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Silicon Valley talent keeps getting recycled, so this CEO uses a “moneyball” approach for uncovering hidden AI geniuses
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HelloSky raised $5.5 million to use AI for recruiting hard-to-reach executives
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HelloSky bringing AI into the core workflows of executive search firms
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The strategic imperative for unified platforms in executive search
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Precision talent: leveraging AI to unlock human intelligence
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Founder & CEO Alex Bates on stage and on air, newest first.
Alex Bates on Today on NYSE Live, New York Stock Exchange, October 1, 2026 — segment begins at 53:10.
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UpcomingOct 28, 2026
Hunt Scanlon PE & VC Recruiting Summit
The Marker Hotel, San Francisco · Moderator
Moderating “Talent Intelligence in VC & PE”
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Oct 1, 2026
Today on NYSE Live
NYSE trading floor, New York Stock Exchange · Interviewee
“HelloSky’s ‘Moneyball’ approach to talent”
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Jun 11, 2026
Hunt Scanlon “Talent Rewired”
Harvard Club of New York City · Fireside chat lead
Fireside chat “Point-in-Time Intelligence: Bringing Human Capital Data Into ChatGPT and Claude” with Kirk Couser (Bespoke Partners) and Jared Cohen (NU Advisory Partners)
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Jan 2026
Davos AI Summit — “Imagination in Action: The Inflection of Intelligence”
Davos, during World Economic Forum week · Speaker
Presented on leadership talent trends in the AI era; founder panel
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Oct 2025
Hunt Scanlon PE/VC Recruiting Summit
San Francisco · Moderator
Moderated “Meeting the Challenges of a Competitive Market” (panelists from Greylock, Khosla Ventures, DSG Global)
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Sep 30, 2025
Hunt Scanlon “Reshaping the Talent Playbook in the Age of AI”
Harvard Club of New York City · Presenter
“Leveraging AI to Unlock Human Intelligence”
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Sep 8–9, 2025
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HelloSky is the Agentic Talent Intelligence Platform for executive search, venture capital, and private equity.
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Short bio (50 words)
Alex Bates is the founder and CEO of HelloSky, the agentic talent intelligence platform used by executive search, venture capital and private equity firms. He was co-founder and CTO of Mtell, acquired by AspenTech in 2016, is the lead inventor on three issued patents, and is the author of Augmented Mind.
Medium bio (100 words)
Alex Bates is the founder and CEO of HelloSky, the agentic talent intelligence platform used by executive search, venture capital and private equity firms to find and rank leadership talent. He was interviewed on the NYSE trading floor on Today on NYSE Live (Oct 2026) and has spoken at the Davos AI Summit during World Economic Forum week, the Harvard Club of New York City, Stanford and Google, and Hunt Scanlon’s PE/VC recruiting summits. Before HelloSky, Alex was co-founder and CTO of Mtell, acquired by AspenTech in 2016. He is the lead inventor on three issued machine-learning patents and the author of Augmented Mind.
Long bio (full, 185 words)
Alex Bates is the founder and CEO of HelloSky, the agentic talent intelligence platform used by executive search, venture capital and private equity firms to find and rank leadership talent from a point-in-time graph of executives, companies and investors. He was interviewed on the NYSE trading floor on Today on NYSE Live (Oct 2026) and has spoken at the Davos AI Summit during World Economic Forum week, the Harvard Club of New York City, Stanford and Google, and Hunt Scanlon’s PE/VC recruiting summits.
Before HelloSky, Alex was co-founder and CTO of Mtell, whose machine-learning platform monitored global fleets of industrial assets; Mtell was acquired by AspenTech (NASDAQ: AZPN) in 2016. He is the lead inventor on three issued patents in machine learning and equipment taxonomies, and earlier applied analytics to some of the world’s largest data warehouses at Teradata.
Alex is the author of Augmented Mind, on how AI combined with human intelligence can unlock human potential. He holds degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science with a concentration in Neuroscience, performed DARPA-funded neural-network research, and authored five peer-reviewed publications as an undergraduate.
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