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UC Davis alumni who just went stealth

16 UC Davis alumni started a company in stealth in the last 15 weeks.

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Vincent Wang

Founder
Left
Hill Research
Chief Innovation Officer and Co-founder
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Chief Innovation Officer and Co-founder at Hill Research2026-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Visiting Faculty Researcher at Google2026-2026
  • Research Affiliate at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)2024-2026
  • Postdoctoral Associate at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard2025-2025
  • Team Founder at MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund Program2025-2025
  • Postdoctoral Scholar at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)2024-2025
  • PhD in Biomedical Engineering at University of California, Davis - School of Engineering2020-2024
Education
  • UC DavisPhD

Mark Freeman II

Founder
Left
Gable
Staff AI Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Staff AI Engineer at Gable2023-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Senior Data Engineer at Humu, a Perceptyx Company2020-2022
  • Founder, Chief Data Officer at IndexoRx2020-2021
  • Member / Evaluation & Analytics Committee Chair at Bay Area Community Health Advisory Council (BACHAC)2018-2021
  • Data Scientist (Data Quality) at Verana Health2019-2020
  • Data Analyst at Stanford University School of Medicine2019-2020
  • Operations Associate at Collective Health2018-2019
Education
  • UC DavisBA
  • Stanford UniversityMS
  • Stanford University

Alexander Olson

Co-Founder
Left
Natera
Staff Bioinformatician
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Staff Bioinformatician at Natera2025-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Associate Director Scientific Computing at ELEGEN2024-2025
  • Lead Bioinformatics Engineer at Asimov2023-2024
  • Software Engineering Manager at Berkeley Lights2019-2023
  • Senior Bioinformatic Scientist at AccuScan Sciences2019-2019
  • Senior Bioinformatics Scientist at Natera2015-2019
  • Lab Assistant IV at University of California, Davis2011-2015
Education
  • UC DavisBachelor's

Azan Patel

Startup Founder
Left
NEXT Diagnostics, Inc.
Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Engineer at NEXT Diagnostics, Inc.2024-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Manufacturing Design Engineer - Optimus at Tesla2026-2026
  • Clinical Researcher - Quarter at Aggie Square at UC Davis Health2025-2025
  • Neural Researcher @ Z-Lab at University of California, Davis2025-2025
  • I-Corp at National Science Foundation (NSF)2025-2025
  • Accelerator Champion [S25] at Plasma at UC Davis2025-2025
  • NASA Accelerator at NASA2024-2025
Education
  • UC DavisBS
  • Georgia TechBachelor's
  • College of Marin

Mukul Jain

Founder
Left
WingRep
GTM Revenue Strategy
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • GTM Revenue Strategy at WingRep2025-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Head of Sales (Advisory) at 360 World, Inc2024-2026
  • SVP of Sales at Unlimit2024-2026
  • Advisor: Revenue Strategy at Spiky.AI2025-2025
  • Strategic Accounts Director at Persado2022-2024
  • Head of Strategic ISV Revenue Strategy Partnerships at Paystand2019-2022
  • Enterprise AE at Druva2018-2019
Education
  • UC DavisBachelor's
  • California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoMaster's

Eric Liao

Founder & CEO
Left
Vouch Insurance
Senior AI Advisor
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Senior AI Advisor at Vouch Insurance2024-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Enterprise Account Director at Snappr2022-2024
  • Mentor at Newchip Accelerator2020-2023
  • Co-Founder & CEO at Drank2019-2022
  • Account Director, Strategic at Mixpanel2019-2019
  • Enterprise Account Executive at Onfido2018-2019
  • Strategic Sales Manager at Acuant Compliance2016-2018
Education
  • UC DavisBA
  • Stanford UniversityIgnite

Sohail Shafii

Co-Founder
Left
Oculus VR
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Oculus VR2017-2026 · left Mar 2026
  • Software Engineer at AltspaceVR2014-2017
  • Lead Developer, Co-founder at Fearless Little Toaster2011-2015
  • Graduate Student Researcher at University of California, Davis2007-2013
  • Graduate Student Researcher (Summer months only) at Los Alamos National Laboratory2009-2012
  • Software Engineering Intern at Retrevo2008-2008
Education
  • UC DavisPhD
  • UC DavisBachelor's

Yin Tseng

Co-Founder
Left
BioAge Labs
Director of Business Operations
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Director of Business Operations at BioAge Labs2021-2023 · left Nov 2023
  • Advisor at Perikinetics Inc2019-2026
  • Director of Administration and Business Operations at Theranova, LLC2017-2020
  • Business Administration and Operations Consultant at Greenough Consulting Group (Aquired by Apex Group)2013-2018
  • Volunteer - Adoption and Fundraising events at Muttville Senior Dog Rescue2011-2015
  • Office Manager and EA to President at Greenough Consulting Group (Aquired by Apex Group)2010-2013
  • Executive Assistant to CEO at Gemini Mobile Technologies2007-2010
Education
  • UC DavisMBA
  • UC Berkeley
  • Stanford University

Cody Hergenroeder

Founder
Left
Ideaflow Inc.
Head of Product
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Head of Product at Ideaflow Inc.2022-2026 · left May 2026
  • Associate at Techstars2023-2023
  • Data Engineer Intern at Big Local News2021-2021
  • Sales Development Representative Intern at ClearMetal, a project44 Company2020-2020
  • Reunion Homecoming Team Leader at Stanford Alumni Association2019-2019
  • Technical Growth-Hacking Intern at Worksana2018-2018
Education
  • UC Davis
  • Stanford UniversityBachelor's
  • Roote

Ryan Yang

Co-Founder
Left
The AES Corporation
Various roles
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Various roles at The AES Corporation2023-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Founder at Ryan Yang Energy Consulting2025-2026
  • Machine Learning Engineer at UC Davis Facilities Management2019-2021
Education
  • UC DavisBachelor's
  • Washington University in St. LouisMS
  • University of Washington

Andrea Leung

Founder / Principal
Left
Sequoia
Director, Onboarding Success
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Director, Onboarding Success at Sequoia2015-2026 · left Apr 2026
  • Project & Proposal Manager, Business Development at MedAmerica2008-2015
Education
  • UC DavisBS
  • California State University-HaywardMS

Stephanie Soderberg

Co-Founder
Left
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Senior Manager, AI and Software Product Strategy, Products and Technology Sector
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Senior Manager, AI and Software Product Strategy, Products and Technology Sector at Thermo Fisher Scientific2020-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Senior Research Scientist, Immunobiology Group at Sutro Biopharma, Inc.2017-2020
  • Autism Behavior Specialist at Center for Social Dynamics2017-2017
  • Research Scientist, Immunology at Emory University2015-2017
  • Lab Manager, Clinical Coordinator, Research Scientist at University of California, Davis2014-2015
  • Server at Mikuni Restaurant Group, Inc.2011-2014
  • Scientific Researcher at University of California, Davis2010-2014
Education
  • UC DavisMBA
  • UC DavisBachelor's

Trevor Porter

Founder
Left
Abacus Works
Head of Engineering
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Head of Engineering at Abacus Works2022-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Co-Founder at Nodito Labs2020-2022
  • Senior Software Engineer at cLabs (now part of Celo Core Co.)2019-2022
  • Lead Developer at Kresko Labs2021-2021
  • Software Engineer Intern - Core Services at GoDaddy2016-2018
  • Software Engineer Intern at DCR Design2015-2015
Education
  • UC DavisBachelor's

Andrew McAllister

Founder and CEO
Left
Vehlo
Senior Principal Product Manager
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Senior Principal Product Manager at Vehlo2026-2026 · until Jul 2026
  • Senior Product Manager at Tire Guru2024-2026
  • Principal Product Manager at Shop-Ware2024-2026
  • Principal Product Manager at Vehlo2024-2026
  • Senior Product Manager at Shop-Ware2022-2024
  • Senior Technical Product Manager - UI at Ridgeline2020-2022
  • Mobile Product Manager at Workday2014-2020
Education
  • UC DavisBS

Erik Holden

Founder
Left
Supercell
Tech Art
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Tech Art at Supercell2023-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Principal Technical Art Director at Electronic Arts (EA)1993-2023
Education
  • UC Davis

Pablo Gonzalez

Founder, CPTO
Left
Powin
EVP, CPTO
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • EVP, CPTO at Powin2021-2025 · left Jun 2025
  • SVP Engineering at Astra2019-2022
  • Vice President of Engineering at Apple2017-2019
  • Dir/VP Engineering, and MES Systems at Tesla2013-2017
Education
  • UC DavisPhD
  • UC DavisMS
  • University of California, Santa CruzBS

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  -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_KEY" \
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  -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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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.