India's #1 Founding Engineer Hiring Partner

Building Founding Teams That Build Companies

We help AI startups hire their first 10 engineers from India's top talent pool — fast, aligned, and built to scale globally.

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Startups
Global
Teams
Fast
Hiring
Top 1%
Engineers
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Aarav Mehta
Founding Engineer · AI
Top 1%
LangChainRustPyTorchK8s
8y
Exp
12d
Notice
98%
Match
Priya · ML Lead
88% role match
Live pipeline
12 candidates
Shortlisted in 48h
Hire velocity
15 days
avg. time to offer
AI Match Engine

Trusted by founders worldwide

Built For Founders Who Ship Fast

15
Days
Average hiring time
Top 1%
Engineering talent in India
40+
Startups
Global teams shipped
92%
Long-term retention rate

Our Client Partners

Trusted By High-Growth Startups & Global Teams

Founders building category-defining products trust Grizmo to build their engineering foundation.

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Services

Built For Startup Teams That Need Exceptional Engineers

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Founding Engineer Search

Founding Engineer Search

We Don't Find Candidates. We Find Co-Builders.

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Service 0202/03
Grizmo Executive Search

Grizmo Executive Search

One Wrong Executive Hire Sets You Back 18 Months.

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Grizmo AI Talent

Grizmo AI Talent

The World's Hardest AI Roles. Filled.

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Why Grizmo

Why Startups Choose Grizmo

A new kind of hiring partner — built for founders, not requisitions.

Elite engineering network

Pre-vetted founding engineers from India's top product companies, AI labs, and YC-backed startups.

Founder-first hiring

Every hire briefed against your roadmap, vision, and culture — not a generic job description.

Speed without compromise

Curated shortlists in 72 hours and quality founding hires onboarded in 15 days.

AI startup expertise

LLMs, infra, evals, agents — we speak your stack and understand your technical depth.

Long-term alignment

Engineers who stay, ship, and grow with you well beyond the first 12 months.

Global from day one

Async-ready, timezone-aware engineers fluent in startup velocity and global collaboration.

Process

How Grizmo Works

A four-step engine that turns hiring chaos into founding-team clarity.

01

Founder Discovery

Deep-dive into your roadmap, stack, culture, and the founding team gaps.

02

Talent Architecture

We design the org chart for your next 10 hires — roles, levels, comp.

03

Elite Engineer Matching

Curated shortlist of pre-vetted founding engineers in 72 hours.

04

Scale-Ready Team Building

Onboarding, retention, and ongoing hiring partnership as you grow.

Featured talent

Founding-grade engineers, ready to ship

A glimpse of the talent already in our network — pre-vetted, founder-aligned.

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Aarav M.
Founding ML Engineer
98% match
8y · Ex-OpenAI, Razorpay
PyTorchLangChainRustK8s
14d
Notice
Yes
Global
A+
Tier
I
Ishita R.
Founding Backend Engineer
96% match
7y · Ex-Stripe, Swiggy
GoPostgresgRPCAWS
14d
Notice
Yes
Global
A+
Tier
K
Karthik S.
Founding AI Infra Lead
99% match
9y · Ex-Google, Hugging Face
CUDATritonRayvLLM
14d
Notice
Yes
Global
A+
Tier

Client Testimonials

What Founders & Hiring Leaders Say About Grizmo

Trusted by startups scaling their first engineering teams.

"Grizmo is one of the best staffing agencies I have had the pleasure of working with. They have consistently excelled at closing roles in the shortest possible time. Priyanka's understanding of the roles and timely delivery were exceptional — she demonstrated a remarkable commitment to closing positions and managing the end-to-end process with candidates."
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Manish Singh Rana
Senior HR · Talent Acquisition
nference
"Grizmo played a key role in building the early technology team at Flam, successfully filling roles across diverse areas such as AI, Backend, Frontend, and Data Engineering. I would highly recommend her and the Grizmo team to any early-stage startup looking to build a strong team during the critical 0-1 or 1-10 phase."
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Anupam Yadav
Talent Acquisition
Flam
"Just a quick note to express my gratitude for Grizmo Labs' outstanding work on the recent closings. Closing our crucial positions is a testament to their skills and dedication. Their efficiency, communication, and ability to find the right candidates are truly commendable."
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Shivani Chauhan
Talent Acquisition Specialist
ThrivePass
"Grizmo Labs has been more than just a hiring partner — they've been an extension of our team, going beyond the standard recruitment approach and taking the time to truly understand our culture, priorities, and the unique demands of the roles. Filling crucial and niche roles is never easy, yet Grizmo Labs made the process feel seamless."
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Malvika Garg
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Augnito
"Before partnering with Grizmo, candidates did not have an interest in performing a basic website check to know the company; the initial excitement/curiosity was missing. This has significantly improved post-partnering with Grizmo. The profiles shared are limited with a high understanding of the bar of the candidate and transparency throughout the entire process."
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Kumar Tanmay
Head of Technology
Oolka
"We truly appreciate the effort and dedication your team has put into supporting our hiring needs. The pipeline Priyanka's team built for our open positions has been strong, and the steady flow of profiles has ensured that we never faced a gap in interviews. Overall, it has been a great collaboration."
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Amrit Dash
Talent Acquisition Manager
Bito
"As a founder, one of the most significant challenges we faced was sourcing high-quality candidates. Grizmo Labs has been instrumental in streamlining our hiring process. The quality of leads provided has been excellent, and the time and effort required from our end have been minimal. I would recommend your company to other startups."
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Rohan Kwatra
Co-Founder & CTO
Webless
"Before tying up with Grizmo Labs there were significant hiring challenges in the team — identifying candidates with the right skills, experience, and cultural fit. Since partnering with Grizmo Labs we have seen a good source of profiles in Software plus there has been not a single hire call drop in the closures we've made with them."
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Anitha Teegala
Operations Head
Kinara
"Gaurav is a go-getter! His technical understanding coupled with his great people skills make him one of the finest search partners to have. If you are looking for a partner to build your high-performance team, I would highly recommend working with Gaurav and his team."
PK
Prashant Kashyap
Chief Business Officer
Vystrit
Now onboarding 5 new AI startups this quarter

Build Your Founding Team With Grizmo

The right first hires change everything. Let's design yours.