Foundation AI
Companies with deep domain expertise amassing proprietary data to train new models and package them as next-generation software.
Staffing with a Heartbeat
We build the GTM teams behind AI-first companies.
BBNK helps founders identify and hire the Growth, Design, Product Marketing, and Product leaders who turn frontier technology into category-defining businesses.
AI-First
Mandate Focus
High-Touch
Research-Intensive
Long-Term
Aligned Interests
Mission-Driven
Selective Clients
Practice
Four disciplines. One mandate: the next generation of AI-first businesses.
Every search is led by a partner. Every engagement is informed by years of building GTM teams alongside founders who refuse to compromise. We don't just fill seats — we counsel on who belongs in them.
Growth Marketing
Operators who architect demand engines and compound acquisition from first dollar to scale.
Product Design
Designers who translate model capability into intuitive, defensible product experiences.
Product Marketing
Storytellers who position frontier technology with clarity, urgency, and category vision.
Product Management
Builders who orchestrate research, engineering, and market signal into shippable strategy.
Where We Invest
We choose clients with a mission we find inspiring.
We believe in markets that matter. Hard problems attract deep thinkers — and deep thinkers build the most valuable companies. That's why we invest in our clients with real alignment. Their long-term success is ours.
Health AI
Companies using AI technology to solve critical problems across healthcare delivery, drug development, patient care, and operations — with a defensible data strategy, a clear pathway to adoption, and a sharp go-to-market plan.
Edtech AI
Companies pushing the frontier of learning and robotics — combining multimodal and reinforcement learning to unlock new scaling curves for autonomous systems.
DTC + Ad Tech
AI across the funnel. Products discovered, personalized, delivered. Customers acquired, targeted, retained. Durable relationships. Category-defining experiences.
Contractor Concierge
Make your life easier. Payroll, taxes, compliance — we handle it all. A faster, more flexible way to bring in top talent.
Approach
High-touch. Research-intensive. Infinitely curious.
We are passionate about everything that goes into crafting high-performing teams. People we work with attest that we operate at a different level.
Immersion
We dig deep into your situation, stage, and the specific shape of the role.Mapping
Research-intensive sourcing of the entire qualified universe — not just those already looking.Engagement
Personal outreach from a partner. We build relationships that extend well beyond a single search.Calibration
Structured slates with point-of-view assessments against the competencies that actually matter.Close & Land
Compensation modeling, reference choreography, and the first 90 days of integration support.
Founders
We've been there.
Whether you're building a company or considering a move, we can relate. Think of us as part coach, talent agent, strategist, and therapist.
Co-Founder
Braden Busch
Where Natasha leads the vision for a better recruiting experience, Braden brings the search strategy, market insight, and relentless execution to make it real. He's energized by founders, builders, and mission-driven leaders creating what's next.
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Co-Founder
Natasha Kazatsker
Natasha started BBNK to provide a fundamentally better recruiting service after working with too many recruiters who didn't get it. She's inspired by people genuinely driven to make the world a better, more interesting place.
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Staffing with a heartbeat.
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