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Elite Engineers Hired for AI Startups That Move Fast

Build Faster · Scale Faster

Specialized technical recruiting for 200+ AI-first startups in NYC & SF. We place founding engineers who ship product from day one.

200+ Startups YC-Backed Series A–B Seed Stage
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200+
AI Startups Served
500+
Engineers Placed
98%
Retention Rate
14
Avg. Days to Hire
Engineering team collaboration
TEAM CULTURE
Engineers who ship, not just code
Engineer coding
Deep Technical Talent
Startup meeting
Placed in 14 Days

The Roles We Own

Deep expertise in the five technical roles that define early-stage AI companies.

Founding Full Stack Engineer
0→1 builders who own the stack end-to-end.
47+ placed
🤖
Applied AI Engineer
Ship production AI features, not just prototypes.
63+ placed
🚀
Forward Deployed Engineer
Technical bridge between product and enterprise clients.
38+ placed
🧠
ML Engineer
Train, fine-tune and deploy models at scale.
52+ placed
🎯
Product Engineer / Manager
Founders who think in product, speak in code.
41+ placed

How We Deliver

Deep Brief
01

Deep Brief

We learn your tech stack, culture, and the exact problem your first engineer needs to solve.

Curated Search
02

Curated Search

We tap our network of elite engineers who've built AI products from 0 to 1 before.

Fast Close
03

Fast Close

Average 14 days from brief to offer. We stay involved through onboarding to ensure success.

Two Ecosystems. One Partner.

New York City
Fintech AI · Enterprise AI · Consumer AI
🗽 New York City
Home to the fastest-growing AI fintech and enterprise SaaS ecosystems. We're embedded in the NYC founder community.
SF Bay Area
Foundation Models · Dev Tools · AI Infrastructure
🌉 SF Bay Area
The epicenter of frontier AI. Direct relationships with YC alumni, a16z portfolio companies, and top SF-based funds.

What Founders Say

"

HyperBlu found us a founding engineer in 10 days. The quality was exceptional.

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They understand what early-stage AI companies actually need. Not just résumés.

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Best technical recruiting partner we've worked with. Period.

Modern tech office

We don't send you a stack of résumés.
We send you the right engineer.

Ready to Hire Faster?

Tell us about your open role. We'll have a shortlist of qualified engineers in your inbox within 48 hours.