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135 UC Berkeley alumni started a company in stealth in the last 15 weeks.

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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
  • UC BerkeleyBS
  • University of OxfordPhD
  • MIT

Shirley Xie

Co-Founder
Left
Crimson Education
Director of VIP Sales & Business Development
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Director of VIP Sales & Business Development at Crimson Education2020-2026 · left Mar 2026
  • Program Manager at SVIEF2018-2019
  • Founder at Serial Chiller Co.2017-2018
  • Relationship Manager at Bank of America2016-2016
  • Marketing Strategist at Opti2015-2015
  • Strategy Consultant Intern at Capgemini2015-2015
Education
  • UC Berkeley
  • INSEADMBA
  • Northwestern UniversityMBA

Pancham Y.

Co-Founder, CEO
Left
Glean
Product Designer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Product Designer at Glean2022-2026 · left Jan 2026
  • Product Designer at Okta2020-2022
  • Head of Design at Blockchain at Berkeley2019-2020
  • Founder at Data Science for India2017-2019
  • Design Consultant at Blockchain at Berkeley2019-2019
  • Product Design Intern at Okta2019-2019
  • Undergraduate Researcher at UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society2017-2018
Education
  • UC BerkeleyBachelor's
  • UC BerkeleyCertificate
  • Pathways World SchoolIB, IGCSE

Rotem Weinberg

Founder
Left
Falcon Labs
Director of Data
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Director of Data at Falcon Labs2025-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Data Program Manager at Final2022-2025
  • Growth Strategy Team Leader at ironSource2020-2022
  • Research Assistant at University of California, Berkeley2019-2020
  • Research Assistant at The Brookings Institution2019-2020
Education
  • UC Berkeley
  • IDC Herzliya

Simona Jude

Co-Founder
Left
American Heart Association
Council Member
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Council Member at American Heart Association2024-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Fundraising Consultant at Danny and Friends2024-2026
  • Speaker at The Johns Hopkins University2025-2025
  • Research Assistant at Duke University2023-2024
Education
  • UC BerkeleyBA

Caden Li

Founder
Left
Build AI
Human Potential
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Human Potential at Build AI2026-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • AI Intern at Notion2025-2025
  • Builder at Post College Applications2025-2025
  • Researcher at Weill Cornell Medicine2023-2025
Education
  • UC BerkeleyBA

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
  • UC BerkeleyBS
  • Windemere Ranch Middle School
  • MITMS

Ajeeth Adhikari

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Left
Ensoma
Scientist II, Antibody Engineering
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Scientist II, Antibody Engineering at Ensoma2025-2025 · left Dec 2025
  • Senior Scientist, Bioconjugation at Evercrisp Biosciences2022-2025
  • Protein Scientist at Impossible Foods2021-2022
  • Graduate Student Researcher at Scripps Research2015-2020
  • Research Scientist at Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen2014-2015
Education
  • UC BerkeleyBS
  • The Scripps Research InstitutePhD
  • Questrom School of Business, Boston UniversityMBA

Jing Regenbogen

Founder
Left
Amazon
General Manager, Seller FX Payments (Product Management - Technical)
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • General Manager, Seller FX Payments (Product Management - Technical) at Amazon2016-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Manager, Global Products & Innovation Risk at Visa2014-2016
  • Senior Research Analyst at Forward Observer Inc.2009-2013
  • Research Fellow at University of California, Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy2009-2009
Education
  • UC BerkeleyMBA
  • UC BerkeleyBA

Nilesh S.

Co-Founder
Left
NASA HUNCH Foundation
Embedded MLE
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Embedded MLE at NASA HUNCH Foundation2026-2026 · left May 2026
  • ML Engineering Intern at LHU Construction2024-2024
Education
  • UC Berkeley
  • UC Berkeley

Nicholas Brandenburg

Founder
Left
United States Air Force
Program Manager
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Program Manager at United States Air Force2023-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Software Engineer Intern at Global Key Advisors2025-2025
  • Mortgage Loan Officer at Prometheus Mortgage, L.L.C.2022-2023
  • Spring/Summer Analyst at Baco Properties2021-2021
  • Fall Intern at U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission2020-2021
  • Fall Analyst at Silver Alpine Capital2020-2020
  • Summer Analyst at Cushman & Wakefield (Rescinded due to COVID-19)2020-2020
Education
  • UC BerkeleyBA
  • Oregon State UniversityBachelor's

Sahana G S

Founder
Left
Brex
Senior Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Senior Software Engineer at Brex2025-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Growth Engineer at Revolut2024-2025
  • Software Engineer at Airbnb2024-2025
  • Senior Software Engineer at Ramp2022-2024
  • Quantitative Research Engineer at Citadel2021-2024
Education
  • UC BerkeleyMaster's
  • Columbia UniversityBA

John Dowdy

Founder & CEO
Left
Incentrum Group
Senior Advisor
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Senior Advisor at Incentrum Group2023-2024 · left Aug 2024
  • Member of the Advisory Board at Shield AI2025-2026
  • Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company1990-2023
Education
  • UC BerkeleyBS
  • Harvard Business SchoolMBA

Ayden Ye

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

Sid Masih

Co-Founder & CTO
Left
Meta
Software Engineer - Product
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer - Product at Meta2019-2023 · left Aug 2023
  • Engineering Fellow at MOBI2018-2022
  • Software Engineer at Novi Financial2021-2022
  • Advisor at UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (SCET)2019-2020
  • Co-Founder at Autocomm I/O Inc2018-2018
  • Software Engineering Intern at Meta2018-2018
  • Berkeley Deep Drive - Undergraduate Researcher at UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)2017-2018
Education
  • UC BerkeleyBachelor's
  • La Jolla Country Day SchoolDiploma

Bo Ren

Founder
Left
Silicon Valley Bank
Managing Director of Investor Coverage and Business Development
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Managing Director of Investor Coverage and Business Development at Silicon Valley Bank2021-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • US Head of Ecosystem & Assistant GM at Samsung Next2019-2021
  • Venture Studio Strategy at Newlab2019-2019
  • Head of Product at Bravely2018-2019
  • Founder, Product Consultant, Investor at The Product Fund2018-2018
  • Mentor at SAP2018-2018
  • Product Lead at Tumblr (acquired by Verizon)2016-2017
Education
  • UC Berkeley
  • UC Berkeley
  • Independently pursued education via Skillshare

Brian Tong

Founder
Left
Intel
Module Engineer Intern
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Module Engineer Intern at Intel2025-2025 · left Aug 2025
  • Engineering Program Management Intern at Apple2025-2026
  • Undergraduate Student Researcher, Razdan Group at University of California, Berkeley2024-2025
  • Member at AIChE - UC Berkeley Chapter2024-2025
  • Vice President of Peer Friendship, Phi Theta Kappa Society, Beta Nu Eta Chapter at Citrus College2023-2024
  • Completion of NASA Mission Concept Academy at NASA2023-2024
  • Student Assistant, Physical and Health Science Department at Citrus College2023-2023
Education
  • UC BerkeleyBS
  • Citrus College
  • Diocesan Boys' School

Tenisha Man

Founder
Left
Atoms
Operations
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Operations at Atoms2026-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Operations Intern at Picnic2026-2026
  • Dockmaster at University of California, Berkeley2026-2026
  • Ambassador at KASH CO2026-2026
  • Strategy Consultant at L'Oréal2026-2026
  • Operations Intern at Stanford Medicine's REACH Lab (aka Halpern-Felsher REACH Lab)2025-2025
  • Ambassador at Los Medanos College2024-2025
Education
  • UC BerkeleyBS
  • Los Medanos College

Samy Hajal

Founder
Left
Meta
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Meta2024-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Founding Engineer at Forethought2018-2024
  • Senior Software Engineer at MyVest2016-2018
  • Software Engineer Intern at Anghami2014-2014
Education
  • UC BerkeleyBachelor's
  • Collège Notre-Dame de JamhourHigh School

Adrienne McCallister

Founder
Left
Google
VP, Global Partnerships
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • VP, Global Partnerships at Google2011-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • VP, Business Development at Associated Content2009-2011
  • VP, Business Development at Clearleap2008-2009
  • VP, Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships, Business Development at AOL2003-2007
  • Associate, Business Development at Credit Suisse1999-2000
  • Corporate Finance Analyst, Mergers & Acquisitions at PaineWebber1997-1999
Education
  • UC BerkeleyMBA
  • University of VirginiaBS

Maruchi Kim

Co-Founder and CEO
Left
Google
XR Audio Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • XR Audio Software Engineer at Google2022-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • PhD Researcher, AI Wearables at University of Washington2019-2025
  • Audio Products Firmware Engineer at Apple2016-2022
  • Hardware Engineer at Automatic Labs2015-2016
  • Co-Founder and Team Lead at Two Cents (twocentsaday.com)2014-2016
  • Web Design Team Lead and Advisor at Innovative Design2012-2015
  • Medical Device Researcher at UCSF Health2014-2015
Education
  • UC BerkeleyBS
  • University of WashingtonPhD

Ojasvi Khanna

Co-Founder
Left
Microsoft
Senior Data Scientist
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Senior Data Scientist at Microsoft2022-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • DATAC100 Academic Intern at University of California, Berkeley2021-2021
  • Data Science Intern, Xbox at Microsoft2021-2021
  • Data Analyst Intern, Operations at CrowdAI2021-2021
  • Technology and Product-Design Fellow at Fung Fellowship at UC Berkeley2020-2021
  • Discovery Data Science Researcher at University of California, Berkeley2020-2020
  • Data Engineering Intern at Upped Events Inc.2020-2020
Education
  • UC BerkeleyBachelor's
  • UC BerkeleyMinor
  • The Shri Ram School

Ryan A.

Founder
Left
Global Lives Project
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Global Lives Project2024-2026 · left Apr 2026
  • Student Researcher at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business2024-2026
  • Technical Project Lead at Second Front2025-2025
  • Lead UI/UX Designer at Haas Business Student Association (HBSA)2024-2024
  • Software Engineer at Global Lives Project2024-2024
  • Product & Software Developer Extern at Snap Inc.2024-2024
  • President at KORAFF.org2018-2022
Education
  • UC BerkeleyBachelor's
  • The Overlake School
  • Northwestern University

Michael von Gablenz

Founder
Left
HSB - Hartford Steam Boiler
Head of Insure AI at HSB
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Head of Insure AI at HSB at HSB - Hartford Steam Boiler2024-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Head of Insure AI at Munich Re2006-2026
Education
  • UC BerkeleyMaster's
  • Bundeswehr University MunichPhD
  • Ludwig-Maximilians Universität MünchenMaster's

Sam Zheng

Founder
Left
The Patch
Founder’s Associate
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Founder’s Associate at The Patch2026-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Founder's Associate at Koncile2025-2026
  • Private Equity Analyst at Bpifrance2025-2025
  • Financial Auditor at EY2024-2024
  • Participant and Organizer at Audencia Club of Entrepreneurship - ACE2022-2024
  • Business Consultant at Audencia Junior Conseil2022-2024
  • Independant Reseller at Nike2017-2019
Education
  • UC Berkeley
  • UC Berkeley
  • UC Berkeley

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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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