Company Launch Tracker #69
Cash App & Venmo alum launches an app giving AI a wallet with rules, Ex-Meta engineer builds an AI agent verification layer for regulated industries, & Stanford PhD launches a track-based video editor
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:
Stanford PhD and former Salesforce Principal Scientist is building a track-based video editor built for agent and human collaboration
Ex-Meta Staff Engineer and Apple engineer is building the reasoning and verification layer for AI agents in regulated industries
Former Cash App, Uber, and Venmo product leader launches a virtual card platform that gives AI a wallet with rules
Ex-Checkatrade CTO and Amazon engineering manager is building a DemandOps platform for car dealerships
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.
Tony Ginart - Founder at Spellshot
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Principal Scientist at Salesforce, AI Researcher at Facebook, Co-Founder & CTO at Dialect (Y Combinator), Graduate Student Researcher at Stanford University
Spellshot is a track-based video editor built for seamless collaboration between humans and agents.
HQ: United States
Industry: Desktop Computing Software Products
Avi Arora - Co-Founder at Oddpool
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Machine Learning Engineer at Microsoft, MS in Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology, Founder at Text2Infographic, Co-Founder at Octtone
Oddpool is probability infrastructure for prediction markets, providing normalized cross-venue orderbook data, canonical event mapping, and institutional-grade historical records for quantitative workflows.
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Financial Data, Fintech, Developer Infrastructure | Team Size: 2
Jake Hubert - Co-Founder & CEO at Whym
FounderDNA: Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Director of Product Management (Experts & B2B) at Curated, Senior Product Manager (Lead for Lyft Business Platform) at Lyft, Product Manager (Google Search) at Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
Whym is the app for connecting with your real friends in the real world.
HQ: United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Spandana G. - Co-Founder at Rubric AI
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Staff Software Engineering Lead at Meta, Lead Android Engineer at Snap, Software Engineer – Evals at Apple, Founder & ML Researcher at Hype AR
Rubric AI builds reasoning and verification infrastructure for AI agents in regulated industries, turning domain expertise into structured evaluation systems that improve agent reliability in production.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Artificial Intelligence, AI Infrastructure, Enterprise Software | Team Size: 2
Dasmer S. - Founder & CEO at Allowance
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Stanford MBA, Head of Product – Cash App Families at Cash App, Senior Product Manager at Uber, Product Manager at Venmo
Connect on: LinkedIn
Allowance is a virtual card platform that lets you give your AI a secure, rules-based wallet — complete with one-time card numbers, spending limits, merchant locks, and expiry dates.
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: AI Infrastructure, Fintech
Vrashabh Irde - Founder and CEO at Ombox
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Interim CTO at Checkatrade, Software Development Manager at Amazon, Director of Engineering at carwow
Connect on: LinkedIn
Ombox is a DemandOps platform for car dealerships that unifies customer conversations across voice, WhatsApp, SMS, and web — capturing leads, responding instantly, and converting inbound demand into booked revenue.
HQ: United Kingdom
Industry: Automotive Tech, AI, CRM | Team Size: 2
Musa Christopher - Co-Founder at Reqzi
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Operations Manager at Amazon, Operations & Performance Specialist at Intel Corporation, Sales Process Improvement at Microsoft
Reqzi is a building operations platform for block management companies and BTR operators that unifies admin, front desk, and resident-facing workflows — covering maintenance, parcel management, emergency handling, and portfolio oversight — in a single system.
HQ: United Kingdom
Industry: PropTech, B2B SaaS
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