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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni who just went stealth

10 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Hao Tan

Co-Founder
Left
Adobe
Research Scientist
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Research Scientist at Adobe2021-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Research Intern at Bloomberg2020-2020
  • Research Intern at Google2019-2019
  • Research Intern at Adobe2018-2018
  • Research Intern at Microsoft2015-2016
Education
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel HillPhD
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityBachelor's

Jared Molton

Founder and CEO
Left
Chewy
Director of Product @Chewy
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Director of Product @Chewy at Chewy2021-2024 · left Jan 2024
  • Principal Product Manager, Technical - Amazon Halo at Amazon2015-2021
  • Founder and CEO at GILLY LIMITED2015-2016
  • General Manager at Louis Tannen Inc.2010-2013
Education
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel HillMBA
  • Northeastern UniversityBA

Patrick Shearer

Co-Founder & COO
Left
Implementio
Co-Founder
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder at Implementio2023-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Supply Chain Sr Analyst at Spectrum2022-2023
  • Procurement Manager at Foodbuy USA2018-2022
Education
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel HillBS
Left
Lindus
Vice President of Solutions
Before that
Went stealthLaunched McCormick Clinical Advisory
Work
  • Vice President of Solutions at Lindus2025-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Vice President, General Partner @ ICON Biotech at ICON plc2024-2025
  • Vice President, Clinical Strategy / CRO Operations at Vial2022-2024
  • Senior Director, Project Management at KCR2021-2022
  • Director, Project Management, Immuno-Oncology at IQVIA Biotech at IQVIA2017-2021
  • Senior Project Manager at PRA Health Sciences2013-2017
  • Project Manager at PPD2002-2013
Education
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel HillBachelor's
Left
Food for Health®
Venture Analyst
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Sorva
Work
  • Venture Analyst at Food for Health®2026-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Venture Capital Fellow at Plug and Play2025-2026
  • Hedge Fund Summer Analyst at Meteora Capital, LLC2024-2025
  • Equity/M&A Analyst at Carolina Investment Group2024-2025
  • Healthcare Consultant at Physical Rehabilitation Network (PRN)2023-2023
  • Physical Therapy Aide at California Rehabilitation and Sports Therapy2022-2022
Education
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel HillBachelor's
  • King's College London
  • UNC Gillings School of Global Public HealthBachelor's

Turner Merritt

Co-Founder
Left
Planisphere
Co-Founder
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder at Planisphere2025-2026 · left Jan 2026
  • Acquisitions Analyst at Prudent Growth2023-2024
  • Summer Intern at Third Craft Partners2023-2023
  • Operations Intern at Prudent Growth2022-2022
Education
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel HillBS
  • African Leadership Academy
  • The School For Ethics And Global Leadership

Adin Friedland

Co-Founder
Left
Traba
Strategy and Operations Associate
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Strategy and Operations Associate at Traba2025-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Co-president at IfYoureReadingThis.org2024-2025
  • Summer Analyst at Protiviti2024-2024
  • Growth Analyst at Bright Partnerships2024-2024
  • Co-Founder at Insync Sports2022-2024
  • Business Operations intern at Quinn2023-2023
Education
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
  • UNC Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship

Olivia P.

CEO & Founder
Left
aiRaiz
Chief Operating Officer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Chief Operating Officer at aiRaiz2025-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Bizops at Knomee2025-2025
  • Marketing Consultant at Plenty2025-2025
  • Product Marketing and BizOps at TomoCredit2021-2025
  • Founder at Women Legacy2018-2024
  • Medical Assistant (Pre-Med) at Lebauer Allergy & Asthma2020-2022
  • Research Assistant at Duronio Labs at UNC Genetics Department2017-2020
Education
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Drexel University

Tom Ciszek

Founder & CEO
Left
Palantir Technologies
American Tech Fellowship (Inaugural Cohort)
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • American Tech Fellowship (Inaugural Cohort) at Palantir Technologies2025-2025 · left Aug 2025
  • Sr. Product Manager - Technical, Global Robotics Delivery at Amazon2022-2025
  • Principal Product Manager at Brain Corp2021-2022
  • Sr. Manager, Data Analytics at Bird2019-2021
  • Sr. Mgr., Technical Program Management at X (Twitter)2014-2019
  • Co-Founder at Cojoin Inc.2013-2014
  • Principal Business Analyst at GOOD Worldwide Inc2012-2013
Education
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel HillMS
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel HillBS

William L.

Co-Founder
LeftNot listed
Before thatNone listed
Went stealthSep 2024
Education
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel HillBachelor's

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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.