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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni who just went stealth

26 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Pei Zheng

Founder
Left
Global Key Advisors
Data Analyst
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Data Analyst at Global Key Advisors2026-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • AI Product Research Analyst at AceMode2026-2026
  • Strategy Analyst Intern at Eth Tech2025-2025
  • Product Analyst at Pacific Sequoia Inc.2024-2025
  • Program Manager at Project Next Foundation2023-2024
  • Administrative Assistant at University of Washington2022-2023
  • Student Board at Foundation for International Understanding Through Students (FIUTS)2022-2023
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • UC BerkeleyMaster's
  • University of WashingtonBA

Philip Lesniak

Founder
Left
Keeper
Senior Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Senior Software Engineer at Keeper2023-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Software Engineer II at HERE Technologies2021-2023
  • Researcher at Illinois Relativity Group2020-2021
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Spurti A.

Co-Founder
Left
1M1B (1 Million for 1 Billion)
1M1B UN SDG Advocate, NPO Founder
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • 1M1B UN SDG Advocate, NPO Founder at 1M1B (1 Million for 1 Billion)2023-2025 · left Dec 2025
  • UC Berkeley SCET Immersion Student at UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (SCET)2024-2024
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBS
  • The International School Bangalore

Dhruv C.

Founder
Left
Taste Labs
Generalist, Growth
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Generalist, Growth at Taste Labs2026-2026 · left Jan 2026
  • Chief of Staff at Onyx AI2025-2026
  • Founding Operations at Saturn2025-2025
  • Operations at Coinbase2023-2025
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBachelor's

Raj Krishnan

Founder
Left
Scale AI
Forward Deployed Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Forward Deployed Engineer at Scale AI2026-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Tech Lead Manager at Palantir Technologies2018-2025
  • Head, Department Academic Mentorship Programme at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay2017-2018
  • Software Development Intern at Morgan Stanley2017-2017
  • Internship Coordinator at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay2016-2017
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMaster's
  • IIT BombayBTech

Henry Munez

Founder
Left
BMO U.S.
Vice Chair
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Vice Chair at BMO U.S.2008-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Senior Vice President, Division Head, National Institutional Real Estate Group in Capital Markets at Bank of America1995-2008
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBA
  • Northwestern UniversityMBA
  • Northwestern UniversityMBA

Maxime Flory

Co-Founder
Left
Boiron
IT Department Intern
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • IT Department Intern at Boiron2026-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Teaching Assistant at EPFL2025-2025
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBE
  • ETH ZürichMS
  • EPFLBE

Axel Pilicer

Founder & CEO
Left
Singularr
MedTech Executive Partner
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • MedTech Executive Partner at Singularr2025-2026 · left Apr 2026
  • Fractional Market Access & Medical Affairs Director at Ensweet - telerehabilitation solutions2025-2026
  • VP of Immunology / Business Unit Director (GutyCare Subsidiary) at Resilience Care2023-2025
  • Founder, CEO (sold to Resilience) at Resilience Care - Gastroenterology2019-2025
  • Accelerated startup (Y23) at 50 Partners2022-2023
  • Cybersecurity Consultant at SYNETIS2017-2018
  • Life-Sciences Software Developer at Locasoft2015-2017
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Stanford University
  • Data Science and AI Engineering SpecialistMaster's

Adel Ahmadyan

Founder
Left
Meta
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Meta2023-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Software Engineer at Google2019-2023
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignPhD
  • Sharif University of TechnologyMS

Gregory Harper

Founder
Left
ReliaQuest
Greymatter Specialist
Before thatNone listed
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Greymatter Specialist at ReliaQuest2022-2026 · until Sep 2026
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBS

Conner Hawkins

Co-Founder
Left
New Horizons Home Services
Founder and Executive
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Founder and Executive at New Horizons Home Services2024-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Product Management Intern at Scalar Field (YC P25)2026-2026
  • Senior Consultant at Illinois Business Consulting2025-2026
  • Research Assistant at Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign2026-2026
  • Business Operations Intern at Hemut2025-2026
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBachelor's

Sam Zajczenko

Founder & Disruptor
Left
Progress Rail, A Caterpillar Company
Design and Project Manager
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Design and Project Manager at Progress Rail, A Caterpillar Company2026-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Member at Theta Tau - Kappa Chapter2023-2026
  • Team Member at Ghost Electric Motorcycles2025-2026
  • Mechanical Engineering Intern at American Honda Motor Company, Inc.2025-2025
  • DFM Engineer at Sony Honda Mobility2025-2025
  • Mechanical Engineering Student at L'SPACE Program2025-2025
  • Engineering Intern at Yaskawa America, Inc. - Drives & Motion Division2025-2025
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBE
  • City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College
  • Northwestern University

Advay Gupta

Founder
Left
Illinois Business Consulting
Consultant
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Consultant at Illinois Business Consulting2023-2024 · left Jan 2024
  • Software Engineer at PlayTogether2023-2023
  • Quantitative Trading at Jane Street2021-2022
  • HR Manager at Évoluer Consulting2021-2021
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBS

Naina Kumar

Founder
Left
Trilobio
Software Engineer Intern
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer Intern at Trilobio2026-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Intern at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics2024-2025
  • Machine Learning Intern at ni2o2025-2025
  • Machine Learning Intern at BenchSci2024-2024
  • Activator at The Knowledge Society (TKS)2023-2024
  • Speaker at AGENTIC AI2023-2023
  • AI / ML Intern at Wellnest Tech2023-2023
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBachelor's

Fabian Lundquist

Co-Founder
Left
D2I Financial Services (former DIrect2Internet)
Software Developer
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Software Developer at D2I Financial Services (former DIrect2Internet)2025-2026 · left Jan 2026
  • Equity Sales at Nordic Growth Market2025-2025
  • Alpine Coach at Saltsjöbadens Ski Club2020-2025
  • Skeppare at Nybroviken RIBevent & Sjötaxi2021-2024
  • Mechanical Chief at Royal Swedish Yacht Club, KSSS2020-2021
  • Senior Loan Officer at ENKLARE EKONOMI SVERIGE AB2020-2020
  • Instruktör at Royal Swedish Yacht Club, KSSS2015-2020
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Kungliga Tekniska högskolanMS
  • Stockholms universitet

David Yunghans

Co-Founder
Left
Cache
Founder
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Founder at Cache2025-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Co-Founder at General Intent2026-2026
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBA

Rito Chatterjee

Co-Founder
Left
LiQuid Dreams
Art Direction and Marketing
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Art Direction and Marketing at LiQuid Dreams2024-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Environmental Sustainability Team Lead at Design For America at UIUC2024-2026
  • Head Coach at Overtime Athletics2025-2025
  • Sales Floor Team Member at Target2021-2023
  • Basketball Referee at Folsom Youth Basketball Association2021-2022
  • Artist at Aquarium of the Bay2019-2020
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBachelor's

Samvar Shah

Founder, Stealth Startup
Left
Online Math Club
Theoretical Computer Science, Algorithms and Graph Theory Lecturer in India's IMO Training Program
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Theoretical Computer Science, Algorithms and Graph Theory Lecturer in India's IMO Training Program at Online Math Club2024-2025 · left Apr 2025
  • PACT Teaching Assistant at PACT2022-2024
  • Event Technical Head for Scientifica (Nexus) at National Public School2024-2024
  • PACT Summer Program Student at PACT2022-2023
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBS
  • Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists (PROMYS)
  • University of Pennsylvania

Bartu Koksal

Co-Founder
Left
Collate
Co-Founder
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder at Collate2025-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Research Intern at Regev Lab, New York University2026-2026
  • Canopy at Founders, Inc.2026-2026
  • Research Engineer at Carle Illinois College of Medicine2025-2026
  • Research Assistant at Laboratory for Parallel Numerical Algorithms2024-2024
  • Data Scientist at Riskoptima Wealth Tech2020-2023
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBS
  • Columbia UniversityMS
  • Robert College

Arsal Siddiqui

Co-Founder and CEO
Left
Dolphin Advanced Technology Services
AI Program Analyst
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • AI Program Analyst at Dolphin Advanced Technology Services2025-2026 · left Feb 2026
  • Project Manager at Irth2022-2024
  • Senior Program Manager at Pugmarks2020-2022
  • Technical Project Manager at IHSystem2017-2022
  • Senior Technical Project Manager at IHSYSTEM Data Center2017-2020
  • Operation Manager at GV Security2015-2017
  • Co-founder & COO at ASDT Enterprise LTD2013-2015
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMBA
  • University of Illinois ChicagoBachelor's

Hyungsul Kim

Founder
Left
VROONG
대표이사
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • 대표이사 at VROONG2013-2026 · until Jul 2026
  • 연구직 인턴 at Microsoft2012-2012
  • 연구직 인턴 at HP Labs2010-2010
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBS
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignPhD

Chitra U.

Co-Founder
Left
Walmart Global Tech
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Walmart Global Tech2024-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Software Engineer Intern at Spring2022-2022
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign2020-2020
  • Social Media Intern at Evergreen Valley High School2017-2018
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBS

Seemandhar Jain

Founder
Left
Adobe
Research Scientist
Before that
Went stealthMay 2026
Work
  • Research Scientist at Adobe2026-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Founder & CEO at HealthAIgnite2022-2026
  • Founder and Tech at Structure.homes2025-2026
  • Student Researcher at Google2025-2025
  • AI Research Scientist at Aireal2024-2024
  • Graduate Research And Teaching Assistant at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign2022-2024
  • AMTS Software Engineer (Machine Learning) at Salesforce2021-2022
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMS
  • UC San DiegoPhD
  • Stanford University

Elden Lee

Founder & Principal AI Safety Engineer
Left
Stanford University
Research Data Consultant
Before that
Went stealthMar 2026
Work
  • Research Data Consultant at Stanford University2023-2024 · left Nov 2024
  • Technical Writer (Software Engineer) at Wheels Up2021-2022
  • Co-Founder / Product Manager at Cobrix LLC2018-2018
  • Research Scientist at Korea IT Business Promotion Agency2017-2017
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMS
  • Georgia TechMS
  • Teachers College, Columbia UniversityMA

Julie Lin

Co-Founder
LeftNot listed
Before thatNone listed
Went stealthFeb 2026
Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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    "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.company_name",
        "type": "[.]", "value": "stealth" },
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.title",
        "type": "(.)", "value": "founder" }
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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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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.