How Fiber AI built an engineering team in 17 days

The Problem: Fiber was growing and didn’t have time to search for engineers

For startups like Fiber AI, shipping new features fast isn’t just critical for growth. It’s necessary to stay alive.

Fiber AI helps companies automate prospecting and outbound sales workflows with AI, and has been a Bolto client since finishing Y Combinator’s S23 batch. Coming out of YC, the team knew it had to buckle down and build. Fiber was going after a competitive market and needed an incredible product to compete.

CEO Adi Agashe started looking for engineers. He didn’t want to make the mistake YC partners had always warned him about, blowing his entire hiring budget on one expensive SF FAANG engineer, but he didn’t know where else to look.

That’s when he found Bolto.

Solution: A shortlist of proven engineers, fast

Bolto’s hiring platform uses AI to source global developers with a track record of shipping quality code. It then runs them through an AI technical assessment and a behavioral screen to confirm engineering talent and culture fit.

Adi used Bolto to build a shortlist, filtering by region, monthly budget, and technical skill set to find developers who matched his needs, then quickly set up interviews.

“Simply put, Bolto gives you the best candidates faster than you could get them anywhere else. It would have taken me hours to find the right candidate on LinkedIn or Fiverr, but Bolto’s AI found me genuinely great profiles right away.”

Within 17 days of Adi’s first contact with Bolto, his vetted developers were onboarded and had already shipped their first features.

Results: A five-person engineering team in 17 days

With a strong engineering team in place, Fiber got to work building its product. It has since blown past $1M ARR and is on track to keep growing quickly.

By the numbers:

• 5 engineers hired
• 17 days to hire the entire team
• 100% retention rate

“Bolto’s AI sourcing and vetting saved our company from the usual time sink that comes with recruiting stellar candidates. The platform has been a game-changer for us as we’ve grown.”