Dex: AI Talent Agent for Technical Hiring

Dex is an AI-powered recruiting platform — an 'AI talent agent' that interviews engineers via voice or text using GPT/Claude models, builds rich profiles, and matches them with hiring companies through a proprietary engine. London-headquartered, founded by Paddy Lambros (10 years in tech recruiting at 100+ companies). Charges employers 20–30% of hire's salary — same fee structure as traditional executive search but powered by AI matching.

April 2026: $5.3M seed led by Notion Capital with a16z Speedrun, Concept Ventures, OpenAI angels. 15,000+ engineers signed up; customers include Lovable, ElevenLabs, Synthesia, Granola, Fyxer.

Key Features

AI talent agent: voice + text AI-driven candidate interviews
Built-in matching engine using OpenAI + Anthropic models
Specialized: AI/ML engineers, software developers, quant engineers
20–30% placement fees — exec search economics + AI scale
15k engineers + 50+ tech companies on platform

Ideal Use Case

Tech companies hiring AI/ML engineers, software developers, or quant talent who want better-matched candidates without the noise of LinkedIn or the cost of traditional recruiters. Particularly strong fit for AI-native scale-ups (the customer roster speaks to this).

Why Use Dex

Traditional recruiting is broken — bad matches, slow process, high noise. Dex's wedge: AI does the depth-of-conversation interview at scale (something humans can't do without massive cost), then matches based on real signal vs resume keywords.

FAQ

Q: How are candidates interviewed? A: AI-driven via voice or text — deep technical and motivational conversations.

Q: Pricing for employers? A: 20–30% of hired candidate's salary — same as exec search.

Q: Who's on it? A: 15k+ engineers; companies like Lovable, ElevenLabs, Synthesia.

tl;dr

AI talent agent for technical hiring. AI interviews + matching. 15k engineers, 50+ co's. $5.3M seed.

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