Est. 2026
Human
Intelligence
Agency
Elite technical talent, expertly represented.
The engineer commanding a $1M package now has an agent.
HIA represents the engineers, AI researchers, and technical leaders at the top of the market the same way CAA represents Hollywood and WME represents sport. We negotiate their contracts, develop their careers over the long term, and take a percentage of what they earn. The company has its own people looking after its interests. We look after the talent's.
The agent earns more only when the client earns more.
HIA takes an ongoing percentage of total annual compensation rather than a one-time placement fee, which means the incentive never expires. Most technical professionals negotiating a $1M package focus on base salary. It is the smallest lever. Equity refreshers, vesting acceleration, compute budget, publication rights, IP ownership: these move more money and almost nobody asks for them. HIA agents know which companies will move on which terms. They negotiate the whole package.
$200K to $400K left on the table per negotiation cycle by unrepresented senior tech professionals.
3,800 pro athletes across all major US professional leagues.
50,000+ US tech professionals earn over $500K per year.
A principal researcher at Anthropic or OpenAI now has someone whose job is knowing what they're worth.
A senior researcher with competing offers and a decade of exceptional work is sitting across from a compensation team that runs this process every week. The researcher runs it once every few years. HIA agents carry real closed-deal data across every major company and know precisely where the ceiling sits. On average, that knowledge is worth $200K to $400K per negotiation cycle to a client who previously had no way to access it.
| Scale | Clients | Avg Package | Fee Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 agents | 250 | $700K | $5.25M |
| 25 agents | 625 | $800K | $15M |
| 50 agents | 1,250 | $900K | $33.75M |
WME was acquired for $2.4B representing a talent pool roughly comparable in scale to the market HIA serves. This one is growing faster.
Founded by people who know what great representation felt like from the inside.
HIA's Venture Partners hold equity in the agency. The archetype is specific: elite talent at the summit of their careers with world-class agent representation, who then built genuine technology investment portfolios. Andre Iguodala invested in Zoom, Coinbase, and Datadog during his NBA career before founding the $200M Mosaic fund. Nas backed Lyft, Dropbox, and Coinbase through QueensBridge Venture Partners before any went public. Serena Williams' Serena Ventures has 85+ portfolio companies. Ashton Kutcher's Sound Ventures got into Airbnb and Uber at the early stages. Joe Montana co-founded Liquid2 Ventures. People who have lived the talent side of the table, and built the track record to earn a seat on the capital side too.
1–2% equity
Founding equity stake in HIA held by each Venture Partner.
Milestone-based vesting
Tied to outcomes, not a calendar. Earned through active contribution.
Active, not advisory
Venture Partners open doors, make introductions, and build the category.
HIA is the first firm of its kind in tech. The space is entirely its own.
Talent representation has existed in every high-value profession for over a century. HIA brings it to the one that produces the most valuable practitioners in the world. The firm is paid by the talent, not by companies, which is the structural fact that changes everything about how the relationship works and who it genuinely serves. That alignment is the product.
“The firm that builds the founding roster first owns the category.”
Elite technical talent,
expertly represented.
darius@monsef.comHuman Intelligence Agency · Confidential · 2026