deb

Co-Founder
Left
Session AI
Co-Founder and CEO
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder and CEO at Session AI2015-2025 · left Jun 2025
  • Co-Founder and CEO at EmPower (acquired by Genpact NYSE: G)2004-2013
  • Chief Strategy Officer at GCI Group2002-2004
  • Director Strategy at ONI Systems2002-2003
  • Director Strategy at Mayan Networks2000-2001
  • Senior Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton1996-2000
  • Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories1991-1995
Education
  • MITMBA
  • Stanford UniversityMS
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New BrunswickBA

Josh Lake

Founder & CEO
Left
Elephant Energy
Co-Founder, CTO, Board Member
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder, CTO, Board Member at Elephant Energy2021-2026 · left Apr 2026
  • Independent Consultant at Contract2018-2021
  • Co-Founder at Float Technologies,Inc.2018-2019
  • Head of Operations at Nuro2017-2018
  • Chief Operations Officer & Board Member at Evercar.2013-2017
  • Sr. Program Manager at Amonix Inc2010-2013
  • Co-Founder and COO at 532 Development Group2009-2010
Education
  • MITBS
  • Stanford UniversityCertificate

Raj Barai

Founder
Left
Lillia
Chief Business Officer, India & GCC
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Chief Business Officer, India & GCC at Lillia2021-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Independent Investor / Consultant at Independant Consultant2019-2021
  • Business Development Consultant at SecurelyShare Software Pvt Ltd2019-2020
  • Enterprise Sales - Market Specialist at Thomson Reuters2017-2019
  • Co-Founder, Director at Atlas Hospitality Private Limited2014-2017
  • Co-Founder at Progressive Record Management2011-2014
  • Business Development Manager - Enterprise Sales at Thomson Reuters2003-2011
Education
  • MIT
  • MIT
  • MIT

Joao Afonso

Co-founder and CEO
Left
ANJE
Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at ANJE2026-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Head of Business Development - Culture and Creative Industries at UPTEC - Science and Technology Park of the University of Porto2025-2026
  • Board Member at WHY Portugal2016-2024
  • Director at Startup Portugal2018-2019
  • CEO & Co-founder at Musikki2012-2017
  • Mentor at BGI - Sustainable Ventures2013-2016
  • Lead Researcher at Universidade de Aveiro2010-2011
Education
  • MIT
  • FC Porto
  • Universidade de AveiroMaster's

Hamza Tazi

Co-Founder & CTO
Left
Alta Health
Co-Founder & CTO
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder & CTO at Alta Health2026-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Principal, Data Science at BCG X2025-2026
  • Principal at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)2025-2026
  • Forward Deployed Lead AI Scientist at BCG X2023-2025
  • Forward Deployed Lead AI Scientist at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)2023-2025
  • Forward Deployed Senior AI Scientist at BCG X2022-2023
  • Forward Deployed Senior AI Scientist at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)2022-2023
Education
  • MITMaster's
  • CentraleSupélecBS
Left
KPMG India
Strategy Consulting / Strategy & Operations Practice - Digital Transformation Focus
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Strategy Consulting / Strategy & Operations Practice - Digital Transformation Focus at KPMG India2016-2018 · left May 2018
  • Practice Head (of spun-off indep. entity) at Accenture Strategy & Consulting2015-2017
  • Assistant Vice President at Citi2013-2014
  • Digital Head (Channel Products), India (post promotion) at Microsoft2011-2013
  • Product Developer - R&D and Engineering (BA R&D - post promotion) at HCLTech2007-2009
  • Product Developer (R&D & Satellite Engg - Bell Labs / Hughes, now Capgemini Product Div) at Nokia Bell Labs2005-2007
Education
  • MITMaster's
  • Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
  • Delhi University
Left
Founders House Helsinki
Crew
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Crew at Founders House Helsinki2026-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Founder Sprint S26 at Aalto Founder School2026-2026
  • Specifier Product Team at ABB2024-2025
  • Strategic Design Lead at Dynamic Sky2023-2025
  • Freelance at Kattch2024-2025
  • Branding Lead at LionRun Consulting2023-2025
  • Strategic Design Intern at Dynamic Sky2022-2023
Education
  • MIT
  • Aalto UniversityMA
  • Rhode Island School of DesignBachelor's
Left
Quantum Biology Institute
Co-Founder and COO
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder and COO at Quantum Biology Institute2024-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Lead Scientist at The Tadpole Experiment2024-2024
  • Postdoctoral Scholar at UCLA2022-2024
  • Postdoctoral Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology2021-2022
Education
  • MITPhD
  • Politecnico di MilanoMaster's
  • Accademia di Musica Moderna

Moritz Goedicke

Co-Founder
Left
QuantumDiamonds
Strategy & Ops
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Strategy & Ops at QuantumDiamonds2025-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Visiting Associate at BCG Platinion2025-2025
  • Teaching Assistant Data Visualisation and Analysis at Technical University of Munich2024-2025
  • Co-Founder Project Dropped Off at Project Dropped Off2024-2024
  • Fellow Consultant at Horváth2023-2023
  • CCaSS Intern at EY2023-2023
Education
  • MIT
  • TU MunichMS
  • 고려대학교

Sona Chawla

Co-Founder
Left
CDW
Chief Growth and Innovation Officer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Chief Growth and Innovation Officer at CDW2020-2025 · left Dec 2025
  • President at Kohl's2015-2019
  • President of Digital and Chief Marketing Officer at Walgreens2014-2015
  • Member Board Of Directors at EXPRESS2012-2015
  • President, Ecommerce at Walgreens2008-2014
  • Vice President, Global Online Business at Dell Technologies2006-2008
  • EVP, SVP (Internet Services Group) at Wells Fargo2000-2006
Education
  • MITMS
  • Wellesley CollegeBA

Elliot Gross

Co-Founder
Left
Vigil Labs
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Vigil Labs2025-2026 · left Feb 2026
  • Junior Data Scientist at Fintica AI2025-2025
  • Machine Learning Intern at QBS System Limited2024-2024
  • R&D Machine Learning Intern at Togal.AI2023-2023
  • Employee at La Vela Coffee Roasters and Espresso Catering2022-2022
  • Student Researcher - Predicting the Stability of Superheavy Elements and Isotopes at Ransom Everglades School2020-2021
Education
  • MITBS
  • Ransom Everglades School
Left
Material
Senior Director, Strategy and Innovation
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Senior Director, Strategy and Innovation at Material2020-2026 · left Apr 2026
  • Innovation Engineer at T3: Now Material2019-2020
  • Research Engineer at C3 Engineering Technologies2018-2019
  • Biochemist at US Army2014-2018
  • Tissue Engineering Researcher at Walter Reed Army Medical Center2014-2018
  • Biomedical Research Engineer at Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin2015-2018
  • Software Design and Development Intern at IBM2017-2017
Education
  • MITMEng
  • The University of Texas at Austin
  • The University of Texas at AustinBS

Courtney Apelqvist

CEO & Founder
Left
Wallenius Wilhelmsen
Vice President of Technology Services EMEA & Oceania (Regional CIO/CTO)
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Vice President of Technology Services EMEA & Oceania (Regional CIO/CTO) at Wallenius Wilhelmsen2020-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Senior Business Lead (CIO)- Industry Connect Internal Startup at Ericsson2011-2020
Education
  • MIT
  • The University of Texas at ArlingtonMBA
  • The University of Texas at ArlingtonBS

Tamir Kedmi

Founder & CEO
Left
REAL
VP Product, AI
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • VP Product, AI at REAL2024-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • VP Product, Data & AI at 8knots2023-2024
  • Co-Founder & CPO at Gaia2023-2023
  • Senior Head of Data Science at ZoomInfo2022-2023
  • Data, Product & AI Consultant at Kedmi Consulting2018-2023
  • Director of Product Management, Data Science at ZoomInfo2021-2022
  • Product & ML Development Advisor at OnPlan2020-2021
Education
  • MIT
  • Tel Aviv University

Zee Wang

Founder
Left
CoinClan - A PayAtom Company
Founder & CEO
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Founder & CEO at CoinClan - A PayAtom Company2018-2025 · left Aug 2025
  • Investor(LP) and Advisor at Predictive2025-2025
  • Investor(LP) at PWV (Preston-Werner Ventures)2025-2025
  • Advisor at Ouinex2024-2025
  • Investor(LP) at BOLD Longevity Growth Fund2025-2025
  • Investor(LP) at LongeVC2025-2025
  • Investor(LP) at One Way Ventures2024-2024
Education
  • MIT
  • University of Melbourne
Left
Optus
EGM/Head of Customer Engagement & Data Science
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • EGM/Head of Customer Engagement & Data Science at Optus2023-2025 · left Dec 2025
  • GM/Executive of Product, Financial Services at Quantium2021-2023
  • Executive Director, Customer Strategy & Journeys at JPMorgan Chase2016-2021
  • Vice President of Platform at Brand Networks2012-2016
  • Senior Associate, Team Lead at PwC2011-2012
  • Senior Consultant at PwC Australia2008-2012
  • Systems Analyst, Business Information Systems at CSR2006-2007
Education
  • MITMBA
  • UC Berkeley
  • University of Technology SydneyBachelor's

Pranav Vaidhyanathan

CEO and Co-Founder
Left
Tekion Corp
AI and Analytics Lead
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • AI and Analytics Lead at Tekion Corp2018-2021 · left Aug 2021
  • Research Intern at NVIDIA2025-2025
  • Research Assistant in Poon Lab at Berkeley Lab2017-2022
  • PhD Autopilot Intern at Tesla2018-2018
  • Research Assistant at Caltech2017-2017
  • Research Intern at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras2016-2016
Education
  • MIT
  • University of OxfordPhD
  • UC BerkeleyBS

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
  • MIT
  • Harvard University
  • Harvard Business SchoolField X

Alvin Li

Founder
Left
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
Machine Learning Researcher
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Machine Learning Researcher at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)2021-2023 · left Jul 2023
  • Quant Trader at Optiver2022-2022
  • Software Engineer at Amazon2021-2021
  • Cofounder at Hatch2020-2020
  • Computer Vision at Google2019-2019
Education
  • MITBS

B. Junsuh Kim

Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer (CSO)
Left
City of Tempe
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy Fellow
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy Fellow at City of Tempe2024-2024 · left Dec 2024
  • Machine Learning (ML) Intern at Nel Hydrogen2026-2026
  • Graduate Research Assistant at Laboratory of Electrochemical Interfaces2024-2025
  • NNCI Japan International Research Fellow at National Institute for Materials Science2024-2024
  • Undergraduate Researcher at University of California, Berkeley, College of Chemistry2020-2024
  • Materials Science Curriculum Developer at UC Berkeley College of Engineering2023-2023
  • Cornell Nanoscale Facility REU Intern at Cornell University2023-2023
Education
  • MITMS
  • Windemere Ranch Middle School
  • UC BerkeleyBS
Left
STX Group
Paternity Leave
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Paternity Leave at STX Group2025-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Director, Business Development at Pexapark2021-2025
  • Senior Business Developer - Markets Innovation at Ørsted2018-2021
  • Co-Founder at BookHop2018-2018
  • Travelling and Volunteering at Planet Earth2016-2018
  • Energy Trader at Origin Energy2012-2016
Education
  • MIT
  • The University of QueenslandMaster's
  • Københavns Universitet

Henry Su

Founder
Left
Visa
Product Manager
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Product Manager at Visa2022-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Product Manager at Lenovo2021-2022
  • Software Engineer at Abercrombie & Fitch Co.2020-2021
  • Product Analyst at Nationwide2020-2020
  • Product Manager at Visa2019-2019
  • IT Service Desk at Battelle2018-2019
  • IT Assistant at The Ohio State University2017-2018
Education
  • MITMBA
  • Georgia TechMS
  • The Ohio State UniversityBS

Jong K.

Founder
Left
Anduril Industries
Chief Architect - Gimbal Systems
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Chief Architect - Gimbal Systems at Anduril Industries2023-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Consulting Robotics Engineer - Strategic Architect (Technical Fellow) at iRobot at iRobot2021-2023
  • Associate Director - GNC Team Lead at Collins Aerospace2015-2021
  • President at JD Navigation LLC2004-2015
  • Senior Principal Control Systems Engineer at Codem Systems2002-2004
  • MTS System Development Engineer at Legerity2001-2002
  • Principal Servo Design Engineer at Quantum1999-2001
Education
  • MITSM
  • The University of Alabama in HuntsvilleBS

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      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.company_name",
        "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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