Specialist AI talent

the finest ai minds, matched to the teams building what comes next.

A global AI recruitment consultancy.

the market is short.

For every three open AI roles, there is one person qualified to fill them.
Job adverts do not find that person. Knowing where they are does.

Open AI roles worldwide0
People qualified to fill them0

Sources available on request. The ratio is the point.

What we do

six disciplines.

ralyd only recruits in AI. Every role we work sits inside one of six disciplines.

research and discovery

The people inventing what the rest of the market will use next year.

applied engineering

Engineers who turn models into products that ship and stay up.

platforms and mlops

The infrastructure that keeps models trained, deployed and honest.

insights and data science

The people who find the signal and make it usable.

direction and product

Leaders who decide what gets built and why.

safety and governance

The discipline every board now asks about first.

See the six disciplines and the roles inside each

How we partner

three ways in.

Contingent

No commitment
  • A fee only on a successful placement
  • A shortlist drawn from the active market
  • Technical screening before interview
The best stack in the market, run by a recruiter who answers for the shortlist.

Retained search

Committed and exclusive
  • A mapped market, not a shortlist
  • Passive candidates approached directly
  • A staged process with agreed milestones
Everything we run, pointed at one hire until it is made.

Contract

Day rate, fixed term
  • Vetted contractors, moving quickly
  • Project and delivery-driven hiring
  • Compliance and payroll handled
Speed from the tooling, judgement from the person running it.

See what each of the three includes

Our approach

ai first, human led.

We run the best tooling in the market and put an experienced recruiter in front of every decision. It is not automated recruitment with someone checking the output. It is experienced recruiters working with a better stack than the firms they are up against.

How that works in practice

Where we work

five sectors.

Fintech and financial services. Healthcare and life sciences. SaaS and enterprise tech. Retail and logistics. Defence and government.

What AI hiring looks like in each

the hire you cannot make.

One conversation about the role, and a straight answer on whether we can fill it.

Talk to ralyd