Bird of prey in flight
A talent agency for India's AI-savvy operators

We're talent agents
for people who actually
use AI.

Praxis represents a small roster of AI-savvy operators and places them into India's best-funded startups. Companies pay us. You pay nothing.

For operators

You're too good
to be applying to jobs.

You use AI every day. You've built automations that run half your team's ops. You're doing the work of three people and getting paid like one.

We think you deserve an agent. Praxis maintains a small roster of operators who are genuinely fluent with AI tools. When the right role opens up at a funded startup, we come to you. We pitch you. We negotiate your salary. We only reach out when it actually matters.

No job board. No spam. No "exciting opportunity at a leading company" messages.

Request an invite
For founders

Stop interviewing people who "know ChatGPT."

You need an operator who can own a function and use AI to do the work of a small team. Your recruiter keeps sending you people who put "AI enthusiast" in their LinkedIn headline. That's not the same thing.

We screen for real AI fluency. Not the buzzword. The actual daily practice: custom workflows, automations, agents, tools woven into how they work.

You tell us the problem you're solving, we send you three people worth talking to. Standard success fee. No cost until you hire.

Share your hiring need

Simple on your end.
Rigorous on ours.

For operators
1
You request an invite. We look at your profile.
2
If you make the cut, we have a 20-minute call to understand what you've built, what you want, and what you're good at.
3
You're on the roster. When a role fits, we come to you with a proper brief — not a mass blast.
For founders
1
Tell us what you need. We'll help you shape the role if it's not fully defined yet.
2
We go into our roster and send you three candidates with a one-pager on each. A pitch for why this person fits your specific problem — not a resume dump.
3
You interview. You hire. You pay a standard placement fee. That's it.

We're picky. That's the point.

Our roster is operators who sit in the gap between "business person" and "technical person." They're in ops, product, growth, program management, founder's office roles. What makes them different is they use AI as infrastructure, not as a novelty.

The people we represent have built things with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or similar tools. They have custom workflows. They've automated processes that used to take a team. They're the person everyone goes to when something needs to get done fast and well.

We don't roster people who are "learning AI" or took a weekend course. Nothing against them. But that's not what our clients are paying for.

The market is splitting in two. We're betting on the right side.

There's a quiet divide in every company right now. On one side: operators who've figured out how to use AI to multiply their output. On the other: everyone else, still working the way they did in 2022.

Startups want the first group. But they can't find them through job boards, and most recruiters can't tell the difference between someone who "uses AI" and someone who builds with it daily.

That's where we come in. We've built our entire practice around identifying, vetting, and representing this specific kind of operator. It's all we do.

Renuka Figueiredo
Operations, Relationships, Screening

Clinical psychologist turned startup operator. Scaled teams from 15 to 350 at Loop Health (YC W20). Has recruited at every company she's worked at and brings a psych-informed lens to evaluating people. She conducts every screening call personally.

Raj Kunkolienkar
Systems, Sales, Strategy

Physics grad from BITS Pilani. Co-founded and scaled Stoa. Builds the AI systems that run Praxis and handles the founder-to-founder sales. Uses Claude Code, Cursor, and n8n daily — so evaluating AI fluency is first-hand, not theoretical.

You're probably wondering

Do I have to pay anything as a candidate?

No. Companies pay us a placement fee. Because that fee is a percentage of your salary, we're actually incentivized to negotiate you a higher number.

What kind of roles do you fill?

Ops, product, growth, program management, founder's office, chief of staff. Semi-technical roles at funded Indian startups paying ₹18 LPA or more. We don't do engineering hiring.

What does "request an invite" mean?

We screen everyone before adding them to the roster. We're looking for operators who are daily active AI users with real workflows, not people who opened ChatGPT twice. The screening is a short call, not an exam.

I'm a founder. How fast can you send me candidates?

Typically within a week of taking your mandate. We already know our roster. We're not posting your job and waiting for applications.

What if none of the three candidates work out?

We learn why and send you three more. The first shortlist is how we calibrate. Most of our clients interview at least two of the three we send.

Do you work with companies outside India?

We're open to US or global companies hiring operators based in India. The candidates are India-based.

If you've been waiting for someone to notice what you can do with AI — we're paying attention.

For operators who want representation, or founders who are tired of interviewing people who can't ship.