the top 1% of AI talent
Launchd headhunts elite Engineering, Leadership, and GTM talent for venture-backed AI startups.
Sam Altman, OpenAI
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A Precision Engineered Process for Hiring Top-1% Talent
Designed to cut through noise, eliminate bottlenecks, and consistently surface world-class candidates your competitors will never see.
Network Sourcing
We source from the hidden market - elite engineers, builders, and ex-founders who never apply to jobs. Our network-driven sourcing gives you access to talent your competitors will never see.
Marc Andreessen, a16z
Bridging the gap between founders, VCs and talent
Why the world's leading founders and VCs are chossing Launchd
Quality product
We know real AI talent. We distinguish between “used AI” engineers and true LLM, Applied ML, and ML Infra specialists - and only deliver the top 1%.
Recruit like eningeers
Weekly sprints, tight feedback loops, and transparent pipelines - your hiring process finally runs with engineering-level structure and velocity.
10x AI leverage
We use AI to massively accelerate sourcing, calibration, and matching - getting to elite candidates before anyone else.
Venture-aligned network
Warm access to founders, operators, and AI talent from a16z, Felicis, and top-tier AI communities gives us unmatched headhunting leverage.
End-to-end ownership
We run the entire search - specs, sourcing, screening, scheduling, and pitching - so you stay focused on building product and leading your company.
AI nerds
We live in the AI ecosystem - papers, models, infra, trends - and that obsession leads to better candidate conversations and better hires.
Mission-Critical Roles We Hire for AI Startups
Launchd headhunts senior engineers, leaders, and GTM talent that accelerate AI product development and startup growth.
Senior ML, LLM, and infrastructure engineers who ship real, production AI.
Senior leaders who shape engineering strategy and high-performance teams.
Commercial hires who drive revenue, adoption, and early market tracion.
Elon Musk, X
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