Company Launch Tracker #60
Ex-GSK VP of AI/ML builds AI oncology pipeline, Ex-Simple CEO launches an agentic, secure treasury for stablecoin payments, & Harvard neuroscience/ML researcher accelerates molecular discovery
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-VP AI/ML at GSK launches an AI-native early target pipeline for oncology
Ex-Principal Applied Scientist at AWS builds AI infrastructure grounded in physical reality for reliable world models & simulations
Ex-CEO at Simple and Parimatch CPO launches an agentic, secure treasury for stablecoin payments
Palantir startup fellow with neuroscience/ML research at Harvard & ASU builds AI-native platforms to speed molecular discovery in healthcare, materials & environmental sciences
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.
Shane Lewin - Co-Founder & CEO at Clockwork Bio
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-VP AI/ML at GSK, ex-Principal AI/Research & Bing PM at Microsoft, ex-Head of Data Science at Zume, former product/data leader at Netflix & Shutterstock, MS Stanford University
Clockwork Bio is developing the next-generation, AI-native early target pipeline for oncology.
HQ: Greater Seattle Area, United States
Industry: Biotechnology Research | Team Size: 2
Bing Shuai - Co-Founder at Physion Labs
FounderDNA: Doctorate Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Principal Applied Scientist at Amazon Web Services, ex-Research Intern at Panasonic, PhD in Computer Vision and Deep Learning from Nanyang Technological University
Connect on: LinkedIn
Physion Labs is building infrastructure that grounds AI systems in physical reality, enabling more reliable world models, simulation, and autonomous behavior.
HQ: United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Alex Emelian - Co-Founder & CEO at Stablerail
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-CEO at Simple, ex-CPO at Parimatch, Kama, and bioniq; early product roles at Bumble
Stablerail is an agentic bank-grade treasury for stablecoin payments.
HQ: United States
Industry: Financial Services
Ritesh Malpani - Co-Founder at Benchspan
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Engineer at Bloomberg and Amazon, ex-Software Engineer at American Express, MS in CS from Georgia Institute of Technology
Benchspan is a platform for benchmarking and evaluating AI agents with faster runs, standardized metrics, and side-by-side comparisons.
HQ: United States
Industry: Software Development
Naitik Mohanty - Co-Founder at Ryniant
Prior Experience: Startup Fellow at Palantir Technologies, research background in neuroscience and ML across Harvard University and Arizona State University
Connect on: LinkedIn
Ryniant is building AI-native platforms to accelerate molecular discovery across healthcare, materials, and environmental applications.
HQ: United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 10
Sajeev Magesh - Co-Founder at ReasonBlocks
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: AI Engineer at TruFlair, research across climate/ML domains, Stanford University
ReasonBlocks is building a reasoning reuse layer that lets AI agents learn from past runs to improve reliability and reduce cost over time.
HQ: United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Shatrughan Singh - Co-Founder & CEO at Operon
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Founder at Cosoot (Backed by Plug n Play), XR Fellow at Meta, IIT Delhi
Operon is building AI systems to enhance decision-making and operational intelligence in industrial and manufacturing environments.
HQ: United States
Industry: Manufacturing | Team Size: 3
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