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An ontology is a formal, explicit specification of a shared conceptualization. It is an agreement about what things exist in a domain, how they relate, and what we call them. As AI agents become the primary consumers of data, we need a layer that explicitly describes what things mean, how they relate, and what rules govern them. Structure knowledge and make it accessible, and the market will sort out the labels.
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Recruiting feels perfectly aligned with AI capabilities because, at its core, it's mostly a data problem. This article looks at the state of the AI recruiting industry. Every AI recruiting company seems to run into the same problems: recruiting isn't very frequent, causing natural user churn; companies can use multiple platforms at once, so there's no loyalty or lock-in; a data moat is hard; and the long-term winner needs to become part of the broader recruiting window to scale. The space is still early, and markets can be unlocked with new capabilities.
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'Talent' and 'Talent engineering' are two new roles that have recently emerged. Frontier labs, VCs, and startups are hiring for both roles. A 'talent' is a person who is great at attracting smart people and has deep relationships with all of them. A 'talent engineer' is someone who loves to build people tools and is also a great engineer. The highest talent density companies now hire based on a blend of talent and talent engineering rather than using the traditional model of recruitment.
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You can't out-onboard a customer who only needed you once. 10% monthly churn means rebuilding 70% of your user base every year. The biggest lever is category choice, because a daily marketer workflow retains nothing like a one-time birthday-card job. Blended churn hides the split between sticky cohorts and tourists, so the work is steering ICP, onboarding, and acquisition toward the people who come back. Annual plans, dunning, and win-back flows help at the margin, but choosing a repeat-usage customer is the whole game.
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