Meet the a16z Talent Engineer Fellows

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) announced the 50 fellows selected for its inaugural 8-week Talent Engineer Fellowship, an AI-focused program for talent leaders building AI-native recruiting systems. The cohort includes talent leaders from companies such as OpenAI, Airbnb, Notion, Ramp, Clay, Decagon, and Zapier, as well as founders of AI-driven talent platforms like Paraform, Metaview, and Happenstance.

America https://www.a16z.news/t/america | Tech https://www.a16z.news/t/technology | Opinion https://www.a16z.news/t/opinion | Culture https://www.a16z.news/t/culture | Charts https://www.a16z.news/t/charts We are excited to announce the fellows who will be part of the inaugural a16z Talent Engineer Fellowship, an 8-week cohort of talent leaders for the people building the next operating system for recruiting. We received thousands of applications from talented people around the world. Today, we’re thrilled to share more about the inaugural cohort of 50 fellows who are leading talent at companies like Jack & Jill, Ashby, OpenAI, AirBnB, Clay, Decagon, and Ramp. Many are talent engineers who are building 0-to-1 AI-native talent systems and now lead- or are the powerhouses behind those functions at high growth AI companies. Folks like Jared Long https://www.linkedin.com/in/longjared/?isSelfProfile=false , Scott Bianco https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottbianco/ and Samantha Moberly https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthamoberly/ from Cursor, Dan McCarthy https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamdanmccarthy at Zapier, Cynthia Chen https://www.linkedin.com/in/chen-cynthia at Decagon, Danielle Poreh http://linkedin.com/in/danielleporeh/ and Ryan Ellis https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobafett/ at Clay, Umesh Khanna http://linkedin.com/in/umeshkhanna/ and Ishan Deshpande http://linkedin.com/in/ishandeshpande9 at SpaceXAI, Johnny Sanchez https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanchezjohnny at Airbnb, Saya Iwasaki https://www.linkedin.com/in/sayaiwasaki/ at Notion, Jaime Jose https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaime-j at Ramp, Tommy Kilmer https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kilmer/ and Brian Hickey https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhickey3/ at OpenAI, and more. Some are technical leaders redefining talent, building agentic headhunters, career development platforms, and talent-matching systems at scale like Jeffrey Li http://linkedin.com/in/lijeffrey39/ from Paraform, Shahriar Tajbakhsh http://linkedin.com/in/s16h/ at Metaview and Fillmore, Matthew Wilson https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-wilson-671a757a at Jack & Jill, Sahil Seth https://www.linkedin.com/in/sahilseth9 at Talent Pluto, Edmund Cuthbert https://www.linkedin.com/in/edmundcuthbert at Superposition, Seb Cuadros https://www.linkedin.com/in/hiiinternet/ and Ali Alobadi https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicooks at Fonzi, and more. Others are founders taking people graphs to the next level, scaling the infrastructure behind how people and networks connect like Pieter Ouwerkerk http://linkedin.com/in/pouwerkerk/ at Happenstance, and Jan van der Vegt https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-van-der-vegt at Exa. Congratulations and welcome, a16z Talent Engineer Fellows Sign up here to stay in the loop about future fellowships and a16z opportunities. This newsletter is provided for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as legal, business, investment, or tax advice. Furthermore, this content is not investment advice, nor is it intended for use by any investors or prospective investors in any a16z funds. This newsletter may link to other websites or contain other information obtained from third-party sources - a16z has not independently verified nor makes any representations about the current or enduring accuracy of such information. If this content includes third-party advertisements, a16z has not reviewed such advertisements and does not endorse any advertising content or related companies contained therein. Any investments or portfolio companies mentioned, referred to, or described are not representative of all investments in vehicles managed by a16z; visit https://a16z.com/investment-list/ for a full list of investments. Other important information can be found at a16z.com/disclosures. You’re receiving this newsletter since you opted in earlier; if you would like to opt out of future newsletters you may unsubscribe immediately.