Stealth Startup Spy #330 - by Drake Dukes
Stealth Startup Spy #330
Ex-SpaceX and Meta Reality Labs engineer enters stealth, Ex-VRChat, EA, and Zynga product veteran builds AI social gaming for kids, & Mendel.ai CEO (acquired) goes stealth for act two
Apr 13, 2026
🚀 We just launched a new newsletter — Company Launch Tracker.
We’re tracking company launches as they happen and surfacing the most interesting new founders and startups (yes, all outside of this stealth activity too). If you want to stay ahead of the curve, this is where you’ll find them first.
Right now we’ve got 5 subscribers: my wife, my mom, and that high school buddy who won’t stop pitching me his app. Be smart like them and get in early 👇
We run a live feed inside Gravity that tracks founders entering stealth and companies quietly exiting it.
What you’re reading here is about 1% of the stealth activity we pick up. The full tracker updates in real time as things change and new activity emerges.
If you want earlier access to everything, book some time with us to stay ahead.
In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
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Ex-SpaceX Starship structures engineer and Meta Reality Labs designer enters stealth
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Ex-VRChat, EA, and Zynga product leader builds AI-powered social gaming platform for kids
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CEO of acquired healthcare AI startup Mendel.ai enters stealth for act two
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Ex-Houseware CEO (acquired by LaunchDarkly) and product analytics leader enters stealth
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Ex-Labster sales head and Columbia MBA builds AI-native GTM OS for EdTech and public sector
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And more…
Now let’s shine the spotlight… 💡💡💡
🕵️♂️Founders Coming Out of Stealth
Real-time updates from founders who debut what they’ve been working on under stealth mode
Eligius J. - Founder at Pillar
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Managing Partner & Co-Founder at Promised Land Consultancy, ex-Head of Sales (NAMER & LatAm) at Labster, ex-Vice President of Sales & Partnerships at Mentor Collective, Columbia MBA
Connect on:LinkedIn
Pillar is an AI-native Go-To-Market Operating System purpose-built for EdTech and public sector revenue teams.
HQ: United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Vidushi S. - Co-Founder at Jurny
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Engineer at Cloudera, ex-Product Designer at Motiv Technologies, ex-Software Engineer Intern at NVIDIA, ex-Design/SDE Intern at AbbVie, ex-Software Engineer Intern at PayPal
Jurny deploys AI agents that act like users, continuously testing your product to surface usability issues, bugs, and fixes.
HQ: United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Ahmed Alsharif - Founder and CEO at Think
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-CTO at Sandsoft, ex-Head of Reality Labs Automation and Platform Engineering at Meta, ex-Technical Director for North Sea Studios at Electronic Arts (EA), ex-Software Development Engineer for PS4 and PSVR Architecture at PlayStation
Connect on:LinkedIn
Think is dedicated to making AI superintelligence affordable, sustainable, and accessible to everyone.
HQ: United Kingdom
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Anshul Dhawan - Founder at Playworlds
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Founder at Social Pixels, ex-Director of Product Management at VRChat, ex-VP Product & Growth at VersusGame, ex-VP Product & Analytics at Supernatural, ex-Senior Director of Product Management and Business Intelligence at Electronic Arts (EA), ex-Head of Product - Growth at Zynga
Connect on : LinkedIn
Playworlds is a social gaming platform where kids use AI to build limitless multiplayer worlds through conversation.
HQ: United States
Industry: Computer Games | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Kevin Reid-Morris - Founder at Veranda
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Founder at Readmore Ventures, Founder, CEO - OCAD U CO at OCAD University, ex-Engagement Leader - Strategy & Innovation (Doblin) at Monitor Deloitte
Connect on:LinkedIn
Veranda is the property-level demand intelligence layer for building materials companies.
HQ: Canada
Industry: PropTech
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Karim Galil - Founder & CEO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Co-Founder & CEO at Mendel.ai (acquired)
Connect on:LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 Months
Purvish Shah - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Founding GTM Engineer at CombineHealth (YC W23), Co-Founder at Carboledger, Product Manager at Samsung Electronics
Connect on:LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 Months
Divyansh Saini - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Product, Analytics at LaunchDarkly, Co-founder & CEO at Houseware (acquired by LaunchDarkly), Angel Investor, ex-Product at Atlan
Connect on:LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 Months
Omar Abdelrahman - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Product Design Engineer - Reality Labs at Meta, ex-Senior Mechanical Design Engineer - Power Systems at Lightship, ex-Structures Engineer - Starship at SpaceX
Connect on:LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 Months
Roei Friedberg - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
Building a Deep Tech Startup at the intersection of AI, physical security, and national security.
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-VP of Sales & Partnerships at Visitt, ex-Chief Executive Officer at Aura Smart Air (Americas), ex-VP of Public Sector & B2G Sales at Molekule, Former Paratroopers Company Commander
Connect on:LinkedIn
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 Month
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Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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Stealth Startup Spy is a data-driven newsletter for investors, journalists and tech enthusiasts interested in uncovering the next big move for key talent, real-time stealth company launches and technology advancements not in plain sight. We leverage the technology built at Gravity to shine a light on the hidden world of stealth startups.