Hire a Startup CTO
The cofounder-level hire that changes everything.
Finding a CTO is a needle-in-a-haystack problem
- Retained recruiters.
- LinkedIn Recruiter seats.
- Keyword-matched resumes.
- Templated InMails.
A startup CTO isn't a senior engineer with a title upgrade. They need to architect systems, hire and lead a team, interface with the business, and make technology bets that could define or sink the company. The Venn diagram of people who can do all of this well is vanishingly small.
Most CTO searches fail because they start with a job description instead of a conversation. You can't reduce this hire to a bullet list of requirements. You need someone who understands your specific technical challenges, shares your product vision, and can operate in the chaos of early-stage.
“Superposition sourced my CTO from start to finish with no human in the loop, and it really did find our needle in the haystack.”
How Superposition finds your CTO
Conversational intake
Our AI agent talks with you to understand the full picture — your tech stack, your product vision, what kind of technical leader your company actually needs.
Proven at the CTO level
We delivered a CTO hire for ESAI: 18,410 candidates researched, 28 curated matches, signed offer in 8 weeks.
Beyond the resume
We analyze open source work, technical writing, and real-world projects to find CTOs who don't just manage — they build.
End-to-end process
From sourcing through offer negotiation. We handle scheduling, candidate communication, and follow-ups so you can focus on evaluating.
“Superposition sourced my CTO from start to finish with no human in the loop, and it really did find our needle in the haystack.”
Questions.
Answered.
Traditional recruiters charge 20–30% of first-year salary and run a generic search across multiple clients at once. Our agent goes deep on just your company — researching thousands of candidates and bringing back people who are specifically a fit, not just generically good.
$500 per agent per month operational, plus a 15% success fee on first-year base salary only — not equity, not bonus. No retainer, no upfront commitment, no percentage-of-OTE gotchas.
Most searches produce a curated shortlist within 2–3 weeks. Signed offers range from 5 to 12 weeks end-to-end, depending on role seniority and your interview cadence.
We offer a 90-day replacement guarantee. If they leave for any reason within 90 days, we re-run the search at no additional cost.
There's an initial voice intake — usually 30–45 minutes — where the agent learns your company, values, and the specific shape of who you're hiring. After that, you review curated candidates as they come in. No daily standups.
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