Adam Ward

I got early access to Grok Bot and I'm hooked. I haven't been this excited about a new AI product in a while. It's like OpenClaw, but super easy, reliable, and less scary to use. I think this will be a huge new product line for Cursor/Grok/SpaceX. I've already found so many ways to use it that have meaningfully made my life better: 1. Matchmaking people looking for jobs with companies who are hiring (see below) 2. Auto-replying to support emails (saves me hours!) 3. Scanning my credit card statements and finding recurring subscriptions to cancel 4. Sending me (really good!) briefs for upcoming podcast guests See below for my actual set of agents that I've been using and chat with daily. Great work on this team Grok Bot. (I'm not an investor in this, nor do I have any ties to this product/company. I'm just a fan!)

Cursor has spent its entire existence competing with every major AI lab and incumbent in the toughest market in tech—and has continued to win. So much so that @elonmusk bought them for $60 billion to help SpaceX win the AI race. They've done this by building one of the most talent-dense teams in history. Adam Ward (@wardadamp) is Head of Talent at @Cursor_AI—who acquired his legendary recruiting firm after he spent 20+ years building the most elite teams in tech—and in our conversation he shares the entire playbook for building high talent-density teams. We discuss: 🔸 Why the traditional recruiting funnel—the "funnel of doom"—guarantees mediocre hiring 🔸 Adam's three-step playbook for hiring the top 1% 🔸 The rise of the forward-deployed engineer 🔸 Today's "tale of two cities" talent market 🔸 The biggest mistake founders make with their first recruiting hire 🔸 The worst question you can ask when sourcing talent (you've definitely asked it) Watch the full episode right here 👇