Report12 hires at 8 companies

Who we helped hire
in 2026.

12
People hired
8
Companies
3
Hires at Morphic
6
AI and software engineers
Summary

In 2026 we placed 12 people at 8 companies. Two years ago almost every hire we made was a software engineer. This year the list also has a quant developer at a trading firm, two enterprise account executives, a growth and GTM hire, and a product designer.

Most of these clients came through a founder they knew. Morphic and MonoCloud hired more than once, NegotiateAI came back for a senior role, and Uniqus reached us through Tanishq Mehta, whom we had helped at RapidNode in 2025.

The hires[8]
01
Morphic

Morphic hired three AI engineers

Joshua Sum is building Morphic, an AI revenue agent for sales teams. He hired three AI engineers through us this year.

Atharva Raj Thakur has won 5 hackathons. Sahil Zambani runs his own frontend agency and was first placed by us at Enpointe Global in 2024. Yashraj Singh brought 5.5 years of experience, most recently at BunchCRM.AI, an AI CRM and ERP product.

02
Uniqus

Uniqus hired an AI engineer after a seven-month search

Aakash Mehta at Uniqus, a tech-enabled consulting firm, was referred to us by Tanishq Mehta of RapidNode in July 2025. Uniqus wanted to build a team of AI engineers. The contract was signed in October and we sent the first batch of screened candidates on October 23.

Candidates took a coding assessment, then a video interview with Uniqus and a technical round. Two dropped out for other offers along the way. Deep Mehta, who was based in the US, cleared every round and joined Uniqus on March 2, 2026.

03
ARArrowhead Capital

A Mumbai HFT firm hired an IIT Kharagpur quant developer

Arrowhead Capital is a high-frequency trading firm in Mumbai, founded by Mayank Shah, Aditya Shah and Raghav Sarda.

They hired Adarsh Banth as a quantitative developer. Adarsh is an IIT Kharagpur graduate who had worked as a quantitative analyst at Greeland Investment Management. It was our first placement at a trading firm.

04
MonoCloud

MonoCloud hired two senior account executives

MonoCloud sells authentication and identity software to developers: passkeys, SSO, MFA and user management. They were building their first sales team.

They hired Manas Vishal and Ishan Isaacs as senior account executives. Ishan has more than 10 years in enterprise sales. These were our first sales hires.

05
Drive

Drive hired an IIT Roorkee product designer

Shravan Gali is building Drive, an AI tool that reads fleet and workforce data (TMS, payroll, GPS, timecards) and writes coaching documents for managers.

Shravan hired Adamya Dheer as a UI/UX designer in mid-2026. Adamya graduated from IIT Roorkee in 2023 and was a product designer at Kello, an AI hiring product.

06
AI+

AI+ hired a growth and GTM specialist

AI+ runs one of the largest AI communities for founders and researchers. They wanted someone who could sell sponsorships and partnerships without making the community feel corporate.

They hired Shreya Lahiri in spring 2026. She had worked in the founder's office at Arctus Aerospace and as a growth consultant at Quizizz.

Read the case study
07
NegotiateAI

NegotiateAI hired a software engineer, then came back

NegotiateAI, now Aron, builds procurement software for mid-market manufacturers and is backed by Menlo Ventures. Founder Dominic Toselli hired Ashish Kumar Soni, a software developer at Rippling, in April 2026, about 12 weeks after our first call.

We ran junior and senior pipelines side by side so he could compare candidates at two salary levels. After Ashish joined, Dominic opened a senior role with us.

Read the case study
08
Name withheld

A San Francisco startup hired two engineers

This client asked us not to name them, so we are leaving out the company and the candidates.

They hired a mechanical engineer with Onshape CAD experience in January and a full-stack engineer in February, three days after the first interview.

Everyone hired in 2026[12]
PersonRoleCompanyBackground
ATAtharva Raj Thakur
AI EngineerMorphic5x hackathon winner
SZSahil Zambani
AI EngineerMorphicRuns his own frontend dev agency
YSYashraj Singh
AI EngineerMorphic5.5 YOE, SDE at BunchCRM.AI
DMDeep Mehta
AI EngineerUniqusData and software engineer, based in the US
ABAdarsh Banth
Quantitative DeveloperARArrowhead CapitalIIT Kharagpur, ex quant analyst at Greeland Investment Management
MVManas Vishal
Senior Account ExecutiveMonoCloudIdentity and access, enterprise GTM
IIIshan Isaacs
Senior Account ExecutiveMonoCloud10+ YOE in enterprise sales
ADAdamya Dheer
UI/UX DesignerDriveIIT Roorkee, product designer at Kello
SLShreya Lahiri
Growth and GTM SpecialistAI+Founder's office at Arctus Aerospace, ex Quizizz
ASAshish Kumar Soni
Software EngineerNegotiateAISoftware developer at Rippling, ex GoodScore
Name withheld
Mechanical EngineerName withheldOnshape CAD experience
Name withheld
Full-Stack EngineerName withheldOffer three days after the first interview
How we counted
  • Counts cover people who accepted an offer between January and October 2026. Deep Mehta's search started in 2025 and he joined in March 2026, so we count him here.
  • One client asked not to be named. We count its two hires and leave out the company and candidate names.
  • Every placement we have made, dated or not, is listed on our placements page.
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