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18 UC Santa Barbara alumni started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Sasha Levy

Co-Founder and CSO
Left
Synteny
Head of Experimental Platform Innovation
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Head of Experimental Platform Innovation at Synteny2026-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Chief Scientific Officer at BacStitch DNA2021-2026
  • Group Leader at Joint Institute for Metrology in Biology, Stanford University, NIST, SLAC2017-2023
  • Marsha Laufer Endowed Assistant Professor at Stony Brook University2013-2017
Education
  • UC Santa BarbaraPhD
  • Stanford UniversityPostdoc
  • NYUPostdoc

Yiyang Lu

Co-Founder
Left
pdm solutions
Strategic Consultant
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Strategic Consultant at pdm solutions2024-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • EiR at Kyto GmbH2023-2024
  • Line Cook at the Ranch House2019-2019
Education
  • UC Santa BarbaraBachelor's
  • London School of Economics (LSE)MS
  • ESCP Business SchoolBachelor's

Thibaud Rémy

Associate Founder
Left
Texas Instruments
EMEA Pricing Account
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • EMEA Pricing Account at Texas Instruments2024-2025 · left Feb 2025
  • Purchasing, Pricing & Account Manager at Kikikickz2020-2023
  • Administrative Assistant at ENGIE2020-2020
  • Agent at ISS A/S2020-2020
  • Co-Founder / Admin at French Headquarter / The Next Gene2016-2020
  • Education Department at EDF2019-2019
Education
  • UC Santa Barbara
  • EDHEC Business SchoolBachelor's
  • Yonsei UniversityBachelor's

Constanza Diaz

Founder
Left
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
  • UC Santa Barbara
  • London Business SchoolMBA
  • The University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessMBA

Sawyer Rhodes

Founder
Left
MTN Origins
Project Manager Scrum Master / Strategic Partnerships
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Project Manager Scrum Master / Strategic Partnerships at MTN Origins2025-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Professional Water Polo Player at VK Novi Beograd2026-2026
  • Associate, Development & Finance at Cold Summit2023-2025
  • Athlete at New York Athletic Club2021-2025
  • Portfolio Accountant at Cold Summit2022-2023
  • Intern- Associate Retail Broker at JLL2021-2021
  • Assistant Analyst at Red tail acquisition2020-2020
Education
  • UC Santa BarbaraMTech
  • University of Southern California

Isaac R.

Co-Founder
Left
Thestickershp
Co-Owner
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Co-Owner at Thestickershp2024-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Graduate Student Researcher - Buckwalter Group at UC Santa Barbara College of Engineering2023-2024
  • Teaching Assistant at UC Santa Barbara2024-2024
  • Process Engineer at PseudolithIC2022-2023
Education
  • UC Santa BarbaraMTech
  • UC Santa BarbaraMS
  • UC Santa BarbaraBS

Marcus Hauer

Founder
Left
Babbel
Director of Product Design
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Director of Product Design at Babbel2021-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Product Design Mentor at Tech4Germany2020-2022
  • Founder at Plain2018-2022
  • Startup Mentor at Fraunhofer Venture2020-2021
  • Design Director at Hauer Enterprises2015-2021
  • Owner at The Future2016-2020
  • Innovation Consulting at Reinventing2014-2018
Education
  • UC Santa BarbaraResearcher
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien KölnDiploma

Chen Bai

Co-founder, Fintech idea
Left
Picus Capital
VP of Pre-seed
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • VP of Pre-seed at Picus Capital2022-2023 · left Dec 2023
  • Corporate VC, Fintech Investment at JD.COM2016-2022
  • Investment Analyst at IDG Capital2015-2016
Education
  • UC Santa Barbara
  • Cornell UniversityMBA
  • Tsinghua UniversityMaster's

Amit Bhosle

Co-Founder
Left
Productiv
Senior Engineering Leader / Developer / Architect
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Senior Engineering Leader / Developer / Architect at Productiv2018-2024 · left Aug 2024
  • Co-founder at Mobius Technologies LLC2017-2018
  • Tech Lead / Software Development Manager 2 at eBay2013-2017
  • Senior Software Development Engineer at Amazon2004-2013
  • Member, Algorithms Research Group at YASU Technologies2003-2004
Education
  • UC Santa BarbaraPhD
  • IIT KharagpurB. Tech.
  • UC Santa BarbaraMS

Keqian Li

Co-Founder
Left
Meta
Research Lead
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Research Lead at Meta2022-2025 · left Nov 2025
  • Private Investor at Anonymous2019-2025
  • Researcher at Yahoo Research Labs, affiliated with Verizon2019-2022
  • PHD Graduate Student at UC Santa Barbara2016-2019
  • Software Engineer Intern at Meta2015-2015
  • Internet Researcher at Microsoft2015-2015
  • Software Engineer Intern at Google2014-2014
Education
  • UC Santa BarbaraPhD
  • Tsinghua UniversityBS
  • 清华大学经济管理学院 Tsinghua University School of Economics and ManagementBA

Sean Kim

Founder
Left
Swift Spirit
Founder & Partner
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Founder & Partner at Swift Spirit2022-2024 · left Dec 2024
  • Account Executive at FMT Yacht Transport2022-2024
  • Co-Founder/COO at Oprima inc.2019-2023
  • Logistics Specialist at Amazon2016-2017
Education
  • UC Santa Barbara

Jerome Santos

Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer
Left
Alida Biosciences
Scientific Solutions Manager, Head of Marketing
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Beverages & Breakthroughs
Work
  • Scientific Solutions Manager, Head of Marketing at Alida Biosciences2021-2026 · left May 2026
  • Associate Scientist at Encodia2018-2021
Education
  • UC Santa Barbara
  • UC Santa BarbaraMS
  • UC Santa BarbaraBS

Thomas Umberg

Co-Founder
Left
Globality
Vice President, Global Head of Legal
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Vice President, Global Head of Legal at Globality2019-2024 · left Nov 2024
  • Corporate Associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP2015-2020
  • Associate Attorney at Sheppard2013-2013
  • Co-Founder at Milkman entertainment2008-2012
  • Accountant at Parsons group2009-2010
Education
  • UC Santa BarbaraBS
  • UC BerkeleyJD
  • UC BerkeleyJD

Laor Glukhovsky

Co-Founder and CEO
Left
EY
Senior Consultant, Transfer Pricing
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Senior Consultant, Transfer Pricing at EY2022-2025 · left Mar 2025
  • Teaching Assistant, MBA Practicum at Reichman University2026-2026
  • Business Development/Product Management at Melcap Systems2019-2021
  • Business Development/Finance Management at Q-Leap Lasers2018-2019
  • Business Development and Sales Summer Intern at Aesthetic Medical Devices, LLC.2014-2014
  • Operations Summer Intern at DL Music2012-2012
Education
  • UC Santa BarbaraBA
  • Reichman University (IDC Herzliya)MBA
  • UC Santa BarbaraMinor

Jeff Kandel

Co-Founder
Left
Gen
Lead Product Manager
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Lead Product Manager at Gen2025-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Lead Product Director (Acquired by Gen) at GOBankingRates2024-2025
  • VP of Websites & Growth at Swyft Filings2022-2024
  • VP of SEO at Insurify2017-2022
  • Group Product Manager, SEO (Acquired by Amazon) at Graphiq Inc.2012-2017
  • Vibrations T.A. at UC Santa Barbara2012-2012
  • Design Engineering Intern at Cases Made in the USA by GizzMoVest llc2011-2011
Education
  • UC Santa BarbaraBS

Sebastian Untaru

Founder
Left
amberra
Venture Capital
Before that
Went stealthJun 2026
Work
  • Venture Capital at amberra2025-2026 · left Mar 2026
  • Bachelor Thesis at Sauber Group2025-2025
  • Value Stream, Aerodynamics at Audi Revolut F1 Team2025-2025
  • Business Development at SYZYGY AG2023-2024
Education
  • UC Santa BarbaraBS
  • BSP Business & Law SchoolBS
  • Technische Universität HamburgBS

Matt Shaffer

Founder
Left
RIOS Intelligent Machines
AI Research Scientist Fellow & Co-founder
Before that
Went stealthApr 2026
Work
  • AI Research Scientist Fellow & Co-founder at RIOS Intelligent Machines2018-2026 · until Apr 2026
  • Director of Artificial Intelligence at Vair2018-2018
  • Deep Learning/AI Engineer Intern at Dishcraft2018-2018
  • US Project Lead at Meshrocket, Inc.2015-2018
  • Founder, Developer at DiscoverNext2015-2016
  • Founder, Developer at Qlabs.ai2015-2016
  • Founder at GearUni2013-2015
Education
  • UC Santa BarbaraBA
  • UC BerkeleyMaster's

Rachel Owens

Founder
Left
Athena Alliance
Member
Before that
Went stealthJan 2026
Work
  • Member at Athena Alliance2023-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Product Leader, Commercial Tech & Innovation Office at PwC2025-2026
  • Product & Operations Advisor at Tough Leaf2025-2025
  • SVP Product & Technology at Altice USA2021-2024
  • VP Product Management & GM at PwC2017-2021
  • Head of Product Management at TVSquared by Innovid2016-2017
  • VP of Product Management & Professional Services at PointRF LTD2012-2016
Education
  • UC Santa BarbaraBachelor's
  • NYUMS
  • Betsy Magnus Leadership Institute

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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.