R&D center with 25+ rare developers and full operational support for People.ai

People.ai
  • HQ: San Francisco, USA
  • Company size: 201-500
  • Funding raised: $200M
  • Team location: Ukraine
  • Cooperation time: since 2017
  • Product: Predictive sales management platform powered by AI

People.ai is a software product company that develops the industry’s leading data and AI platform. It transforms daily business activities into account and opportunity management solutions that maximize marketing ROI and drive revenue growth. In 2021, the company raised $100 million and earned a $1.1 billion valuation, becoming a unicorn. Today, People.aiโ€™s solutions support top companies like AppDynamics, DataRobot, Ivanti, Okta, and Zoom.

Issue

People.ai had been considering expanding their engineering team abroad until they chose Ukraine as the most attractive offshore destination.

However, the company began working with multiple service providers simultaneously that worked on different or even the same tasks. This, in turn, led to delayed deadlines, coordination issues, and inefficient results.

To streamline their expansion efforts, People.ai sought assistance from Alcor as an all-in-one-place provider. The company delegated all back-office operations, including tech recruitment and Employer of Record, to our team.

Solution

Our legal and finance teams devised the most efficient legal structure for running People.ai's tech team in Ukraine. With the formalities sorted, we moved to office leasing. Over 4 weeks, Alcorโ€™s sysadmins and real estate managers conducted thorough onsite checks of each office, considering all the client's requests in terms of location, price, as well as IT and security infrastructure.

Once People.ai made their office choice, our lawyers negotiated a beneficial lease agreement with the landlord, ensuring the office was ready for a long-term lease. Meanwhile, our tech recruiters started sourcing for the best candidates on behalf of the client, which eventually led to a team of 25 software developers.

This allowed People.ai to focus on their product and business, delegating the R&D opening process entirely to Alcor, while maintaining the ability to monitor and discuss ongoing work via meetings and emails.

Hired experts in:
Python Scala Java React Javascript BigData Kafka AWS

Results

R&D office in 1 month
Alcor's real estate managers needed just a few weeks to identify an ideal office location and later procure the necessary equipment. At the same time, our lawyers negotiated a beneficial lease agreement for the client with the landlord.
25+ developers with rare skills
Alcor's tech recruiters hunted over 25 developers who successfully joined People.ai, including a highly skilled Staff Engineer and top AI specialists. An impressive 98.6% of these hires passed their probation period with ease!
Seamless EoR service
With our comprehensive support from Account Managers, People.ai enjoyed payroll, taxes, accounting, and benefits management for their R&D team in Ukraine.
100% legal compliance
Our legal team made sure People.ai has full compliance with both American and Ukrainian laws. Alcor's specialists provide constant updates and consultations to People.ai.
Complete integration
People.ai maintained the entire decision-making regarding software development, team management, and expenses. The team is 100% integrated into People.ai. The Alcor model also allowed our client to secure their IP rights to the fullest.
Valley-caliber talent
The quality of Alcor's hire impressed People.ai's CTO. Their offshore team comprises mostly senior developers who are on par with Silicon Valley talent. Their retention time with People.ai is 2.2 years on average.

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*Salary in USD, gross per month. Does not include Alcorโ€™s fee. **Salary ranges may change after calibrating the ideal candidate profile with the Client.

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