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14 University of Pittsburgh alumni started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Left
OpenAI
Member of Technical Staff
Before that
Went stealthNov 2026
Work
  • Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI2025-2026 · left Oct 2026
  • Co-Founder (Acquired by OpenAI) at Crixet2025-2026
  • Software Engineer at Netflix2023-2025
  • Software Engineer at Opendoor2019-2023
  • Software Engineer at Uber2014-2019
  • Software Engineer at Branding Brand2012-2014
  • Embedded Software Engineer at Ansaldo STS A Hitachi Group Company2008-2012
Education
  • University of PittsburghBS
Left
READE.ai
Founding engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Founding engineer at READE.ai2025-2026 · left Feb 2026
  • Co-Founder, Head of Product and Engineering at Curie AI2018-2025
  • Software Engineer at Meta2016-2018
  • Member of Technical Staff at DKube2012-2018
  • VLSI design engineer at CoMira Solutions Inc.2011-2012
  • Research Assistant at University of Pittsburgh2009-2011
Education
  • University of PittsburghMS
  • Jawaharlal Nehru Technological UniversityB. E

Yijin Wu

Founder & CEO
Left
Uber
Senior Engineering Manager
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Senior Engineering Manager at Uber2019-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Advisory Software Engineer at Syniverse2015-2019
  • Mobile Developer at AT&T2012-2015
  • Android Developer at PAWS Lab2011-2012
  • Java Developer at School of Information Science, University of Pittsburgh, PA2010-2011
Education
  • University of PittsburghMS
  • Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityBachelor's

Patrick B.

Founder/CEO
Left
Ai2
Director of Applied AI
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Director of Applied AI at Ai22022-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • ML at MindX (Acq. by Blackrock Neurotech)2018-2019
Education
  • University of PittsburghPhD
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMS
  • McGill UniversityBA

Aaron W.

CEO & Founder
Left
Adobe
Machine Learning Engineer
Before thatNone listed
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Machine Learning Engineer at Adobe2022-2026 · left Aug 2026
Education
  • University of PittsburghMS
  • University of PittsburghBachelor's
Left
Formant
Cofounder / Chief Architect
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Cofounder / Chief Architect at Formant2019-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Cofounder / CEO at Formation Robotics (acquired 2019)2018-2019
  • Architect at IBM Watson2013-2017
  • Architect at Vivisimo2008-2012
Education
  • University of Pittsburgh
Left
Integrated Biosciences, Inc.
Chief Scientific Officer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Chief Scientific Officer at Integrated Biosciences, Inc.2026-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Chief Scientific Officer at Eikon Therapeutics2019-2025
  • Vice President, Biology at Recursion2017-2019
  • Director of Biology at Cleave Therapeutics, Inc.2012-2017
  • Senior Research Associate at Genentech2009-2012
  • Researcher at Salk Institute for Biological Studies2005-2009
  • Researcher at University of Pittsburgh2000-2004
Education
  • University of PittsburghBS
  • UC San DiegoPhD
Left
StarNews Mobile
Head of US Media and Communications
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Head of US Media and Communications at StarNews Mobile2020-2021 · left Oct 2021
  • Dir. of Business Development at Gross Labs2015-2016
  • Co-Founder at Vine Street Music2010-2014
  • Executive Assistant to SVP of Business & Legal at Jive Records2009-2009
Education
  • University of PittsburghBA

Siddarth Surana

Co-Founder
Left
Middleman
Co-Founder & Founding Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder & Founding Engineer at Middleman2025-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Financial Advisor at Northwestern Mutual2025-2026
  • Data Engineer at RBC Capital Markets2024-2024
  • nCino/Salesforce Product Analyst at ConnectOne Bank2023-2023
  • Engineer Intern at Zaphire®2023-2023
  • Product Analyst Intern at ConnectOne Bank2023-2023
  • Cyber Security Intern at NXTKey Corporation2023-2023
Education
  • University of PittsburghBS

William Freiberg

Co-Founder & CEO
Left
Console
Investor
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Investor at Console2023-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Chief Executive Officer at Crux2021-2026
  • Investor at Kilo2026-2026
  • Investor at TensorPool (YC W25)2025-2026
  • Investor at Quotient AI (acquired by Databricks)2023-2026
  • Investor at Databricks Mosaic Research2021-2023
  • Board Member at Trilio2019-2023
Education
  • University of PittsburghBS
  • Columbia Law SchoolJD

Matthew B.

Founder
Left
City of Melbourne
Entrepreneur
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Entrepreneur at City of Melbourne2026-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Full Stack Developer at LRQA2024-2026
  • Founder & Director at Cognex2024-2025
  • Lead Software Engineer (Frontend) at OK Trade2022-2024
  • Software Engineer at Xccelerate2021-2022
  • Analyst Programmer at Hong Kong International School2020-2021
  • Assistant Data Science Instructor at Xccelerate2019-2020
Education
  • University of PittsburghNon-degree
  • City University of Hong KongBS
  • UC San DiegoNon-degree

Edward Alexei

Board Member, Co-Founder
Left
ZeroFox
OEM Strategic Partneships
Before that
Went stealthMar 2026
Work
  • OEM Strategic Partneships at ZeroFox2026-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Project Consultant at Below0Day2025-2026
  • Avira-NortonLifelock-Avast-GenDigital Strategic Alliances and Technology Licensing at NortonLifeLock2020-2024
  • Strategic Alliances at Qualys2019-2019
  • Director, North America at OPSWAT2015-2018
  • Strategic Alliances at Webroot2013-2015
  • XenMobile BD/Channel/Sales Western US APAC at Citrix2011-2013
Education
  • University of PittsburghBS
  • Schenley

Jordan Swisher

Co-Founder
Left
Mattiq
Director of Chemistry
Before that
Went stealthNov 2025
Work
  • Director of Chemistry at Mattiq2021-2025 · left Sep 2025
  • Visiting Scholar at Northwestern University2020-2025
  • PhD Candidate in Chemistry at University of Pittsburgh2015-2020
  • Research Assistant at Case Western Reserve University2013-2015
Education
  • University of PittsburghPhD
  • Case Western Reserve UniversityBS

Arka B.

Founder & Product Architect
Left
A Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Company
Product Manager
Before that
Went stealthJul 2025
Work
  • Product Manager at A Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Company2024-2024 · left Dec 2024
  • Member@Venture Bridge Program at Carnegie Mellon University2021-2023
  • Senior Product Manager at Ford Motor Company2021-2022
  • Software Engineer at Blue Cross Blue Shield Association2021-2021
Education
  • University of PittsburghMaster's
  • Carnegie Mellon University

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curl https://api.crustdata.com/watch/person/search \
  -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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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.