Overview
Liam O'Brien is the founder of StellarSearch[1], a recruiting firm focused on helping AI startup founders hire engineering talent in New York and San Francisco[2]. O'Brien has held multiple founding roles, including founder of Matador Activewear from March 2024 to February 2025[7] and founder of TenTenKickz from October 2019 to May 2022[9]. Prior to establishing StellarSearch in January 2025[3], O'Brien worked as a Senior Executive Search Partner and Founding Account Executive at Moonhub, which was acquired by Salesforce, from March 2024 to February 2025[5][6]. O'Brien holds a BEng in Mechanical Engineering from Bournemouth University, completed in 2022[11], and has been building online businesses since age 18[2].
Profile introduction
AI founders don’t struggle to build product - they struggle to hire the people who can actually build it with them. Here at StellarSearch, I help super AI startup founders hire exceptional Founding Engineers in New York and San Francisco (AI/ML, Full-stack, Frontend, Backend). Your route to Stellar Success! 🌟 Been building online businesses since I was 18.
Career history
- FounderJan 2025 to presentstellarsearch.ai
- Talent Lead (via StellarSearch)Feb 2025 to presentJunior
- Senior Executive Search PartnerMar 2024 to Feb 2025Moonhub (acquired by Salesforce)
- Founding Account ExecutiveMar 2024 to Feb 2025Moonhub (acquired by Salesforce)
- FounderJan 2023 to Feb 2025Matador Activewear
- Executive Search PartnerJun 2022 to Mar 2024Tech Recruiting Agency
- FounderOct 2019 to May 2022TenTenKickz
- Intern2018 to 2018Boeing
- FounderStellarSearch
Education
- BEng, Mechanical Engineering2019 - 2022Bournemouth University
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