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Inside Archetype AI's rise from stealth to $48M
A Physical AI startup building a foundation model for sensor data. Pivots placed 21 engineers before the first investor knew the company existed.
Q3 2023
Stealth mode
First Pivots ML engineers embedded — months before Archetype AI was public. The team was building Newton from scratch.
April 2024
$13M Seed
Archetype emerges from stealth. Led by Venrock, backed by Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund and Hitachi Ventures.
November 2025
$35M Series A
IAG Capital Partners leads. Bezos Expeditions, Samsung Ventures, Hitachi join. Newton ships to enterprise.
21
engineers placed
ML, software, mobile, data
$13M
Seed round
Venrock · April 2024
$35M
Series A
Bezos Expeditions · Nov 2025
2+ yrs
active partnership
from day one, pre-public
From the Archetype AI team
What the founders say
“Sergei and the Pivots team are doing an outstanding job helping us build a world-class AI research team. Their support was instrumental as we moved through our Seed and Series A rounds.”
Ivan Poupyrev, Dr.
Founder & CEO · Archetype AI
“Sergei didn't just help us find the right people - he supported us from the very beginning, handling everything from recruiting to invoicing end to end. Working with him always felt easy and honest. The engineers he brought in understood our work and hit the ground running. We're grateful for the partnership.”
Jaime Lien
Co-Founder & Chief Scientist · Archetype AI
“Pivots Global was able to quickly fill some of the earliest roles at the company. Sergei partnered directly with our team and tailored his approach to our needs. Pivots helped us discover international talent we would not have been able to source on our own.”
Brandon Barbello
COO & Co-Founder · Archetype AI
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Lead ML / NLP / Computer Vision Engineer
13+ years experience
Exceptional candidate with PhD and 13+ years of AI research experience spanning academia, industry R&D, and startups. Outstanding publication record with 2600+ citations, plus production experience at Samsung and multiple startups. Deep expertise in PyTorch, computer vision, NLP, and LLMs, with demonstrated leadership managing large ML teams.
Resume Match
85
Skills
96
Code Quality
89
81
VP of Generative AI & Data Science
13+ years experience
Exceptional applied AI researcher with PhD and 13+ years experience, including 7 years in cutting-edge AI/ML roles. Strong technical depth in LLMs, deep learning, and production ML systems with proven leadership scaling AI teams from zero to production.
Resume Match
78
Skills
88
Code Quality
82
75
Senior Machine Learning Researcher
8+ years experience
Outstanding ML engineer combining deep research expertise with production experience. Currently leads ML initiatives at Comcast serving 25M+ users with measurable business impact (1.5% performance improvements via A/B testing). Published in top-tier ML conferences; strong in PyTorch/TensorFlow, MLOps, LLM fine-tuning, and knowledge graphs.
Resume Match
81
Skills
92
Code Quality
85
77
Senior Machine Learning Engineer
4+ years experience
Exceptionally strong ML engineer with 4 years of intensive production experience that rivals 6+ year candidates. Built and deployed ML systems at massive scale with impressive cost optimizations and performance improvements. Strong AWS MLOps expertise across multiple domains.
Resume Match
81
Skills
92
Code Quality
85
77
Head of Machine Learning
10+ years experience
PhD (summa cum laude) currently leading ML team at startup with proven business impact (>€100k/month savings). Strong technical foundation in PyTorch, generative AI, and MLOps with 400+ research citations. Bridges research and production with collaborative approach.
Resume Match
78
Skills
88
Code Quality
82
75
Lead ML / NLP / Computer Vision Engineer
13+ years experience
Exceptional candidate with PhD and 13+ years of AI research experience spanning academia, industry R&D, and startups. Outstanding publication record with 2600+ citations, plus production experience at Samsung and multiple startups. Deep expertise in PyTorch, computer vision, NLP, and LLMs, with demonstrated leadership managing large ML teams.
Resume Match
85
Skills
96
Code Quality
89
81
VP of Generative AI & Data Science
13+ years experience
Exceptional applied AI researcher with PhD and 13+ years experience, including 7 years in cutting-edge AI/ML roles. Strong technical depth in LLMs, deep learning, and production ML systems with proven leadership scaling AI teams from zero to production.
Resume Match
78
Skills
88
Code Quality
82
75
Senior Machine Learning Researcher
8+ years experience
Outstanding ML engineer combining deep research expertise with production experience. Currently leads ML initiatives at Comcast serving 25M+ users with measurable business impact (1.5% performance improvements via A/B testing). Published in top-tier ML conferences; strong in PyTorch/TensorFlow, MLOps, LLM fine-tuning, and knowledge graphs.
Resume Match
81
Skills
92
Code Quality
85
77
Senior Machine Learning Engineer
4+ years experience
Exceptionally strong ML engineer with 4 years of intensive production experience that rivals 6+ year candidates. Built and deployed ML systems at massive scale with impressive cost optimizations and performance improvements. Strong AWS MLOps expertise across multiple domains.
Resume Match
81
Skills
92
Code Quality
85
77
Head of Machine Learning
10+ years experience
PhD (summa cum laude) currently leading ML team at startup with proven business impact (>€100k/month savings). Strong technical foundation in PyTorch, generative AI, and MLOps with 400+ research citations. Bridges research and production with collaborative approach.
Resume Match
78
Skills
88
Code Quality
82
75
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Top AI researchers are locked inside Google, OpenAI, and Meta - unreachable for a 15-person startup. We access European PhD-level talent that never shows up on US job boards. You review 3 pre-vetted candidates. We handle sourcing, contracts, payroll, and compliance. One invoice.
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"Running ops for a fast-growing AI research team means every hire has to count. Pivots made that easy - clear process, honest communication, and people who could actually hit the ground running. I left every call feeling like we were in good hands."
Carmen Pop
Head of Operations · Archetype AI
"They bring in strong engineers who can take on tough problems without hand-holding. Pivots Global makes our lives easier."
Awshin Agrawal
Founder, Mobius Engine AI · Palo Alto
"Sergei and his team perfectly handle contractor recruiting, onboarding, paperwork, and payments end to end."
Borya Shakhnovich
Founder, AlpacaRelay · Boston
20+ hires · Seed to $36M Series A
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