Scale on your terms

Hire a critical role on placement, secure a priority search, or let us build your entire engineering team on subscription.

Delivery Models

How We Engage

Every engagement taps the same dense talent network. You simply choose the speed, scope, and commercial structure that fits your stage.

Specialist

One Critical Role

Tap directly into our curated, pre-vetted pool of high-caliber technical talent for a single crucial hire. Zero risk: you only pay when your candidate’s offer is signed and accepted. Fully compatible alongside your existing internal sourcing channels or external recruitment partners. For one crucial hire alongside your wider search.

Partnership

Priority Placement

A targeted, high-priority search designed for your most sensitive, critical, or hard-to-fill technical roles. Backed by an upfront deposit to secure dedicated focus, offering faster execution and complete rigor at a lower total cost than traditional retained search. For roles that demand greater depth, discretion and sustained attention.

Build

Entire Talent Function

Have a cluster of core technical roles to fill? But too early for a full time talent hire? Instead of paying separate contingent fees for every hire and dealing with multiple agencies, hand us the block of work with agreed deliverables. We build your technical team from start to finish, backed by a track record of 31 founding teams that have gone on to raise over $432M.

PROCESS

How Every Search Runs

Four clear stages from alignment to offer acceptance

STEP 1

Briefing Call

We define the exact technical capabilities, experience level, and output requirements for your role.

STEP 2

Discovery & Shortlist

We draw from our off-market network of engineers and researchers, delivering your first shortlist within 48 hours.

STEP 3

Weekly sync

We review candidate feedback, calibrate against live market reactions, and maintain aggressive hiring momentum.

STEP 4

Offer and Onboard

We manage compensation expectations, handle offer terms, and secure candidate commitment.

Why Generative

Why Founders Hire Us

Your first curated shortlist in hand within two days of the briefing call.

Direct lines to engineers from OpenAI, DeepMind, and Anthropic who bypass public boards.

High-agency builders capable of shaping your core stack from day one.

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

We offer three flexible engagement models depending on your hiring scope. Specialist covers a single role with zero upfront cost, while Partnership dedicates focused search resources to a single role via an upfront deposit. For broader scaling needs, Build tackles a cluster of core roles as a single block of work to build your technical team from start to finish.

Specialist requires zero upfront payment. Partnership requires an agreed deposit upon launch with the balance due on placement. Build operates on a flat monthly subscription.

Yes, for Specialist searches. Partnership and Build operate as dedicated engagements to ensure speed and focus.

No. Our specialization is pre-seed to Series A, VC-backed AI companies in the US and UK across all software verticals, but we also partner with selective growth-stage companies.

We deliver your initial shortlist within 48 hours of aligning on the role profile.