# The Beam: Week 39, 2026 | Lighthouse

> This week on The Beam: stealth founders including Xiaofei Du and Benjamin Porten, plus newly launched Roboteur, Jecta, and Locaia AB, sourced with Lighthouse.

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# The Beam: Week 39, 2026

This week's edition of The Beam: fresh stealth founders and newly launched companies surfaced from the Lighthouse platform.
Jacopo Bonfiglio - Co-founder @ Lighthouse

Welcome to this week's edition of The Beam by Lighthouse, fresh stealth founders and newly launched companies from our platform.

## Stealth Founders

Xiaofei Du United Kingdom

Experience: Stealth AI Startup. Ex-Instill AI (raised $4.2M). Education: UCL.
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/xiaofeidu/)

Benjamin Porten Germany

Experience: Founder and CEO of Naughty Nuts. Previously BCG. Education: Maastricht University.
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-porten/)

Thomas Schijf Netherlands

Experience: Fixing the stale document layer behind agent written code. Education: Delft University of Technology.
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasschijf/)

## Newly Launched Companies

[Roboteur](https://www.roboteur.de/) Germany

Roboteur is building the AI-native household robot. Led by Aleph Alpha's former Head of AI.
[Website](https://www.roboteur.de/)[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/roboteur/)

[Jecta](https://jecta.ai) Sweden

Customer Success, always on. Every signal, read. Every priority, actioned.
[Website](https://jecta.ai)[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/jecta-ai/)

[Locaia AB](https://locaia.se) Sweden

AI-driven marketplace for commercial real estate.
[Website](https://locaia.se)[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/locaia-ab/)

These signals were surfaced automatically with Lighthouse, the AI-native platform for sourcing and tracking the companies you care about.

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