stoked to announce the inaugural class of @a16z Talent Engineer fellows!
50 talent engineering leaders selected out of thousands of apps from talented people around the world.
many are talent engineers who built 0 to 1 AI-native talent systems and now lead those functions at top AI companies, like:
- jared long from cursor
- @dmccarthy7 at zapier
- @Danielleporeh at clay
- @forwarddeploy at xAI
- @chenxcynthia at decagon
some are technical leaders redefining talent, building agentic headhunters, career development platforms, and talent-matching systems at scale, like:
- @lijeffrey39 from Paraform
- @s16h_ at Metaview and Fillmore
- @sahil_seth at Talent Pluto
- @Edmund_Works at Superposition
finally, there are founders taking people graphs to the next level and scaling the infra behind how people and networks connect, like:
- @pouwerkerk at Happenstance
- @DasDzy) at Exa
huge congrats to the inaugural class!