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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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Head of Engineering
15+ years experience
Outstanding Head of Engineering candidate with extensive executive leadership experience managing large, distributed engineering teams. Brings proven track record of business impact, including contributing to a $400M acquisition and $28M Series B funding. Strong technical background combined with business acumen makes him well-suited for the role.
Resume Match
81
Skills
92
Code Quality
85
77
Platform Engineer
11+ years experience
11+ years of platform engineering experience with exceptional Terraform and infrastructure automation skills gained at scale at Twilio. Proven zero-downtime migrations, resilience exercises, and cross-functional collaboration across microservices and cloud platforms.
Resume Match
81
Skills
92
Code Quality
85
77
Director of AI Engineering
8+ years experience
Strong candidate with PhD-level credentials and proven leadership across enterprise (Novartis) and startup (CTO at Dvara Trust) environments. Track record of building production AI systems with significant business impact, including $30M revenue generation.
Resume Match
78
Skills
88
Code Quality
82
75
Full-Stack Engineer
12+ years experience
12+ years of comprehensive full-stack experience with proven leadership capabilities. Technical expertise spans React, Node.js, Python, and cloud platforms with recent focus on AI/ML. Successfully led distributed teams on large-scale government projects.
Resume Match
78
Skills
88
Code Quality
82
75
ML Infrastructure Engineer
6+ years experience
Highly skilled ML engineer with exceptional experience in LLM serving, production optimization, and ML infrastructure automation. Technical depth in modern ML systems with demonstrated performance improvements at scale.
Resume Match
78
Skills
88
Code Quality
82
75
Head of Engineering
15+ years experience
Outstanding Head of Engineering candidate with extensive executive leadership experience managing large, distributed engineering teams. Brings proven track record of business impact, including contributing to a $400M acquisition and $28M Series B funding. Strong technical background combined with business acumen makes him well-suited for the role.
Resume Match
81
Skills
92
Code Quality
85
77
Platform Engineer
11+ years experience
11+ years of platform engineering experience with exceptional Terraform and infrastructure automation skills gained at scale at Twilio. Proven zero-downtime migrations, resilience exercises, and cross-functional collaboration across microservices and cloud platforms.
Resume Match
81
Skills
92
Code Quality
85
77
Director of AI Engineering
8+ years experience
Strong candidate with PhD-level credentials and proven leadership across enterprise (Novartis) and startup (CTO at Dvara Trust) environments. Track record of building production AI systems with significant business impact, including $30M revenue generation.
Resume Match
78
Skills
88
Code Quality
82
75
Full-Stack Engineer
12+ years experience
12+ years of comprehensive full-stack experience with proven leadership capabilities. Technical expertise spans React, Node.js, Python, and cloud platforms with recent focus on AI/ML. Successfully led distributed teams on large-scale government projects.
Resume Match
78
Skills
88
Code Quality
82
75
ML Infrastructure Engineer
6+ years experience
Highly skilled ML engineer with exceptional experience in LLM serving, production optimization, and ML infrastructure automation. Technical depth in modern ML systems with demonstrated performance improvements at scale.
Resume Match
78
Skills
88
Code Quality
82
75
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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
“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
“We worked with a lot of numbers across two funding rounds - headcount, rates, invoices, contracts. Pivots were honest about all of it. No surprises, no inflated figures. That kind of transparency is what makes a partnership actually work.”
Brandon Barbello
COO & Co-Founder · Archetype AI
The AI researcher your startup can't find on LinkedIn
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.
- 4 - 6 weeksfrom brief to hired - not months of searching
- 15% on hiresuccess-only - zero cost if no hire, no retainer
- 40 - 60%of equivalent US market rate for the same calibre
What founders say
20+
hires placed
"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
"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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