About this episode
Yvonne Likomanova discusses the dynamics of AI talent flows and what drives elite researchers and engineers to new institutions.
Yvonne Likomanova, Senior Director of Talent at Radical Ventures, digs into what's really driving the AI talent flows. Drawing on a career that spans Stripe, Cruise, Applied Intuition, Yvonne shares where the world's best researchers and engineers are setting their sights. The conversation covers why elite talent is leaving frontier labs for a new class of research-first institutions, what candidates are really optimizing for beyond compensation, and what founders need to get right today to compete for the people who will define their company's trajectory.
People in this episode
Host: Radical Ventures
Guest: Yvonne Likomanova
Topics covered
- AI talent
- research institutions
- career optimization
- founder strategies
- technology trends
Keywords
- AI talent
- Yvonne Likomanova
- Radical Ventures
- research-first institutions
- founder strategies
- technology
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Radical Ventures, Stripe, Cruise, Applied Intuition
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