Ben Norton works as Ada Ventures' Talent Partner, a role focused on directly helping portfolio companies with hiring, culture, and people strategy, drawing on more than six years placing senior executives and board members at founder-led, venture-backed startups. He takes a hands-on approach to this work, from writing about structured hiring methods and new AI-era roles like Forward Deployed Engineer, to personally recruiting for companies like Gizmo and organizing events that connect founders, engineers, and technologists across the startup world.