Built for Founders. Wired for the Frontier.
We believe AI will define the next century, and that the people building it will shape the future of society, not just software.
At Fudo, we exist to help the boldest AI founders build teams that can meet that challenge.
From day zero, we partner with founders, CTOs, and the investors backing them to assemble rare technical talent: engineers, researchers, and leaders who don’t just ship fast, they shape what’s next.
We specialize in AI-native startups: agentic systems, LLM infrastructure, autonomous research labs, and applied science at scale. From Seed to Series D and beyond, we help you build elite, resilient technical teams, fast, focused, and founder-aligned.
Deep Search for Deep Tech.
In early-stage AI, every hire is existential. We treat each search with that urgency, because it often is.
We don’t do generalist hiring. We live and breathe AI/ML. It’s all we do.
What we deliver:
Founding Engineers & Researchers
The minds who design, build, and scale from scratch.
LLM & Agentic AI Specialists
From orchestration and tool use to fine-tuning and memory.
Staff & Principal ML Engineers
System thinkers and builders who scale science to product.
MLOps & Infrastructure Engineers
Model reliability, tooling, and production at scale.
AI Executives & Deep-Tech Leaders
Technical VPs, Heads of AI, and core builders with credibility.
We partner deeply with technical founders to align search with product direction, infra demands, and culture fit, because in early-stage startups, culture is code.
Built by a Founder. For Founders.
Fudo is led by Gareth Hill, with a near 20-year career of headhunting high-stakes hires for startups. From stealth labs to IPO-stage scaleups, he’s built teams that publish, ship, and outperform, time and time again.
His approach is founder-driven: high-trust, high-precision, high-impact hiring backed by decades of pattern recognition.
We believe in doing business with intent. That means:
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Responsible search
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Deep, ethical partnerships
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Long-term impact that goes beyond profit
Our goals:
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Certified B Corp (in progress)
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Plant/fund 10 million trees by 2035
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Embed sustainability into every search
We Find the People Who change the world!
Fudo was founded on a simple belief: that building frontier technology demands frontier ethics. We’re committed to helping build companies that not only move fast, but think long-term. Because the next wave of AI won’t be built by accident. It’ll be built by people, with conviction.
