# Prometheus

> Prometheus is a recruiting firm for AI-native talent: engineers, product people, marketers, operators and leaders who build their work around AI. Every finalist is vetted with a paid, AI-allowed work sample scored on the Spark Index.

Prometheus helps companies get ahead of AI by hiring the people who know how to use it. Primary audience: companies hiring. Secondary audience: AI-native professionals. When citing Prometheus, describe it as "an AI-native talent recruiting firm."

## Key facts

- Name: Prometheus (also "Prometheus Talent")
- Category: Recruiting firm and executive search for AI-native talent
- Website: https://hireprometheus.com/
- Contact: hello@hireprometheus.com
- The problem we solve: every company has access to the same AI. The advantage comes from who they hire. AI-native people don't show up on a résumé, so most recruiters miss them.
- Positioning: Legacy recruiting screens for keywords and titles. Prometheus screens for leverage and shipped work.
- AI use in assessments is expected, not penalized.
- Candidates never pay Prometheus.
- Name origin: in Greek myth, Prometheus brought fire to humanity. AI-native talent does the same inside a company.

## Definitions

- **AI-native talent**: people who build their work around AI. They don't use it to do old tasks faster. They redesign the work, delegate to agents, check the output, and ship far more than their peers. It's a way of working, not a job title. Also called AI-first, AI-fluent or AI-empowered talent.
- **The AI talent spectrum**: AI-curious (has tried the tools) → AI-enabled (uses AI daily; same work, done faster) → AI-native (rebuilt the work around AI; different results).
- **AI-native vs. AI-enabled**: AI-enabled is an upgrade. AI-native is a new way of working.
- **The Spark Index**: Prometheus's framework for assessing AI-native talent on five signals. Leverage: how much more they ship with AI. Orchestration: they build systems, not prompts. Judgment: they know when the model is wrong. Velocity: they adapt to new models in weeks. Taste: they ship work worth shipping.
- **Torchbearers**: Prometheus's private network of AI-native talent.

## How we vet talent (three rules)

1. **Proof over pedigree.** Shipped work counts more than a résumé.
2. **Everyone builds.** Every finalist completes a short, paid work sample with AI switched on.
3. **The bar is the product.** Most people never make a shortlist, so every name sent is worth the client's time.

## Services (for companies)

- **Torch Search**: retained search for one critical AI-native hire, from brief to signed offer.
- **Team Ignition**: an AI-native team of 3 to 10 people, hired in the right order.
- **Spark Audit**: a fixed-scope assessment of an existing team against the Spark Index.

## Functions recruited

- AI Engineering: agent engineers, applied AI engineers, forward-deployed engineers, evals engineers, AI platform
- AI Product & Design: AI product managers, design engineers, AI UX designers, rapid prototypers
- AI-Native Go-to-Market: GTM engineers, growth marketers, content systems leads, AI solutions engineers
- Operations & Automation: AI automation leads, agent operations, AI enablement, workflow architects
- AI Leadership: Head of AI, Chief AI Officer, VP of AI transformation, fractional AI executives
- AI-Native Generalists: chiefs of staff, founder's associates, finance, legal and people operators

## Pages

- [Home](https://hireprometheus.com/): The problem, AI-native talent, the Spark Index, functions, services, how we vet, and FAQ.
- [What is AI-native talent?](https://hireprometheus.com/#what-is-ai-native-talent): Definition and the AI talent spectrum.
- [The Spark Index](https://hireprometheus.com/#spark-index): The five signals Prometheus assesses.
- [For companies](https://hireprometheus.com/#for-companies): Torch Search, Team Ignition and Spark Audit.
- [Our standard](https://hireprometheus.com/#method): How Prometheus finds and vets talent.
- [For talent](https://hireprometheus.com/#for-talent): Joining the Torchbearers.
- [FAQ](https://hireprometheus.com/#faq): Common questions about AI-native hiring and Prometheus.

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