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Top 25 Executive search firms for AI based in San Diego, United States

Name: Executive search firms for AI based in San Diego, United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026 109 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 109 executive search firms for AI headquartered in San Diego, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 1,208 professional contacts across them, including 199 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (788 companies); San Diego has 109.

This list covers executive search firms for AI headquartered in San Diego, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 28, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 28, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

109Companies

1,208Contacts tracked

199Verified emails

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The 25 largest executive search firms for AI based in San Diego, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 109 executive search firms for AI based in San Diego, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to executive search firms for AI: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Boutique Recruiting	Indirect evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	201 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Boutique Recruiting, our national team specializes in placing top talent across a wide range of industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2	Broekema Group	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	50 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Broekema Group, a subsidiary of On Call Staffing Solutions, Inc, is a privately held, woman-owned professional recruiting firm specializing in direct hire searches, predominantly…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3	Cadre AI	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	46 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Cadre is an AI strategy and integration firm focused on helping organizations unlock the power of AI to drive measurable business results that grow revenue, increase EBITDA, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4	Assistant Launch	Indirect evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The best founders don't do more.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5	Hellosky	Strong evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	23 contacts →
	Strong evidence “HelloSky is the leading precision talent intelligence provider for executive search and VC/PE.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6	Newport Williams	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Tenacious search specialists who are obsessed with finding the perfect candidates for our clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7	Aldebaran Recruiting	Indirect evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	21 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our proprietary headhunting methodology is designed to get you unprecedented access into the passive talent pool.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
8	Purcell International Group	Strong evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in 1969, Purcell International Group is a premier retained executive search and recruitment firm, with an unsurpassed track record of successfully completing searches…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9	Pave Talent	Indirect evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Pave Talent helps high-growth companies hire the people who set them apart.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10	Caliber Associates	Strong evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	16 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Caliber Associates is a retained executive search firm exclusively serving the life sciences sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11	Neon Redwood	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 2023, we're an interdisciplinary team of elite data engineers, AI/ML specialists, investment and finance professionals operating from San Francisco and San Diego with…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12	Usercue	Indirect evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We're not your typical research company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13	Talentstarter	Indirect evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are people aficionados and take great pride in delivering direct-hire talent to global teams.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14	Thorough Group	Indirect evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Welcome to Thorough Group, your premier partner in recruitment for the life sciences industry!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15	Wallabi	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We deploy Fortune 500 strategy, product, and AI experts to help AI-curious CXOs transform how their teams operate.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16	Openreq	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Partial evidence “OpenReq is the embedded recruiting firm built for early-stage startups (Seed to Series B) in the AI & Hard Tech space.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17	M Squared Talent Solutions	Indirect evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are convinced that great talent will transform your ideas into success.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18	HK Recruiting	Indirect evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “HK Recruiting is a specialized recruiting partner to the biotech, life sciences, pharmaceutical, and medical device industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19	Redeployment	Strong evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Redeployment is defined as “the process of moving people to a different place or using them in a more effective way.” We are a recruiting and executive search firm that uses our…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20	Manyflow AI	Partial evidence	San Diego, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Specializing in automation and AI systems, our innovative approach sets us apart.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21	Redbrick Staffing	Indirect evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With over two decades of internal recruitment support, RedBrick Staffing has been able to fine-tune a tried-and-true strategy of locating talent through a personalized recruitment…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22	Productize-Ai	Strong evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	4 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Productize-ai is an artificial intelligence (AI) development company that provides expert-guided AI transformation services to executives worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23	Roldan Executive Search Group	Strong evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	4 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Roldan Executive Search Group is a Top Tier International Executive Search Advisory Firm serving organizations in the U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24	Kismet Search	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Kismet Search, we're a team of masterful relationship builders, leveraging over 25 years of professional recruiting experience in the dynamic technology industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25	The Search BAR	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Search Bar exists to connect good people to meaningful work.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: executive search firms for AI. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names executive search firms for AI.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of executive search firms for AI, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name executive search firms for AI. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Executive search firms for AI based in San Diego, United States at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026

16.5%Verified-email coverage

11.1Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

11-50

51-200

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for San Diego, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for San Diego, over 109 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among executive search firms for AI, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in San Diego, United States whose own description of what they do matches “executive search firms for AI”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names executive search firms for AI), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among executive search firms for AI, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside San Diego are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 199 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 28, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Executive search firms for AI by metro in the United States

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names executive search firms for AI, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many executive search firms for AI are there based in San Diego, United States?

RevenueBase identified 109 executive search firms for AI headquartered in San Diego, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Boutique Recruiting, headquartered in San Diego, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in the United States has the most executive search firms for AI?

New York leads the United States with 788 headquartered companies, followed by San Francisco (408) and Chicago (295). San Diego has 109.

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 199 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 109 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 28, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.