Early Stage Founders (poach.vc)

Early Stage Founders (poach.vc)

(0158) Ex-JP Morgan CTO, Meta AI & Google founders building in stealth

Meet the founders building next-gen infrastructure and stablecoins.

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Feb 05, 2026
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Early Stage Founders

  • Aaratee Rao (California)

    • Former CTO and Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase & Co., with previous leadership roles at Microsoft, Uber, Visa, Walmart, and Intuit. Silicon Valley 40 under 40 recipient and Forbes Technology Council member, now building at a stealth startup.

    • LinkedIn

  • Aleeza Hashmi Shafi (Chicago)

    • Ex-Bessemer Venture Partners and Microsoft, then Chief of Staff and Growth at Dentive (PE-backed dental service organization). Now co-founder & CEO of a stealth vertical AI startup.

    • LinkedIn

  • Alon Gubkin (San Francisco)

    • Co-founder and CTO of Aporia (acquired by Coralogix), now VP AI Engineering at Coralogix. Previously VP Engineering at the same company before co-founding it.

    • LinkedIn

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