Kelton (KJ) Hardrict JrCo Founder

United States - Greater Boston

Hi! I'm KJ, CEO & Co-Founder at Talvy. We're making humans hirable again.

I watched brilliant people get rejected by algorithms that never saw them, filtered out because their resume didn't have the right keywords while candidates with AI-polished bullet points sailed through.

The resume, a 500-year-old document, has become an LLM optimization exercise. We're replacing it with video-first profiles that show who you actually are.

Before Talvy, my career spanned engineering, venture, and content:
- Principal at Link Ventures, investing in early-stage founders
- Founding engineer and senior engineer across multiple startups
- Interim CEO when teams needed leadership
- 115K+ YouTube subscribers following my work on careers & tech
- MIT and Stanford engineering background

MIT and Stanford taught me how to think. Startups taught me how to ship. YouTube taught me how to be comfortable and confident in my own skin.

And all of these experiences shaped why I started Talvy.

I've hired teams, backed founders, and sat on the other side of the table as an applicant. I've seen how much talent gets filtered out by process alone; great candidates who never get a real chance to be heard.

Hiring is broken. We're fixing it.

The best talent deserves to be seen. The best startups deserve to find them.

If you're rethinking how you evaluate talent, let's connect.