Recruiting the
deep minds
behind AI.
Deep Abacus is a niche executive search firm for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and the frontier of Large Language Models. We source the researchers, engineers and leaders shaping what comes next.
Deep — for the depth of work required to source specialised talent across AI and Machine Learning.
Abacus — a homage to the ancient calculating tool, and to expertise in complex mathematics and statistics.
Six practices.
One obsession.
Every consultant at Deep Abacus lives inside a single vertical. That's how we know the difference between a good candidate and the person who wrote the paper.
Large Language Models
01Pre-training, fine-tuning, RLHF, inference, prompt engineering.
Machine Learning
02MLOps, platform, applied research, senior IC & leadership.
Computer Vision & Robotics
03Perception, SLAM, sensor fusion, autonomy.
Quant & Algorithmic Trading
04Quant researchers, PMs, crypto, quant devs.
Data Science & Engineering
05From Chief Data Scientist to lead architects.
AI Leadership
06CTO, CAIO, CDO, VP Engineering, Chief of Staff.
The best AI candidates
aren't looking.
80% of the top AI talent is passive — already at a lab, already vested, already courted. They don't answer ads. They answer specialists with real relationships. That's the only game we play.
Source: industry consensus on the composition of the technical talent market.
A decade of frontier hires.
- 2015Data Science teamFox Studios, LA
- 2017AI leadershipJP Morgan CIB
- 2019Core ML developersKroger's 84.51
- 2021Leadership teamPollen (Event-Tech unicorn)
- 2023NLP / LLM teamWriter
Tell us who you need to hire.
A 30-minute call with our founder is usually enough to know whether we're the right partner. If we're not, we'll tell you.