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About A1 and Bjak
Bjak: largest online insurance aggregator in Southeast Asia, expanding into a finance super app
Operating in four Asian markets, launching into the UK by end of year
A1: new company founded by Bjak’s founder this year, focused entirely on AI applications
Building a productivity app coordinating messages, emails, and calendars
App can reply to emails, move items, and send reminders with user permission
Current team of eight engineers, distributed across China, US, Switzerland, and Japan
No UK brand presence yet; seeking agency support for UK hiring
Hiring Scope and Timeline
Original brief: 15 UK engineering hires
Target: 15 hires by end of year, timeline is tight but flexible
Still exploring and interviewing recruitment agencies; no decisions made yet
Prioritizing contingency-based model given they are new to the market
Key Roles and Fit
Core needs: GenAI, agentic systems, AI infrastructure, LLM applications
Also posted a Director of AI Science role (research-focused)
Deeprec and Trust in Soda flagged as strong fit
Deeprec covers frontier research, GenAI, agentic AI, speech/voice, AI infrastructure
Trust in Soda covers AI engineering with a fintech/financial services bias
Broadgate covers financial crime, risk, legal, and compliance
Commercial and Process
Candy to review the deck and placement list internally before proceeding
Will send Deeprec their standard service agreement template after review
Decision criteria: track record, capability overview, and rate
Onboarding likely straightforward; will set up a Lark group once
Adam Hicks
