2x founder

Niosha Afsharikia, PhD

Founding Member at Stealth Startup | Ex-YC | AI Governance & Agent Security

Founder

TectoAI· Summer 2025 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @busyceo

2026Founder· Stealth Startup

Founder · since 2025

Company

Stealth Startup

Role

Founding Member

current

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

—

no public source

Based

San Francisco Bay Area

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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TectoAI

A Platform for AI Governance

Summer 2025

Experience

Career

Stealth Startup
Founder
Founding Member · San Francisco Bay Area · 2026 – Present
2026
TectoAI
Co-founder
Co-Founder & CEO · San Francisco Bay Area · 2025 – 2026
2025
Y Combinator
Summer 2025 Cohort · San Francisco Bay Area · 2025
2025
WSP
Solutions Manager · San Francisco Bay Area · 2022 – 2025
2022
WSP
PM · Washington DC · 2019 – 2022
2019
Pear VC
PFC Spring 2025 Cohort · San Francisco Bay Area · 2025
2025
University of Maryland
Graduate Research Assistant · College Park, Maryland, United States · 2013 – 2019
2013
University of Maryland
Lecturer · 2018
2018
University of Maryland
Vice President of CEE Graduate Student Council · 2015 – 2016
2015
Sharif University of Technology
Editor in Chief of Sharif CEE Magazine · 2011 – 2013
2011

Bio

Founder, operator, and product builder with 10+ years navigating highly regulated AI deployments. Raised millions in funding across seed-stage startups and academic research. Developed and launched AI-enabled products for the US government and private sector. Shipped zero-to-one products with enterprise and Fortune 500 customers.