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20 UC Irvine alumni started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Mo Bississo

Founder
Left
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA)
Director, Finance & Corporate Development
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Director, Finance & Corporate Development at Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA)2024-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Executive Board Member at Kabayan Korner Restaurants2018-2024
  • Director at Kasamar Holdings2016-2024
  • Executive Chairman at The Petshop2018-2022
  • Non Executive Board Member at Gulf Marine Services PLC2019-2020
  • Founder & Principal at Odyssey Ventures2014-2016
  • Senior Associate at Gulf Capital2008-2014
Education
  • UC IrvineBS
  • Duke UniversityMBA

Steven Yang

Founder
Left
Experian
Product Manager, AI & Data Products
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Product Manager, AI & Data Products at Experian2021-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Product Management Intern at Invictus Capital2020-2020
  • Student Researcher at Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory at UC Irvine2017-2020
  • Office of Chief Economist Intern at U.S. Department of Commerce2019-2019
Education
  • UC IrvineBA

Abinav Bokinala

Co-Founder
LeftNot listed
Before thatNone listed
Went stealthOct 2026
Education
  • UC Irvine
  • Diablo Valley College

Andrew Bulata

Founder
Left
Aletheia AI
Team Lead
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Team Lead at Aletheia AI2026-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Case Studies Division Associate at UCL Consulting Society2025-2026
  • Quantitative Researcher at Engine AI2023-2023
  • M&A Analyst at Raiffeisen Bank Romania2022-2022
  • Graduate Intern at Zentiva Romania2022-2022
  • Student Researcher, Medicinal Organometallic Chemistry at Imperial College London2021-2022
  • Career Consultant & Teaching Assistant at Liceul Teoretic International de Informatica Bucuresti2019-2022
Education
  • UC Irvine
  • University College London (UCL)MS
  • Imperial College LondonMS

Thierry Wijaya

co-founder
Left
Financeable Training
Investment Banking Fellow
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Investment Banking Fellow at Financeable Training2026-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Real Estate Private Equity Fall Intern at Project Destined2026-2026
  • Student Intern at EY2025-2025
Education
  • UC IrvineBachelor's
  • SEO (Sponsors for Educational Opportunity)

Andrew Makasini

Co-Founder
Left
Noah Medical
Senior User Interface Designer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Senior User Interface Designer at Noah Medical2024-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • UX Designer at Deloitte Digital2022-2024
  • UX Designer & Researcher at McKinsey & Company2021-2022
  • Usability Engineer at Varian2019-2021
  • Sales at AT&T2016-2019
Education
  • UC IrvineMaster's
  • San Jose State UniversityBA
  • Cañada CollegeTransfer

Praveen Ravisankar

Founder
Left
GovEagle
Founding GTM Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Founding GTM Engineer at GovEagle2026-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Chief of Staff at ClaimSorted (YC)2025-2026
  • Core Solutions Consultant (AI Champion) at ServiceNow2024-2025
  • Internal AI & Insights associate at CMB2022-2024
  • Head of Data Science at UltraVision2020-2022
  • Data Science Intern at Pandio2021-2021
  • Data Science Research Assistant at Babson College2020-2021
Education
  • UC IrvineBachelor's

Jiri Gesi

Co-Founder
Left
Amazon
Applied Scientist
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Voltspan
Work
  • Applied Scientist at Amazon2023-2026 · left Feb 2026
  • Graduate Research Assistant at UC Irvine Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences2019-2023
  • Applied Scientist Intern at Amazon2022-2022
  • Graduate Student Research Scientist at eBay2020-2020
  • Machine Learning Engineer at Ford Motor Company2017-2019
Education
  • UC IrvinePhD
  • University of MichiganMaster's
  • Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityBachelor's

Nick Z

Founder
Left
Vellum
Technical Content Lead
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Howdy.com
Work
  • Technical Content Lead at Vellum2025-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Content Marketer at Retell2025-2025
  • Content Coordinator at Microsoft2023-2025
Education
  • UC IrvineBA
  • El Camino College

Alec C.

Founder
Left
Coinbase
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Coinbase2022-2026 · left Feb 2026
  • Investment Analyst at Volt Capital2022-2022
  • Software Engineer Intern at Coinbase2021-2021
  • Software Engineer Intern at Visa2020-2020
  • Curator at Grailed2017-2020
  • Professional Player at Team Liquid2016-2017
  • Professional Player at Cloud9 Esports, Inc.2016-2016
Education
  • UC IrvineBS
  • Diablo Valley College

Haotian Cai

Co-Founder
Left
Bazaar Ventures
Private Equity Analyst
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Private Equity Analyst at Bazaar Ventures2024-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Consultant at Deloitte2022-2023
  • Analyst Internship at Citi2021-2021
  • Investment Banking Summer Intern at BOCI2020-2020
Education
  • UC IrvineBachelor's
  • University of PennsylvaniaMaster's

Henry Sue

Co-Founder
Left
Experian Consumer Services
Senior Data Scientist
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Senior Data Scientist at Experian Consumer Services2022-2025 · left May 2025
  • Business Intelligence Engineer at Amazon2021-2022
  • Data Analyst at Experian Consumer Services2020-2021
  • Undergraduate Researcher at UC Irvine Department of Earth System Science2017-2018
Education
  • UC IrvineBS
  • UCLAMBA
  • University of California, RiversideMS

Yair Nativ

Co-Founder
Left
Hour25.AI
Co-founder and CEO
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Co-founder and CEO at Hour25.AI2022-2023 · left Oct 2023
  • Entrepreneur In Residence at Corundum Neuroscience2020-2022
  • Fellow at What If Ventures2021-2021
  • Editor at Calcalist כלכליסט2013-2015
  • Writer at major Israeli newspapers and web sites (Mako, Yedioth, Maariv) at Keshet Media Group2010-2013
  • Project Manager (Student Position) at Maariv2008-2013
  • Project Coordinator (Student Position) at Wikirefua2011-2012
Education
  • UC Irvine
  • Brandeis University
  • Tapas MBAMBA

Gary Ng

Co-founder, COO & CCO
Left
XtalPi Inc.
Vice President, Business Development and Global Marketing
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Strata Biolab Inc.
Work
  • Vice President, Business Development and Global Marketing at XtalPi Inc.2023-2025 · left Feb 2025
  • Senior Director of Product Marketing at Alloy Therapeutics, Inc.2022-2023
  • Director of Marketing at Twist Bioscience2020-2022
  • Associate Director of Marketing at Biocytogen2019-2020
  • Strategic Account Manager at Unchained Labs2017-2019
  • MBA Finance Program at WuXi AppTec2017-2017
  • Staff Scientist at Unchained Labs2013-2016
Education
  • UC IrvinePhD
  • The Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyBS
  • China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)MBA

Sagi Danan

Founder, CEO
Left
Symbiosis
Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at Symbiosis2025-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at BEYEONICSTM Vision2023-2024
  • VC Advisor at International Venture Capital Firm2022-2023
  • Chief Executive Officer & Board Director at HIL Medical2011-2022
  • Founder, CEO & Chairman at Perfuzia Medical, Inc.2009-2013
  • Vice President, Special Projects at SRS Medical2010-2012
  • Manager at Mazor Robotics2004-2009
Education
  • UC Irvine
  • Harvard University
  • Babson CollegeMBA

Devy Han

Founder
Left
PitchTok
Founder
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Founder at PitchTok2026-2026 · left Mar 2026
  • Analyst at Venture Capital Society @ UCI2025-2025
Education
  • UC Irvine

Amey Mishra

Founder
Left
Rice University Summer Internship Program
Research Intern
Before thatNone listed
Went stealthJun 2026
Work
  • Research Intern at Rice University Summer Internship Program2026-2026 · until Aug 2026
Education
  • UC Irvine
  • Harmony School of Advancement-Houston
  • The University of Texas at AustinDual Credit

Jingjia Han

Founder & CEO
Left
R-cubed BioMed LLC
Owner
Before that
Went stealthJan 2026
Work
  • Owner at R-cubed BioMed LLC2024-2026 · until Jan 2026
  • Principal Engineer at Edwards Lifesciences2017-2024
  • Postdoctoral Researcher at Emory University School of Medicine2013-2016
  • Postdoctoral Researcher at Georgia Institute of Technology2013-2016
  • Postdoctoral Researcher at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta2013-2016
Education
  • UC IrvineMBA
  • Drexel University School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health SystemsPhD
  • Sichuan UniversityBS

Bayan Towfiq

Founder & CEO
Left
Subspace 2.0 - Live!
Chief Executive Officer
Before that
Went stealthNov 2025
Work
  • Chief Executive Officer at Subspace 2.0 - Live!2018-2025 · left Oct 2025
  • Founder & Chairman at Flowroute, A BCM One Company2012-2018
  • Board Member at Somos, Inc.2014-2015
  • Founder at Flowroute LLC2007-2012
  • Chief Architect at USPhone2005-2007
  • SIP Architect at Telepacket Inc.2005-2005
  • Research Intern at UCI School of Physical Sciences2004-2005
Education
  • UC IrvineBS
  • UC IrvineBS

Wesley Wu

Co-Founder
Left
Dropbox
Senior Product Marketing Manager / Product Marketing Manager
Before that
Went stealthAug 2025
Work
  • Senior Product Marketing Manager / Product Marketing Manager at Dropbox2018-2024 · left Oct 2024
  • Product Marketing Manager at Google2015-2018
  • Supervisor / Media Planner at AKQA2011-2015
  • Assistant Media Planner at UM Worldwide2010-2011
  • Intern at Wieden + Kennedy2008-2008
Education
  • UC IrvineBA

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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.