How Will AI Transform Executive Search? [Ft. Alex Bates, HelloSky]
Alex Bates studied artificial neural networks in middle school, founded Mtell to predict equipment failures at oil rigs and power plants, and has now applied that same thinking to executive search at HelloSky. His core argument cuts against the prevailing AI narrative: as LLMs scale, domain expertise and operating experience become more valuable, not less, because the decisions that actually move companies have never appeared anywhere on the internet for a model to train on.
In this episode, Alex gets specific on where executive search breaks down at the data layer — including how HelloSky…
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