#64: Tom Zrubecky from Talentpilot about the future of hiring, Talent acquisition and AI Agents

Praha Inovační: Předvolební debata​🔹 Stane se Praha konečně evropským inovačním hubem, nebo jí v souboji s kraji i Evropou ujede vlak?​🔹 Proč úspěšné technologické firmy rostou v hlavním městě spíš „Praze navzdory“ než s její systematickou podporou?​🔹 A dočká se Praha po letech debat konečně pořádného Pražského inovačního centra (PIC)?Na tyto a další otázky by měla opovědět debata politiků, kteří budou v příštích čtyřech letech rozhodovat o směřování inovací a technologií v naší metropoli.Pozvání do debaty přijali:🔹 Tomáš Portlík | SPOLU pro Prahu (ODS & TOP 09)🔹 Jan Hušbauer | ANO🔹 Jaromír Beránek | Piráti🔹 Adam Scheinherr | Praha sobě🔹 Petr Hlaváček | STAN🔹 Milan Urban | SPD🔹 Adam Paclt | Motoristé soběProgram: 🔹 17:15 | Úvodní slovo: Martin Jiránek, zmocněnec pro startupy🔹 17:20 | Welcome CzechBusiness: Rudolf Klepáček, generální ředitel🔹 17:25 | Hlas sektoru: Zakladatelé, investoři a ekosystém ▫️za zakladatele: Jan Čurn | Apify ▫️ za investory: Petr Šmíd | Rockaway Ventures ▫️ za komercializaci vědy: Tomáš Ditrych | Ambit a Jakub Nešetřil | ČVUT▫️ za inovační ekosystém: Pavel Jovanovič | SIC🔹 17:50 | Politická debata 🔹 19:00 | Q&A z publika🔹 19:50 | Závěr a poděkování

Beáta from Seed Starter CS talked us through the process and the reasoning behind investing in Miro Hachlinec, as he is building Budovan, which optimizes people-focused buildings while enhancing the user experience through a single, intuitive app. Hosted by our Guest Host, Andrew Gray.Enjoy the Episode!

MARC Impact Program is an international accelerator program that aims to support impact startups and mission-driven organizations from Central and Eastern Europe. The program help connect your great mission with financial readiness, rapid growth, and long-term sustainability. And for the second time in the Czech Republic, organised by Startup Kitchen and its Project Lead, Domi Prekopova, who joined our Chief Editor, Fergus O'Sullivan, for a quick chat.Enjoy our next episode!

Our Fergus O'Sullivan sat down with Tom Zrubecky, Founder & CEO of Talentpilot, an AI native platform for recruiting & talent operations that helps companies find, verify, deploy, and manage the right people and their step into the Century of AI agents. Identifying talent across internal employees, external markets, and past applicants, runs skill-based voice interviews, verifies experience and motivations, and delivers structured recommendations. Is this the future of job interviews, or is there more behind it?Enjoy our next episode!

This recording is a part of the ICT Technology Transfer Days: For a Greener and more Digital Danube Region, co-organised by Startup Kitchen. Two days of startup pitches, investor insights, and networking with 25+ DDAccelerator startups building the future of digital innovation at FIT CTU Prague. The panel discussion was joined by Ondrej Lipold, Partner at Tensor Ventures, Megi Mejdrechova, Co-Founder & CTO of a hardware startup RoboTwin, Miroslav Kriz, Partner at Momenta VC, and hosted by Tom Cironis.

This recording is a part of the ICT Technology Transfer Days: For a Greener and more Digital Danube Region, co-organised by Startup Kitchen. Two days of startup pitches, investor insights, and networking with 25+ DDAccelerator startups building the future of digital innovation at FIT CTU Prague. Keynote Speech delivered by Vojta Rocek, Partner at Presto Ventures.

Mews, a hospitality technology company with Czech roots, has recently secured a record-breaking $300 million in fresh investment, pushing its valuation to $2.5 billion. Our Andrew Gray sat down with Richard Valtr, the mastermind behind this business journey, to discuss what it means to be the most Valuable Czech Startup, what Pep Guardiola, the Football Manager and Coach of Manchester City, is inspiring in, or how Richard compares entrepreneurship to movie producing. Enjoy!

iO Partners is a Real Estate service provider focused on the CEE region, and now even for startups! Has Prague evolved? And if so, how much in comparison to Berlin and other metropolises? Does Andrew have a corner office? This and much more in our latest episode hosted by Katerina Syslova.

As Head of International Sales at Talentpilot, Simon focuses on advancing AI-powered recruiting technology in the EU and the USA. With expertise in GTM strategy and demand generation, he has contributed to pipeline growth, securing multiple key deals, including Talentpilot's first US and UK projects. And he's Irish, as well as our today's host, Fergus O'Sullivan. Enjoy!

CPTO of one of the Czech Unicorns, MEWS, Forbes 30u30, and managing hundreds of people - before even being 30 years old. That's Josef Starychfojtu, a passionate engineering leader with a focus on people, learning, and continuous improvement. Previously (and still in the spirit), a passionate functional programmer. And probably a future coffee-place owner, in the newest episode hosted by Katerina Syslova.This episode of Startup Kitchen Talks is co-financed by the European Union through the National Recovery Plan and the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic within the Creative Vouchers III call.