July 13, 2026

5 Questions Founders Should Answer Before Their Next AI Hire

Where should your next AI engineer actually come from? In-house recruiters, an external recruiting partner, a freelance marketplace, or a full-time nearshore model? Darius Gant of Tesoro AI walks through the five questions founders should settle before making the call.

In this video:

  1. In-house vs external recruiters: when a stretched internal team benefits from outside support
  2. Generalist vs specialist recruiters: why scarce AI roles need role-specific sourcing and screening
  3. Marketplace vs recruiting agency: when a freelance platform fits the work, and when a role-screened full-time hire is safer
  4. Staff augmentation vs internal hire: when a full-time nearshore model helps the roadmap move while payroll and compliance are handled
  5. Generalist ML engineer vs specialist: how to choose the role based on the problem, not the title

An engineer who understands the role, the stack, and the problem has a better chance of building work that fits the business, and that is the judgment these five questions test for.

At Tesoro AI, we focus on the top 5% of LATAM AI engineers, run human-led screening against your specific role requirements, confirm bilingual capability and Americas time-zone alignment, and handle compliance, payroll, and contracts. The first pod, your starting team of engineers, is sourced in 7 days or less.

Which of these five decisions is your team weighing right now? Tell us in the comments.

Learn more: tesoroai.com

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