The search for exceptional builders.
Founding & early engineering search for AI native startups.
Seed → Series B
The first engineering hires don't build products.
They build companies.
The engineers you hire early shape all three. We find the people who understand that.
FUDO MOTION
Proprietary intelligence.
Fudo Motion is our live signal layer. We track who is building, where teams are forming, and who is ready to move before they are actively looking.
Signal types
LiveSignals updated continuously across the AI engineering ecosystem.
Why founders choose Fudo
Exclusive focus
We work only with AI native companies. Every search we run, every relationship we build, every signal we track is within this ecosystem.
Founder led
Every search is run by Gareth Hill directly. No handoffs to junior consultants. No diluted attention.
Market access
We know the people worth knowing, where they're building, and when they're ready to move.
The right engineer at the right moment changes everything.
Founding & early engineering search
Three searches. One focus.
Founding Engineering
The first engineers who set the technical foundation, make the early architectural decisions and help shape the team that follows.
Early Engineering
Exceptional engineers who can operate in an early stage environment, take ownership and turn ambitious ideas into products.
Engineering Leadership
Leaders who set technical direction, raise the standard and build the engineering organisation as the company scales.
From the ecosystem
"Gareth found us an engineer we had been looking for ourselves for four months. Within three weeks of engaging Fudo, we had made an offer."
Emily R.
Co-founder
"The quality of candidates was exceptional. Gareth clearly understood what we were building and what kind of person would thrive here."
Dr. Sarah K.
CTO
"We have worked with a number of search firms. Fudo operates differently. The process is rigorous and the results speak for themselves."
Mark T.
Founder
"Gareth took the time to understand our technical direction before presenting anyone. Every candidate was genuinely relevant."
Daniel W.
VP Engineering
"A search firm that actually understands AI engineering. Rare and valuable."
Charles M.
Founder
FOUNDER LED SEARCH
"I have spent nearly 20 years in engineering search. The last several exclusively in AI. I started Fudo because I believed this market deserved a firm built entirely around it."
Every search is run by me directly. I am not a generalist who has moved into AI. This is the only thing I do.
The Ecosystem
We work where AI is being built.
We work within the ecosystem shaping the future of AI.
Fudo / 不動
Immovable.
Early companies move quickly.
Their foundations should not.