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- AI & Data Science Division
Your AI Ops Team.Global Talent. A Fraction of the Cost.
Pre-vetted Agent Builders, AI Data Analysts, AI Project Managers, and AI Architects — deployed globally in days, at up to 75% below the cost of a U.S. AI hire.Orchestrated through our Dallas headquarters
No recruiting fee · Flat monthly pricing · Hire in days · Cancel or swap anytime
Avg. cost savings vs. U.S. hire
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Time to first placement
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Soc 2
Verified & compliant
Where We Operate
Dallas, TX headquarters
Honduras
Mexico
India
Philippines
The Relay Bench™ & Global Recruiting
Hire from the Relay Bench™ in days. Or let us build your global AI team.
If the role matches what’s on the Relay Bench™, we can have a vetted candidate ready to onboard within days of your brief. For more specialized AI roles, we recruit and build dedicated global teams from our network — faster than a traditional search, and never at an additional recruiting fee.
- On the Bench Now
- Limited Q2 availability
Agent Builder
AI Engineer
Someone to build and ship your AI workflows — not prototype them. Connects models to real systems, automates the handoffs your team currently does by hand, and delivers outputs that stay in production.
Sample use cases they can staff into
Invoice & Receipt Processing AI
Proposal Generation AI
Ticket Routing AI
Workflow Orchestration AI
SOP Assistant AI
Contract Review A
Departments served
Finance & Legal
Sales & CRM
Customer Support
Operations
- On the Bench Now
AI Data Analyst
Data Analyst
Clean, structured, reliable data that your AI can actually use. Every AI initiative in your org is only as good as the data feeding it — this is the person who makes sure that foundation holds.
Sample use cases they can staff into
Data Cleaning & Normalization AI
CRM Profiling AI
Financial Report Review AI
Competitor Monitoring AI
Expense Auditing AI
Departments served
Finance
Sales & CRM
Marketing
Enterprise Ops
- On the Bench Now
- Limited Q2 availability
AI Program Manager
AI Product Manager
Ownership of your day-to-day AI workflow. Translates between business needs and technical execution — the person who ensures your AI workflow connects to outcomes, not just outputs.
Sample use cases they can staff into
Internal Knowledge Search AI
Document Intelligence AI
Compliance Monitoring AI
Resume Screening AI
Feedback Analysis AI
Departments served
Enterprise-wide
Legal & Compliance
HR & Talent
Customer Experience
- On the Bench Now
AI Solutions Architect
AI Architect
The systems blueprint before you build anything else. Decides what to build, how the pieces connect, and what the data and integration architecture needs to look like — especially for companies that have accumulated a mess of disconnected AI tools.
Sample use cases they can staff into
Workflow Orchestration AI
Document Intelligence AI
Financial Report Architecture
Sales Call Analysis AI
AI Chatbot / Assistant
Departments served
Enterprise
Finance
Operations
Sales
Don't see your role on the Bench?
We'll recruit and build your global AI team from scratch — at no extra cost.
Specialized AI roles often require a targeted search. Tell us exactly what you’re building — stack, workflow, seniority — and we’ll source, vet, and place from our global network. No recruiting fee. No agency markup. Just your dedicated team member, ready to work.
What it actually costs to hire AI talent each month
U.S. Full-Time AI Hire
$12–20K
per month, fully loaded
Long-term commitment
U.S. Full-Time AI Hire
$2.5–4.5K
per month, all-in
Month to month · Cancel anytime
AI Agency / Consulting
$15–40K
Dedicated — never shared
What Our Clients Say
Real Results from Real Finance and Operations Teams
We’d been talking about building an AI QA function for six months. Relay had someone on the Bench who cleared our technical screen in the first week. She built our first evaluation framework in 30 days. That alone saved us a quarter of rework cycles. I didn’t expect the ramp to be that fast.
Marcus T. — VP of Engineering, B2B SaaS Platform
We’d tried two freelancers and a consulting firm before Relay. The difference is that this person actually works for us — he’s in our Slack, he knows our stack, and he’s accountable to us directly. The Relay rep in Dallas stayed involved through the whole onboarding. That follow-through was something we hadn’t seen before.
Priya N. — Director of AI Operations, Financial Services Firm
The Relay AI Vetting Standard
Four criteria. Every candidate. No exceptions.
The standard that separates AI ops professionals from AI tool users.
Required for every Relay AI candidate. Non-negotiable.
Workflow Thinking
Can they turn a messy process into steps with exception handling — not just run a prompt?
Evidence Discipline
Can they cite sources and data — and flag uncertainty reliably? This is the accountability layer.
Tool + System Comfort
APIs, automations, permissions, logging. Do they think in systems, or just in chat interfaces?
QA Mindset
Sampling, checklists, reconciliations, clear "definition of done." Can they build the trust layer?
The AI Stack Your Team Is Already Evaluating
Whether you're building on OpenAI, Claude, or Microsoft Copilot — our engineers are built to adapt to your stack.
Whether you’re picking a platform or connecting AI to systems you already run, our engineers are fast learners — assessed for adaptability and trained to get up to speed on whatever stack you’re running.
- SMB
10-100 employees
- Mid-Market
100–1,000
- ENTERPRISE
1,000
- ALL SIZES
AI & LLM Platforms
OpenAI / GPT-5+
API, Assistants, agentic workflows
- All
Anthropic / Claude API
Claude API, Claude Code
- All
Claude for Enterprise
claude.ai/enterprise, team deployment
- Mid/ENT
Google Gemini / Vertex AI
Vertex AI, Workspace AI
- Mid
Meta Llama (private cloud)
Data sovereignty, self-hosted enterprise
- Mid/ENT
AWS Bedrock
Multi-model, cloud-native
- ENT
Azure OpenAI
Enterprise deployment, compliance
- ENT
Agentic & Automation
Zapier / Make
No-code workflow automation
- SMB
n8n
Self-hosted automation pipelines
- SMB
LangChain / LangGraph
Agent orchestration, RAG
- All
CrewAI
Multi-agent workflows
- MiD
Cursor
AI-native coding, engineering teams
- MiD
Glean
Enterprise AI search & knowledge
- Mid/ENT
Enterprise Systems
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Teams, Word, Excel AI
- MID
Salesforce Einstein
CRM AI, Agentforce
- MiD
HubSpot AI
Sales, marketing automation
- SMB
GitHub Copilot
AI coding, engineering orgs
- ALL
ServiceNow AI
IT ops, workflow intelligence
- ENT
SAP AI Core
ERP intelligence, finance AI
- ENT
Brava Systems
Document AI, enterprise viewing
- ENT
Working in a regulated industry or enterprise environment?
Our AI engineers build with SOC 2 compliance, HIPAA-adjacent data handling, role-based access controls, and audit log requirements in mind — not as afterthoughts, but as part of how they architect from day one. If you're in financial services, healthcare, legal, or government-adjacent work, tell us. We'll match accordingly.
Why Relay
5 Reasons Leading Teams Choose Relay for AI Talent
Pre-vetted AI ops fluency — not just tool familiarity.
Pre-vetted AI ops fluency — not just tool familiarity.
Every candidate clears the Relay AI Vetting Standard: workflow thinking, evidence discipline, tool + system comfort, and QA mindset. Our proprietary upskilling program closes any remaining gaps. Your first hire is ready to work on day one.
Your hire. Your team. Your standards.
Your hire. Your team. Your standards.
Your Relay team member works exclusively for you, full-time, under your direct management. You set priorities, run reviews, own the culture. Relay handles compliance, payroll, and HR. Nothing more.
Senior AI ops talent at up to 75% below U.S. rates.
Senior AI ops talent at up to 75% below U.S. rates.
We source experienced AI operations professionals from India, Honduras, Mexico, and the Philippines. Real workflow experience, excellent English, U.S.-overlap-friendly hours. Same quality — fraction of the cost.
Hire in days from the Bench. Or we recruit in weeks — at no extra cost.
Hire in days from the Bench. Or we recruit in weeks — at no extra cost.
If your role matches what's on the Relay Bench™, you can have a qualified candidate ready to onboard within days. For more specialized AI roles that require a targeted search, we recruit from our global network — still faster than a traditional search, and never at an additional recruiting fee.
Flat monthly pricing. No lock-in. Cancel or swap anytime.
Flat monthly pricing. No lock-in. Cancel or swap anytime.
One flat monthly price covers everything: office, equipment, payroll, benefits, IT, and compliance. No hidden fees, no shifting rate cards. After 30 days, cancel or swap without penalty.
See who's available right now on the Relay Bench™.
Browse highly vetted candidates and transparent pricing — in under 2 minutes.
How It Works
Four steps. Two weeks. Your AI team, running.
One Relay rep in Dallas stays with you from step one through the life of the engagement. Not a handoff chain — a real partnership.
Tell Us Your Open Role
Share your requirements — AI workflow type, software stack, experience level, time zone overlap, and must-haves. We’ll tell you immediately whether we have a match on the Relay Bench™ or whether we need to recruit from our global network. Either way, no recruiting fee — ever.
- Bench match: qualified candidates presented within days.
- Recruited match: targeted global search, typically weeks — not months.
- No recruiting fee. No lengthy search markups.
We Deliver. You Choose.
Relay presents pre-vetted professionals who’ve passed AI workflow assessments, tools proficiency testing, English fluency screening, background checks, and our proprietary upskilling program.
- AI workflow + tools assessments.
- English fluency + communication screening
- Background checks + proprietary upskilling program.
Onboard & Launch
Relay manages all global compliance and infrastructure — contracting, local payroll, IT setup, benefits, and HR administration. Onboard them exactly as you would any full-time team member.
- Global contracting + local payroll.
- IT setup, equipment, benefits — all in- office.
- Not a fit? Swap or exit without penalty.
They Become Part of Your Team
From day one, your Relay AI professional works inside your tools, joins your workflows, and delivers on your timelines — fully backed by Relay’s infrastructure and your dedicated Dallas rep for the life of the engagement.
- Embedded in your Slack, tools, and workflows.
- Dedicated Dallas rep stays with you long-term.
- Relay handles all HR + compliance ongoing.
Relay vs. The Alternatives
Relay vs. U.S. AI Hire vs. AI Agency
Three ways to staff AI ops. Here’s the honest, side-by-side breakdown.
U.S. Full-Time Hire
Freelancer / Agency
Average monthly cost
Dedicated to your company
Compliance & HR managed
Time to first hire
AI ops vetting standard
World-class office provided
Institutional knowledge stays with you
No lock-in contract
$2,500 – $4,500
100% dedicated
Fully handled by Relay
Days (Relay Bench™)
Relay AI Vetting Standard
Relay-managed
Your team member, your IP
Cancel or swap anytime
$12,000 – $20,000+
Yes
Your burden
3–6 months
You screen + test
You provide
Yes
Long-term commitment
$15,000 – $40,000+
Shared clients
Your burden
Weeks to negotiate SOW
Inconsistent
None
Leaves with the engagement
Multi-month SOW
“The pricing conversation alone was worth the call. No vague retainer, no SOW negotiation — just a flat number that covered everything. We hired two people through Relay in the same month. One is running our RAG pipeline. The other owns our agent QA process. Both are treated like full-time team members because they are.”
David L. — CTO, Series B Technology Company
“I was skeptical about the time zone question. Our Relay hire is based in the Philippines and is online during our core East Coast hours every day. She runs our weekly AI review, tracks our eval metrics, and flags issues before we see them. Honestly she operates better than two U.S. contractors we had before her.”
Rachel S. — Head of Product AI, Healthcare Tech Company
Where AI Ops Is Heading
Specialized roles we're actively sourcing as demand grows.
- Actively Building the Bench
As AI programs mature past the prototype stage, companies start asking for more specialized ops roles. These are the categories we see emerging in our client conversations — and where we’re actively developing pipeline. When you’re ready for them, we will be too.
Agentic + Automation
- AI Agent Specialist
- AI Business Process Consultant
- Automation / Integration Engineer
Data + Knowledge
- Knowledge Base / RAG Curator
- AI Data Specialist
- AI Trainer
Evaluation + QA
- AI Evaluation Engineer / LLM QA
- Red Team / Safety Testing Analyst
- Human-in-the-Loop Ops Lead
Security + Governance
- AI Security Specialist
- AI Governance / Model Risk Lead
ML Infrastructure
- ML Engineer / Applied Scientist
- MLOps / ML Platform Engineer
- Data Engineer (AI Pipelines)
ROI + Go-to-Market
- AI ROI Analyst
- AI Customer Success Lead
- AI Media & Content Manager
Need a specialized role that's not on the Bench today?
Tell us what you're building. We'll tell you honestly what's available — and what we can build for you.
About Relay Human Cloud
12+ years building global teams. Now staffing the AI ops layer.
Relay was founded in Dallas to solve a problem our team lived firsthand: scaling intelligent operations without the overhead of U.S.-only hiring. We’ve built sourcing pipelines, compliance frameworks, and team management infrastructure across the Philippines, India, Honduras, and Mexico — so your first hire isn’t our learning experience.
Today we support companies across tech, legal, financial services, and commercial real estate. The fastest-growing category we staff is AI operations — because the demand is real, the global talent exists, and most companies just don’t know how to find and vet it properly. That’s what Relay does.
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Common Questions
We've heard every concern. Here's the honest answer.
Will a global team member really understand our AI stack and workflows?
Absolutely. We specifically vet our candidates for expertise in your required areas. Every Relay AI candidate must pass our rigorous vetting process, which includes assessments on workflow thinking, evidence discipline, tool and system comfort, and a QA mindset. Additionally, we run a proprietary AI upskilling program to address any remaining gaps. You won't just get someone who "knows AI" — you'll receive a candidate who has been evaluated against your specific requirements before you even meet them.
What if the placement doesn't work out?
You can swap or exit without any penalties — it's that straightforward. There are no lock-in contracts. After the initial 30 days, you can cancel at any time. If something isn't working, we will re-source at no additional cost. Our model thrives only when yours does, so we are equally invested in finding the right fit for your needs.
How are time zones and communication handled?
We prioritize candidates in time zones with meaningful overlap with U.S. core hours. Our CRE placements regularly attend live standups, respond in Slack and email during your team's working hours, and are fully integrated into your communication tools. It works because we design it to work from day one.
Is this the same as an outsourcing firm or vendor?
Not at all. Outsourcing vendors manage your talent for you and rotate people across clients. Your Relay hire works only for you, full-time, under your direct management and supervision. You set their agenda, run their reviews, and build a real working relationship. Relay is your HR and compliance infrastructure — invisible to the workflow, essential to the employment structure.
We tried offshore hiring before and it didn't work. What's different?
Most offshore failures come from a shared-resource or freelance model where your work competes for someone's attention. Relay placements are dedicated — one role, one company, full-time. Add in first-class office infrastructure, local HR support, and a Relay account rep in Dallas actively managing the engagement, and the structure is fundamentally different. The results are too.
Who handles compliance, payroll, and legal risk?
Relay takes care of everything — compliance, payroll, and legal risks — entirely. We act as the employer of record across all office locations. Our team fully manages contracting, local payroll, benefits, IT, and compliance. You won't have to deal with any of these aspects; that's included in the flat monthly rate.
Get your first AI ops hire.
In days.
- No recruiting fee
- Flat monthly pricing
- Cancel or swap anytime
- SOC 2 Verified
- Dallas-managed
Book a free 30-minute discovery call. We’ll walk through your open AI roles, show you available candidates from the Relay Bench™, and give you transparent pricing on the spot. No deck. No pressure.
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