We deploy AI. Elios is an AI deployment company that does it with your people: the specialists to deploy it and the teams to solve it. We put AI-native people into your environment, on your stack, and either deploy the specialists who ship or lead the teams that solve the problem. We are the new-age hybrid.

What are your two offerings?

Deployed Specialists and Embedded Teams. Deployed Specialists is deploy it: individual AI-native experts, vetted and deployed in 48 hours, from AI and executive leadership to software engineering, DevOps, and QA. Embedded Teams is solve it: pre-formed AI pods on Elios OS, led by senior delivery operators, who embed, solve alongside your team, and transfer the capability to your team.

Elios OS is our proprietary delivery method and library of horizontal accelerators. It lets a small pod ship what takes other firms dozens of people: more with less, by design. Every engagement runs the same arc: Diagnose the outcome, Embed and Solve with accelerators, then Transfer the capability so your team owns it.

What does AI-native mean for the people you deploy?

AI-native is a hard screen on every placement, even for QA, program management, or cloud roles. We only deploy people who use AI in production to do more with less. That is why we can say we deploy AI across every offering: the product is human, and AI is what they run and how they work.

How do you screen for AI-native talent?

Every candidate runs a gated, three-stage screen: a resume and portfolio review inside Elios Insights, outside-source verification across GitHub, LinkedIn, and published work, then a technical conversation with a senior practitioner. A candidate only advances when the prior signal is strong enough to justify the next reviewer's time. See the full process in how we screen for AI-native talent.

How is this different from a staffing agency or a consulting firm?

A staffing agency hands you resumes and walks away. A consulting firm sells you a deck at senior rates and creates dependency. We deploy a vetted, AI-native workforce and back it with consulting-grade delivery that solves the problem and leaves the capability behind.

How fast can you deploy?

We deploy Deployed Specialists in as little as 48 hours through Elios Insights, our network of a quarter-million-plus AI-native specialists. Embedded Teams typically mobilize within one to two weeks. The first conversation is not a sales pitch. We learn your environment and tell you what we think would work.

Are you tied to a specific AI vendor?

No. We are provider-agnostic, and we meet you where you are — we'll work with whatever you already use. We work with Anthropic (we're part of the Claude Partner Network), OpenAI, Google Gemini, open-source models, and others. We recommend what fits your stack, your security requirements, and your team — not a vendor's roadmap.

HUMAN-LED AI DEPLOYMENT

AI and Forward Deployed Engineering Solutions.

Deployed specialists, pods, and embedded solutions that make your teams AI-native.

Making your teams AI-native.

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Head of AI

FitScore97

AI StrategyClaudeRoadmap

Forward Deployed Engineer

FitScore96

Claude CodeMCP ServersTypeScript

Forward Deployed Specialist

FitScore95

Process RedesignSOPsAI Enablement

AI Solutions Architect

FitScore94

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WHAT WE DO

We deploy the AI and the people to run it.

We are an AI deployment company. We deploy AI-native specialists into your environment and the teams to run it. Take one specialist, like a head of AI and four engineers, or hand us your whole AI arm. Either way, the people work in your environment and the capability stays with you.

AI-native, every placement

Everyone we deploy uses AI in production to do more with less. A hard screen on every role.

One specialist or the whole team

Deploy a single AI-native expert, or let an embedded pod be your full AI arm. Scale up or down as priorities shift.

Convertible to full-time¹

Like the people we deploy? Bring them onto your team permanently.

We do the work

Whether we deployed the specialist or ran the pod, our experts solve the problem and leave the capability behind.

Elios delivery lead running a working session with a client team

We embed with your team to learn what makes your business unique. This is not a one-size-fits-all solution. Every deployment is scoped to your stack, your workflows, and your data.

Duran Workman

CEO

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THE PROBLEM

More than 80% of AI projects fail.²

Not because the tech does not work. Shipping AI means changing processes, teams, and how decisions get made. That takes people. We deploy the people who do it.

Old Staffing Model

People, then gone

Unvetted volume, not a fit

No AI-native screen

Hands you resumes, not results

You manage the work

No delivery, just placement

No capability left behind

Specialists deployed, problems solved

AI-native, vetted, deployed in 48 hours

Consulting-grade delivery leaders

Ships production work, not decks

Solves the problem, transfers capability

More with less, by design

Convertible to full-time¹

Tell us what you need

Consulting Firm

Delivery, overpriced

Junior staff, senior rates

Months to mobilize

Output is a PDF, not deployed AI

Creates dependency, not capability

No workforce of their own

Expensive overhead for unclear outcomes

“The problem isn’t the technology. It’s the deployment.”

Elios AI

WHAT AI-NATIVE MEANS

Simply rolling out ChatGPT is not deploying AI.

AI-native is not a tool you buy. It is how every team works, with AI doing the heavy lifting.

Every team, not just engineering

AI-native is how every person works, with AI in the loop on the real jobs: research, analysis, presentations, financial models, operations, hiring, and the decisions that move the business.

The question gets asked every time

Before you hire for a role, the first question is whether AI can do the work. Every new workflow asks how AI makes it faster. The answer is not always AI, but the question is always asked.

Your data, reachable by AI

Being AI-native has a technical floor: your systems exposed to agents through MCP servers, CLIs, and skills the AI tools your team already uses can call. We build that layer.

WHY ELIOS

Consulting-grade quality. On-demand economics.

ELIOS INSIGHTS

Our AI-matching platform and a quarter-million-plus AI-native specialist network. It is how we find and deploy the right person in 48 hours.

MORE WITH LESS

Elios OS, our proven method and accelerators, lets a small pod do what takes other firms dozens. Less time, less spend, more shipped.

WE TEACH YOU TO FISH

Operators who live and breathe AI embed alongside your team, find your real bottlenecks, and leave the capability behind, not a dependency.

7 daysSpeed to deploy · industry avg 44+

1 in 3Presented, hired · industry 1 in 8

95%Retention across engagements

100-dayPlacement guarantee

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TWO WAYS TO ENGAGE

The specialists to deploy it. The teams to solve it.

Take one specialist or a whole team. Both run on Elios OS, both are AI-native, both leave you stronger.

DEPLOY IT

Deployed Specialists

Individual AI-native experts, vetted and deployed in 48 hours. AI and executive leadership, forward deployed engineers and specialists, IT and program management, enterprise IT and cloud, software engineering, DevOps, and QA.

Speed and fit, matched to your role and stack
AI-native screened on every placement
Convertible to full-time¹

See how we deploy specialists How we screen for AI-native talent

SOLVE IT

Embedded Teams

Pre-formed AI pods powered by Elios OS, led by senior delivery operators. We embed in your environment, solve alongside your team, and transfer the capability. Enter at any phase.

AI strategy through custom AI products
Elios OS method and horizontal accelerators
Capability transfers to your team

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OUR PROPRIETARY PLATFORM

Powered by Elios Insights.

Our proprietary platform and AI-native network are built for speed. Prism, our AI agent, powers sourcing, matching, and onboarding. Our operators do the screening. Specialists deployed in days.

1.1M+: Profiles in the talent graph
FitScore: AI match scored per role
<10 days: Avg. screen to deployment

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PURPOSE-BUILT FOR

Built for the way you scale AI.

Private equity portfolios

Scale AI & data value creation across portfolio companies. 1:1 or grouped.

Professional services

Consulting & SI firms expanding delivery capacity and AI practice depth through our practice acceleration models.

Mid-market commercial

Stand up your early GTM, operations, or back office in days, without big-firm overhead.

FAQ

Questions? Answers.

Still curious? We're happy to talk.

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Wherever you are with AI, we’ll help you deploy it.

We’ll deploy a qualified specialist or AI Pod in less than seven days, and leave the capability behind.

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We deploy the AI and the people to run it.

AI-native, every placement

Everyone we deploy uses AI in production to do more with less. A hard screen on every role.

One specialist or the whole team

Deploy a single AI-native expert, or let an embedded pod be your full AI arm. Scale up or down as priorities shift.

Convertible to full-time¹

Like the people we deploy? Bring them onto your team permanently.

We do the work

Whether we deployed the specialist or ran the pod, our experts solve the problem and leave the capability behind.

Our proprietary platform and AI-native network are built for speed. Prism, our AI agent, powers sourcing, matching, and onboarding. Our operators do the screening. Specialists deployed in days.

1.1M+

Profiles in the talent graph

FitScore

AI match scored per role

<10 days

Avg. screen to deployment

See Elios Insights