Sentient Staff
The marketplace

A curated desk, not a job board.

A two-sided marketplace of organisations and AI ethicists, run by people rather than an algorithm. Curation is the product, because in a field this small, a bad match is expensive for everyone.

How a match happens

Introduced, not auctioned.

  • Organisations post a need privately: the work, the shape, the cadence, the budget.
  • Ethicists keep a private profile of real, vetted experience, visible only when they choose.
  • We introduce. One match, one consent, both sides briefed. No public leaderboard of people, ever.
  • You engage directly. We handle the contract, the independence terms, and the evidence trail.
NEEDSETHICISTS
How it works

From brief to embedded, without the guesswork.

The same path whichever way you work with us. A person runs it end to end, so nothing falls through a form.

1

Tell us the need

The work, the risk you are carrying, the cadence, and the budget. Five minutes, and a person reads it, not a form.

2

We match and evidence

We put forward ethicists whose track record earns the introduction, not just a checklist. You meet a shortlist worth your time, not a stack of CVs.

3

Engage with the terms right

We set up the contract with the independence, reporting line, and escalation the role needs, so it has teeth from day one.

What we handle, so you do not have to

  • Real vetting of real AI ethics talent, the reasoning shown, not a badge and a smile.
  • The contract, the day rate or fee, and the independence and escalation terms, spelled out rather than assumed.
  • The evidence trail, so the role still stands up when an audit or a regulator eventually comes asking.
  • The awkward parts, honestly: replacing a match that is not working, and scaling days as the work moves. Someone has to have that conversation.

Why not a self-serve board?

Because an open board with public profiles would do the one thing this whole venture refuses: rank people. It would turn practitioners into a leaderboard, invite employers to shop on price, and quietly pressure the assessment behind every rating. A curated desk is slower and does not scale as prettily. It is also the only version that stays honest, so it is the one we run.

Post a need, or register your interest.

Both sides start with a short, private form that reaches a person.