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31 Penn State University alumni started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Ife S.

Founder and CEO
Left
Cloudflare
Solutions Engineer
Before that
Went stealthNov 2026
Work
  • Solutions Engineer at Cloudflare2023-2024 · left Jul 2024
  • Solutions Engineer at Courier2022-2023
  • Associate Solutions Engineer at LiveRamp2021-2022
  • Software Engineer Intern at Lockheed Martin2018-2019
  • Information Systems Intern at Alameda Health System2017-2017
Education
  • Penn State UniversityBS
Left
Lockheed Martin
System Integration and Test Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • System Integration and Test Engineer at Lockheed Martin2022-2024 · left Dec 2024
  • Digital Fulfillment Customer Service Team Member at Wegmans Food Markets2019-2023
  • System Engineering Intern at Lockheed Martin2022-2022
Education
  • Penn State UniversityBS

Nitai Cohen

Co-Founder
Left
Muse Model Management
Fashion Model
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Fashion Model at Muse Model Management2026-2026 · left May 2026
  • Project Intern at Goldman Sachs2025-2025
  • Sheetz Fellow at Sheetz Fellows Program @ Penn State Altoona2025-2025
  • Head Coach at The Gravity Vault Indoor Rock Gyms2023-2024
  • Inventory Specialist at Vesta Chocolate2022-2022
Education
  • Penn State UniversityBachelor's

Josh Canale

Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer
Left
Float
Founder
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Founder at Float2025-2026 · left Apr 2026
  • AI Design Expert at Mercor Intelligence2025-2026
  • AI Product Designer at Okaya2024-2025
  • AI UX Lead at Epic2022-2025
  • Intern - UX Research at The National Institutes of Health2021-2022
Education
  • Penn State UniversityBS
Left
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Consultant
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)2026-2026 · left May 2026
  • Operational Excellence Manager at Beebe Healthcare2023-2025
  • Business Office Manager at Genesis2023-2023
  • Revenue Cycle Analyst at Brandywine Healthcare Services2023-2023
  • Administrative Resident- Revenue Cycle at Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System2023-2023
  • Administrative Intern at Mount Nittany Health2022-2023
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant at Penn State University2021-2023
Education
  • Penn State UniversityMaster's

Yugandhar Gopu

Co-Founder
Left
Penn State
Graduate Research Fellow
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Ka'ana
Work
  • Graduate Research Fellow at Penn State2024-2025 · left Dec 2025
  • Research Assistant at Penn State University2025-2025
  • AI/ML intern at Ford Motor Company2025-2025
  • Graduate Research Fellow - Grant ( During Masters ) at National Science Foundation (NSF)2024-2025
  • Academic at Penn State2024-2024
  • Founder at Doodle duds2023-2024
  • Senior Analyst at Capgemini2022-2024
Education
  • Penn State UniversityMaster's
  • Indian Institute of information technology , UnaBTech
  • Indian Institute of Information Technology NagpurBachelor's

Dorcas Ajayi

Co-Founder
Left
The Tech Girlies
Founder & Community Manager
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Founder & Community Manager at The Tech Girlies2025-2026 · left Apr 2026
  • Founder & Writer at Midnight Tech Diaries2023-2023
  • Entrepreneur at Dorcxys and co2020-2022
Education
  • Penn State UniversityBS

Erich Fritz

Co-founder, CEO
Left
Union Square Advisors LLC
Managing Director
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Managing Director at Union Square Advisors LLC2021-2023 · left Aug 2023
  • Director at Baird2021-2021
  • Senior Vice President at Jefferies2018-2021
  • Vice President at RBC Capital Markets2014-2018
  • Tech M&A Senior Associate at Canaccord Genuity - Global Capital Markets2013-2014
  • Investment Banking Associate at UBS2010-2012
  • Venture Capital Summer Associate at Dunrath Capital2009-2009
Education
  • Penn State UniversityBS
  • The University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessMBA
  • The Johns Hopkins UniversityMS

Vipul Gupta

Co-Founder - Chief AI Scientist
Left
Scale AI
Research Scientist
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Research Scientist at Scale AI2025-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • PhD Student at Penn State University2021-2025
  • Research Scientist Intern - FAIR at Meta2024-2024
  • NLP Research Scientist Intern at Kitware Inc.2023-2023
  • Red Team at OpenAI2022-2022
  • Research Intern at John Hopkins University2021-2021
  • Research Assistant at The University of British Columbia2021-2021
Education
  • Penn State UniversityPhD
  • IIT DelhiBachelor's

Prathit Ray

Co-Founder
Left
Stalk
Founder
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Founder at Stalk2026-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Founder at Ray & Co. Risk Advisors2024-2026
  • Electrical Systems Engineer at NASA2024-2024
Education
  • Penn State University
  • Harvard Business SchoolMBA
Left
Family
Personal Focus
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Personal Focus at Family2026-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Senior Manager, Compliance Advisory Services at Drata2024-2026
  • Senior Manager, GRC Advisory Services at LogicGate2023-2024
  • Manager, Technology Risk Audit at Comcast2023-2023
  • Manager, Third Party Risk Management Consulting at PwC2015-2022
Education
  • Penn State University
Left
Samsara
Head of Product Operations & Monetization
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Head of Product Operations & Monetization at Samsara2019-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company2011-2019
  • Product Development at SimpleTuition2010-2010
  • Business Manager, US Card Acquisitions at Capital One2005-2010
Education
  • Penn State UniversityBS
  • Northwestern UniversityMBA
  • Northwestern UniversityMS
Left
Penn State University
User Experience Researcher
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • User Experience Researcher at Penn State University2024-2025 · left Oct 2025
  • Product Designer at Thakares Infotech Private Limited2021-2023
  • User Experience Designer at PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT2019-2021
Education
  • Penn State UniversityMS
  • Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, AurangabadMS
  • Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, AurangabadBS

Emma Jane Riley

Co-Founder
Left
Cigna Healthcare
Provider Lead Contractor
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Provider Lead Contractor at Cigna Healthcare2022-2025 · left Sep 2025
  • Business Development Coordinator at AguaVivir IV Infusion2022-2022
  • Graduate Administrative Intern at Mount Nittany Health2022-2022
  • Experience Coordinator at AguaVivir IV Infusion2022-2022
  • Market Strategies & Solutions Graduate Intern at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield2021-2021
  • Graduate Administrative Intern at Mount Nittany Health2021-2021
  • PBM Support Intern at Magellan Health2020-2020
Education
  • Penn State UniversityBachelor's
  • International University of MonacoMaster's
  • Penn State UniversityMaster's
Left
AlphaSights
Associate, Client Services
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Associate, Client Services at AlphaSights2024-2024 · left Dec 2024
  • Associate/Co-Head of PE Operations Team at Avalerian Capital2023-2023
  • Business Development Associate at Cornerstone Search Group2022-2022
Education
  • Penn State UniversityBS

Julie Moon

Founder
Left
Global Regulatory Writing & Consulting (GLOBAL)
Chief Strategy Officer
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Moon Regulatory Partners
Work
  • Chief Strategy Officer at Global Regulatory Writing & Consulting (GLOBAL)2019-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Co-Founder and COO at Moon Mechanical Services, LLC2015-2019
  • Quality Project Manager, Advanced Drug Delivery Systems at Unilife Corporation2014-2015
  • R&D Project Manager, Medical Device Product Development at Röchling Medical2004-2014
  • Quality Compliance Lead at Pfizer1998-2004
Education
  • Penn State University
  • Fox School of Business at Temple UniversityMBA
  • Villanova University

Chloe Alpert

Co-Founder
Left
Hatcher+
Head of Product
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Head of Product at Hatcher+2022-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Chief Executive Officer at Medinas Health2017-2021
  • Product Advisor at Neutun Labs [Acquired by Doc.ai]2016-2019
  • Growth Manager at Teespring2016-2017
Education
  • Penn State University
  • UC Berkeley
  • University of the Arts LondonBA

Ryan Leung

Founder
Left
Build AI
Chief of Staff
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Chief of Staff at Build AI2025-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Founder at Celestial Hardware2022-2025
  • Intern at Syntax Data2022-2024
Education
  • Penn State UniversityBS
Left
Origin Labs
Co-Founder
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder at Origin Labs2026-2026 · until Jul 2026
  • Venture Scout at Koinz Capital2026-2026
  • Co-Founder at ProstheX2024-2026
  • GTM at Rally Tax2026-2026
  • Senator at University of South Florida Student Government2025-2026
  • co-founder at Product @ USF2025-2025
  • Robotics Research Intern at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering2025-2025
Education
  • Penn State University
  • University of South FloridaBS
  • HANS RAJ MODEL SCHOOL

Ann Shen

Founder & CEO
Left
Assembled
Channel Partner Manager
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Channel Partner Manager at Assembled2026-2026 · until Jul 2026
  • Partnership Manager for North Asia at Deel2024-2025
  • Strategy & Corporate Innovation Manager at Brinc2022-2024
  • Corporate Innovation Manager at Orbit Ventures2021-2022
  • Finance Executive Assistant & Operations Analyst at Apple2021-2021
  • Global Leadership Program Intern (Platform Services & Operations) at Trip.com Group2019-2019
  • Store Manager at Apple2013-2018
Education
  • Penn State UniversityBA
  • IESE Business SchoolMBA
  • UNC Kenan-Flagler Business SchoolMBA
Left
Life360
Product Director, Ecosystem & Partnerships
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Product Director, Ecosystem & Partnerships at Life3602026-2026 · until Jul 2026
  • Sr. Director of Product, Experiences at Inworld AI2024-2025
  • Director, GIS Team Lead - Gaming, Exercising, Modeling, and Simulation at Microsoft2020-2024
  • AI/ML Engineer + Technical Strategist at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory2019-2020
  • Associate Engineer at SpaceX2018-2018
  • Cognitive Autonomy Engineer at Penn State University2015-2017
  • Attache at Covarus, LLC2013-2015
Education
  • Penn State UniversityBS
  • Stanford UniversityMS
Left
2nd Order Solutions
Associate Principal
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Associate Principal at 2nd Order Solutions2021-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Head of Branded Card at Barclays2019-2021
  • Associate Principal at 2nd Order Solutions2017-2019
  • Business Director at Capital One2015-2017
  • Summer Associate at McKinsey & Company2014-2014
  • Various Roles at Capital One2008-2013
  • Various Roles at Century Golf2002-2007
Education
  • Penn State UniversityBS
  • Northwestern UniversityMBA
Left
LavaLab
Director of Founder's Curriculum
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Director of Founder's Curriculum at LavaLab2025-2026 · until Jul 2026
  • Industry and Sponsorships at USC Racing - Formula SAE Team2025-2026
  • Co-Founder at Satori Inference2026-2026
  • GTM at Axal2025-2026
  • Product Manager at LavaLab2025-2025
  • Co-Founder at Structure2025-2025
  • Strategic Operations at Rajdeep Industrial Products Pvt Ltd2022-2025
Education
  • Penn State UniversityBachelor's
  • USC Marshall School of BusinessBS
  • The Bishop's School, PuneISC- Commerce

Saurabh Mookerjea

Founder & CEO
Left
IBM
Director, Hardware development
Before that
Went stealthJun 2026
Work
  • Director, Hardware development at IBM2022-2024 · left Nov 2024
  • Program Manager, Customer Engineering at GlobalFoundries2017-2022
  • Principal Engineer, Process Integration at Micron Technology2013-2017
Education
  • Penn State UniversityPhD

Matthew PENDLETON

Founder & CEO
Left
Asia Horizon
Project Lead Consultant
Before that
Went stealthJun 2026
Work
  • Project Lead Consultant at Asia Horizon2019-2020 · left Mar 2020
  • Mentor at CanopyBoulder2019-2022
  • Operations Consultant at The Supreme Cannabis Company2018-2020
  • Director of Extraction and Processing at Ilera Healthcare2017-2018
  • Laboratory Director/Process Development Engineer/Alchemist at Evolab2015-2017
  • Craft Brewer at Saint Archer Brewing Company2014-2015
  • Craft Distiller at Malahat Spirits LLC2015-2015
Education
  • Penn State UniversityBS

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    "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [
      { "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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