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Shanghai Jiao Tong University alumni who just went stealth

12 Shanghai Jiao Tong University alumni started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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OiiOii AI
Co-founder
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Co-founder at OiiOii AI2026-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Head of Creator Operations, TikTok Shop U.S. at TikTok2022-2026
  • Head of Strategy & Operations at ByteDance2021-2022
  • Associate Director at DiDi2018-2021
  • Consultant at Roland Berger2016-2018
  • Part Time Assistant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)2014-2014
Education
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityBachelor's

Kevin Xue

Founder
Left
Petra Security
Founding Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Founding Software Engineer at Petra Security2026-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Software Engineer at Citadel2026-2026
  • Software Engineer Intern at TikTok2025-2025
  • Software Engineer Intern at Tencent2024-2024
  • Software Engineer Intern at Alibaba Group2023-2023
  • Software Engineer Intern at Huawei2022-2022
Education
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityBachelor's
  • Duke UniversityMEng
  • The University of Hong Kong

Hao Tan

Co-Founder
Left
Adobe
Research Scientist
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Research Scientist at Adobe2021-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Research Intern at Bloomberg2020-2020
  • Research Intern at Google2019-2019
  • Research Intern at Adobe2018-2018
  • Research Intern at Microsoft2015-2016
Education
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityBachelor's
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel HillPhD
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Grasp
Investor
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Investor at Grasp2025-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Board Member at CYB3R OPERATIONS2025-2026
  • Board Member at Altura2025-2026
  • Investor at ThreatMark2024-2026
  • Investor at Cambri2024-2026
  • Board Member at Definely2024-2026
  • Board Member at VaultSpeed2023-2026
Education
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • London Business SchoolMBA
  • The University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessMBA

Ayden Ye

Co-Founder
Left
SIERRA Ventures
Principal
Before thatNone listed
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Principal at SIERRA Ventures2012-2016 · left Jun 2016
Education
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityBS
  • UC BerkeleyMEng

Sheng Z.

Founder
Left
Amazon
Senior Manager & Principal Scientist
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Senior Manager & Principal Scientist at Amazon2023-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Vice President and PMC Chair at Apache MXNet2017-2023
  • Senior Applied Scientist at Amazon2018-2023
  • Steering Committee at ONNX2020-2021
  • Machine Learning Scientist II at Amazon2013-2018
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant at University of Maryland2011-2013
  • SDE Intern at Amazon2012-2012
Education
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityBS
  • University of Maryland College ParkMaster's

Nick Cheng

Co-Founder
Left
ByteDance
Machine Learning Engineer, TL
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Machine Learning Engineer, TL at ByteDance2023-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Founder and CEO at AInsurMe2023-2023
  • Lead Applied Scientist, Salesforce Research at Salesforce2021-2023
  • Applied Scientist, Science Lead at Amazon2020-2021
  • Senior Data and Applied Scientist, Tech Lead at Microsoft2017-2020
  • Research and Teaching Assistant at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign2011-2016
  • Rsearch SDE Intern at Microsoft2015-2016
Education
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityBS
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignPhD
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignMS

Xiao Yu

Co-Founder
Left
Cursor
Research Scientist
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Research Scientist at Cursor2026-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Research Scientist (Head of Engineering), LLM System at ByteDance2024-2026
  • Tech lead Manager, Core ML Runtime at Google2014-2024
  • Software Developer Internship at Microsoft2013-2014
Education
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityBE
  • UCLA

Yiqian Min

Co-Founder
Left
Meta
ASIC Engineer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • ASIC Engineer at Meta2019-2026 · until Jul 2026
  • Design Verification Engineer at Innovium Inc.2017-2018
  • Design Verification Engineer at Apple2012-2016
  • Intern at AMD2011-2011
  • Intern at Cavium Inc2011-2011
Education
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityBSECE
  • University of MichiganMS
  • University of MichiganBSE

Da Fang

Co-Founder / CTO
Left
Dyna Robotics
Member of Technical Staff
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Shepherd Robotics
Work
  • Member of Technical Staff at Dyna Robotics2025-2026 · left May 2026
  • Staff Applied Scientist at Cruise2019-2025
  • Investor & Advisor (Founding Team) at Saga2025-2025
  • Research Assistant at University of Michigan2017-2018
  • Software Engineer Intern at Uber2018-2018
  • Graduate Student Instructor at University of Michigan2016-2018
  • Software Engineer Intern at Intel2016-2016
Education
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityBachelor's
  • University of MichiganMaster's
  • University of MichiganBachelor's

Yankai Mao

Founder & AI Engineer
Left
NetEase Games
Game Engine Developer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Game Engine Developer at NetEase Games2022-2024 · left Sep 2024
  • Teaching Assistant at Booming Tech2022-2023
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant at Dartmouth College2021-2022
  • Teaching Assistant at GAMES CN2021-2022
  • Software Engineer Intern, Graphics at Tencent2021-2021
Education
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityBS
  • Columbia EngineeringMS

Jiachen Liu

Co-Founder
Left
Meta
Research Scientist
Before that
Went stealthMay 2026
Work
  • Research Scientist at Meta2024-2026 · left Apr 2026
  • Research Assistant at University of Michigan2020-2025
  • Part-time Research Scientist at Meta2024-2024
  • PhD Intern at Apple2022-2022
  • Teaching Assistant at University of Michigan2019-2020
  • Research Intern at Massachusetts Institute of Technology2019-2020
Education
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityBS
  • University of MichiganBS
  • TecnunExchange

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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.