We built a research institute to read hiring intent before it surfaces
Veridex is a specialist intelligence practice for AI and machine-learning recruitment in the UK. We treat technical search as a data discipline, not a network of contacts.
The engineers who can actually build with AI never reach the open market. They are identified through structural anomalies and organisational telemetry, long before a vacancy is declared.
Standard recruitment is reactive: it waits for a role to open, then competes for the same visible candidates on the same platforms. In a market where a strong ML engineer fields three approaches a week, that is already too late. The people who matter most are not looking, and the companies that need them cannot afford to advertise the gap.
Veridex operates at the intersection of data science and executive search. We monitor the underlying architecture of the companies building with AI (funding disclosures, compute commitments, research output, open-source activity and shifts in corporate governance) to map hiring intent as it forms.
A research method, applied to people
Three instruments, run continuously across the UK AI market. Each turns a public signal into a private read on where technical capacity is about to move.
Structural Telemetry
Continuous monitoring of corporate registries, funding disclosures and compute commitments. Director appointments, capital raises and infrastructure procurement are indexed the day they post: the earliest legible evidence that an AI team is being built.
Research & Repository Signal
Preprints, conference output and open-source commit history, read as evidence of who is genuinely building rather than describing. It also reveals attrition risk: commit activity falls off long before a resignation lands.
Discreet Engagement
Off-platform first contact, designed for engineers who are not looking and cannot be seen looking. Approaches are made discreetly and on the candidate’s terms, protecting both their position and our client’s intent.
A specialist search practice for AI and machine-learning roles in the UK. Every mandate is research-led.
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Every approach is handled by the research desk under strict confidentiality. Tell us the remit, or the kind of role you would move for, and we will respond within one business day.