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AI Hiring Agent · Uplers
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e.g. Series A, need a full-stack AI engineer…
Hiring Intelligence

Everything you need to hire with confidence.

Every profile includes an evidence-backed read on skills, mindset, and intent. We assess all of it specifically for startup and product-company roles.

Startup-readiness insights

Evaluate ownership, ambiguity handling, curiosity, execution depth, and founder alignment. Analyzed beyond simply skills and experience.

Transparent AI & human screening

Structured evaluation across capability, mindset, alignment, and risk signals. Visible to every hiring manager.

Screening call recordings & transcripts

Review real candidate conversations and see how a candidate thinks and presents themselves.

Recommendation reports & evidence snapshots

See exactly why a candidate is recommended, what was validated, and where caution may be needed.

Arjun Verma
Arjun Verma
Senior AI Engineer · IIT Guwahati · Ex-Google · 6 yrs
What we found
Technical depthStrong
Led core ranking services at Google - the systems and ML depth to build the hard parts in-house.
Startup-fitStrong
Has built 0-1 before; genuinely comfortable owning undefined scope with no playbook.
Ambiguity toleranceSolid
Re-scoped a vague problem live in the screening call without losing momentum.
Intent & convictionStrong
Wants a seed-stage bet for real - not chasing a title or hedging another offer.
Recommended for
Founding Engineer
96%Confidence
A rare 0-1 builder - the kind founders fight to keep.
AI deep-analysis·NReviewed by Neha, Talent Partner
Customer Stories

Proven across startups and product companies at every stage

Real hires and real outcomes from seed-stage startups to scale stage.

Uplers helped us hire an AI engineer for Slidely AI. Constant check-ins, follow-ups, understanding our needs for the role, adapting to the requirement changes based on the interviews, they were on top of it all.
Nikhil Shah, Co-founder
Seed-Stage
You guys understand the project well and have delivered very good, the candidate are strong and my high level feedback is very positive. I am also very satisfied with the co-ordination happening from your side.
Zorik Gordon, Founder
Seed-Stage
Uplers has been an excellent talent partner for Lyzr, helping us successfully close key positions with speed and efficiency. The team’s professionalism, responsiveness, and collaborative approach have made it a real pleasure working with them.
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Shalini S, Director HR
Series A
Despite conducting more than 20 interviews in 4-6 months, we were unable to find an AppSec Dev with a rich background in coding. However, Uplers quickly found three suitable profiles for us and we hired the first candidate we interviewed.
Wayne Haber, Director of Engineering
Series A
After reviewing 600 profiles and taking 18 interviews with no results, Uplers changed everything. From their first 10 curated profiles, I shortlisted 6 - better than anything I’d found before.
Abhinav Jain, Founding Designer & PM
Unicorn
Uplers helped to source and bring out the top talent in India, any kind of high-level role requirement in terms of skills is always sourced based on the job description we share. The profiles of highly vetted experts were received within a couple of days.
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Aneesh Dhawan, Founder
Series A
Uplers helped us hire an AI engineer for Slidely AI. Constant check-ins, follow-ups, understanding our needs for the role, adapting to the requirement changes based on the interviews, they were on top of it all.
Nikhil Shah, Co-founder
Seed-Stage
You guys understand the project well and have delivered very good, the candidate are strong and my high level feedback is very positive. I am also very satisfied with the co-ordination happening from your side.
Zorik Gordon, Founder
Seed-Stage
Uplers has been an excellent talent partner for Lyzr, helping us successfully close key positions with speed and efficiency. The team’s professionalism, responsiveness, and collaborative approach have made it a real pleasure working with them.
Read the story
Shalini S, Director HR
Series A
Despite conducting more than 20 interviews in 4-6 months, we were unable to find an AppSec Dev with a rich background in coding. However, Uplers quickly found three suitable profiles for us and we hired the first candidate we interviewed.
Wayne Haber, Director of Engineering
Series A
After reviewing 600 profiles and taking 18 interviews with no results, Uplers changed everything. From their first 10 curated profiles, I shortlisted 6 - better than anything I’d found before.
Abhinav Jain, Founding Designer & PM
Unicorn
Uplers helped to source and bring out the top talent in India, any kind of high-level role requirement in terms of skills is always sourced based on the job description we share. The profiles of highly vetted experts were received within a couple of days.
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Aneesh Dhawan, Founder
Series A
Talent Discovery

Explore startup-ready talent.

Get a shortlist of high-intent professionals across the roles startups hire most. They are scored on startup signals, not just resumes.

AI EngineersFull Stack EngineersBackend EngineersData ScientistDevOpsQA Engineer
Jash Radia
Jash Radia
AI Engineer
Exp. 5 years
GoogleIIT
Startup Signals
0→1 builderAI-native

Detail-oriented Data Scientist and Ex-Data Engineer with 4.5+ years of experience in AWS, Azure and GCP; designs, develops and maintains highly scalable, secure and reliable data structures. Working closely with software architects and analysts to understand business requirements to develop comprehensive data products. Expert in Model building, statistics, tuning, LLM summarization in conversational AI.

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Adnaan Nazir
Adnaan Nazir
Lead AI Engineer
Exp. 10 years
MicrosoftIIT
Startup Signals
0→1 builderStartup-nativeHigh ownershipAI-native

I work on developing and deploying innovative solutions for generative AI applications, such as text, image, and video synthesis, using LLMs, state-of-the-art techniques and frameworks, such as Langgraph, Langchain, Vector Databases, Advanced RAG, Multi-Agentic Systems, MCP etc. I have over 10 years of professional experience in software engineering, data science, and machine learning, with a strong background in Python, ML, NLP, LLMs, Multi Agentic Systems, Computer Vision, Azure, and AWS. I graduated with a B.Tech. in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi, where I also served as a teaching assistant for the course on Artificial Intelligence.

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Prathamesh Dinkar
Prathamesh Dinkar
Senior AI engineer
Exp. 7 years
L&TIIT
Startup Signals
1→10 builderAI-nativeShips independently

Results-driven Machine Learning Engineer with 6+ years of experience transforming complex data into actionable business solutions. Expert in leveraging data science, machine learning, and deep learning to solve critical business challenges and drive innovation.

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Amit Sadhu
Amit Sadhu
AI Engineer
Exp. 6.1 years
L&T
Startup Signals
1→10 builderHigh ownershipMLOps depth

A proven and exceptional individual with 4+ years of experience in the IT industry, with a former track record of achievements in AI/ML, data, and cloud infrastructure automation. Keen on making a tangible impact on the world.

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Ajit muthunarayan
Ajit muthunarayan
AI Engineer
Exp. 8 years
PwC
Startup Signals
1→10 builderShips at scaleProduct thinker

Results-driven Data & AI/ML Product Leader with 8+ years in BFSI, Healthcare, and FMCG. Expertise in Generative AI, deep learning, and document automation, delivering 25+ AI-driven solutions. Skilled in product strategy, business analysis, and technology planning. Strong background in predictive modeling, decision automation, and optimization algorithms. Focused on maximizing KPIs to drive business growth.

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Why Uplers

Why startups and tech companies choose Uplers.

Human-led & AI-powered

AI gives us speed, recruiter judgment keeps it real.

Startup & product hiring expertise

We get how startups work. The pace, the messy scope, the wearing-many-hats part. So we find people accordingly.

Skills, mindset & intent

We look past the resume to find people who actually fit YOUR team. Not just the role.

Flexible hiring models

Choose any from Full-time, contract, or curated sourcing. Hire however it works for you.

Transparent hiring intelligence

Reports, scorecards, and recordings give you complete visibility.

Faster time-to-hire

Pre-screened, ready-to-start talent shortlisted within days.

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