I'd happily pay $100,000 for an H-1B hire to get the best talent for my AI company. It's part of the cost of doing business.

• 07/22/2025, 5:22 PM
• businessinsider.com

Courtesy of Metaview

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with 34-year-old Shahriar Tajbakhsh, the CTO and cofounder of the AI recruitment platform Metaview, who lives between San Francisco and London. The following has been edited for length and clarity.