The Josh Bersin Company Ashutosh Garg, Co-Founder & CEO of Eightfold.ai and Viven.ai
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Mar 27, 2026 Ashutosh Garg, machine‑learning PhD and serial entrepreneur who co-founded Eightfold.ai and started Viven.ai, discusses AI for talent, recruiting, and digital twins. He talks about building HR AI, using LLMs while keeping humans in charge. Conversation covers AI interviewing, career mobility, preserving expertise with digital twins, and practical advice for AI founders.
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Human Judgment Becomes The Scarce Asset
- Ashutosh argues intelligence is now commoditized by frontier models, so human judgment and accountability become the differentiators.
- This elevates the value of talent because correct human decisions will matter exponentially more as AI handles routine intelligence.
AI Interviewing Opens The Applicant Aperture
- Frontier models enable scalable AI interviewing that can assess many more applicants than human-led processes, greatly widening the candidate aperture.
- This can surface overlooked talent and improve consistency and fairness while giving more people opportunities.
Design Interviewers To Be Assessors Not Recorders
- Do design AI interviewers to be more than scripted mechanics: make them assess, coach, listen, and ask the right questions to surface true potential.
- Focus product innovation on consistency, fairness, and the interaction quality rather than just recording answers.