What It Really Takes to Hire in AI and Deep Tech with Evie Rose-Deighan (VP AI at Talentful)

The AI talent market has fundamentally shifted. It's no longer a sourcing problem — it's a differentiation problem. The talent is findable. The challenge is cutting through the noise and capturing hearts and minds.

In this episode of Hiring on All Cylinders, Matt Staney sits down with Evie Rose-Deighan, VP of AI & Deep Tech at Talentful, to unpack what's changed in the six years she's spent scaling teams at some of the most ambitious AI and deep tech companies in the world. 

From frontier labs racing toward AGI to Series A startups building founding engineering teams, Evie breaks down why the old playbook doesn't work, what top AI talent actually cares about, and why the recruiter's role is shifting from executor to strategic advisor.

We get into the pivot from research to application, why your EVP matters more than your compensation package, how to rethink your assessment process to actually impress the best candidates, and why your founding team is your talent strategy.