Company Launch Tracker #32
Ex-On Director of AI builds full-stack security for autonomous AI agent, Ex-Apple engineer launches YC-backed AI-native insurance agency, & UPenn CS founder optimizes AI compute energy
Company Launch Tracker is a real-time feed for investors, founders, and tech enthusiasts who want to spot startups the moment they launch. We leverage the technology built at Gravity to track billions of data points and surface company debuts the instant they happen. These signals include founder “I’m excited to announce…” posts, company filings, job changes, product hunt launches, and early press mentions—all stitched together into a single stream of what’s new.
In this issue of the Company Launch Tracker, here is what we will uncover:
Ex-On Director of AI builds full-stack security for autonomous AI agents
Ex-Apple engineer launches YC-backed AI-native insurance agency
UPenn CS founder builds platform to optimize AI compute energy and carbon
Ex-McKinsey & BCG fellow builds AI copilot for CAD workflows
And more…
Here’s the rundown of new company activity… 🚀🚀🚀
🚀Recent Company Launches
Early visibility into the launches most people won’t hear about until months later.
Jordan Abi Nader - Co-Founder at Elicit Labs
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Data Scientist at Analog Devices, ex-Machine Learning Scientist at Wayfair, ex-Graduate Teaching Assistant at MIT
Elicit Labs is building the foundation of personal intelligence.
HQ: United States
Industry: Software Development
Marcus Brambila - Co-Founder & COO at Hatchwing
FounderDNA: Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Strategy Officer at Coyote Logistics, ex-Summer Analyst at RBC Wealth Management
Hatchwing is a technology-driven company establishing a new standard of trust across the trucking industry.
HQ: United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 5
Frank Wang - Co-Founder at Panta
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Full Stack Engineer at Apple, ex-Student Researcher at JP Morgan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign MS in Financial Engineering
Panta (YC W26) is an AI-native commercial insurance agency.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Insurtech | Team Size: 3
Richard Fekete - Co-Founder & CEO at Pathmaker Biosciences
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Doctorate Degree, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-VP, Research and Development at Slingshot Biosciences and Calibre Scientific, ex-CEO, Founder at BrightBox Quantitation (sold to Calibre Scientific), ex-VP, Scientific Affairs and Business Development at NuGEN Technologies
Connect on: LinkedIn
Pathmaker Biosciences is developing new technologies to analyze proteins and accelerate scientific discovery.
HQ: Hayward, California, United States
Industry: Biotechnology Research | Team Size: 3
Osama Al-Shuaili - Co-Founder at Tx2CAD
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: MS in AI Applications and Innovation at Imperial College London, Himam 2.0 Fellow at Boston Consulting Group, Edad Fellow at McKinsey
Connect on: LinkedIn
Tx2CAD is an AI Copilot for CAD that enables engineers to generate, edit, and retrieve standard components through natural language input, significantly optimizing design workflows and reducing repetitive tasks in the engineering process.
HQ: London Area, United Kingdom
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 5
Wahub Ahmed - Co-Founder at Amperes AI
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: ex-Software Engineer Intern at Boomi, Current MS in Computer Science at University of Pennsylvania, ex-Data Annotator at Outlier, ex-Software Engineer Intern at Certara
Connect on: LinkedIn
Amperes is a platform that monitors and optimizes the energy, cost, and carbon footprint of AI compute.
HQ: United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 3
Pavlos Mitsoulis - Co-Founder & CEO at Pallma AI
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Data, Machine Learning and AI at On, ex-Data Scientist at Expedia Group, Lyst, and Workable
Pallma AI delivers complete, lifecycle security for AI agents, from proactive red teaming to real-time threat detection and automated remediation.
HQ: London, United Kingdom
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
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