Pyxis Search is a recruiting firm focused on building teams for transformative Web3/Crypto, Defi + fintech businesses backed by industry leading venture funds.
Pyxis Search
Building exceptional teams for the world's most ambitious AI, Robotics, Crypto Infrastructure, and frontier technology companies.
Deep recruiting expertise. Real technical fluency. A true extension of your team.
Our Clients and Partners
What Clients Say About Us
"I founded Pyxis Search to build the specialist search firm I believed the market was missing—one dedicated exclusively to AI, Robotics, Crypto Infrastructure, and frontier technology. Our mission is simple: help the world's most ambitious companies build exceptional teams."
Stephen Moskowitz
Founder & CEO
“For us, this extends well beyond recruiting. Drawing on my background in executive search, investing, fund management, and capital introductions, our goal is to help founders and investors access not only exceptional talent, but also strategic relationships, capital, and other introductions that accelerate growth across the ecosystems we serve.”
Who we are
Pyxis partners with founders, investors, and leadership teams to recruit exceptional talent across engineering, AI and research, product, go-to-market, operations, and legal.
Our partners include many of the world’s elite early-stage investors.
Our Team
Stephen Moskowitz
Founder & Managing Partner
Jesse Zeidaks
Principal Talent Partner
Matthew Carson
Principal Talent Partner
Liam Flegg
Senior Talent Partner
Stephen Moskowitz is the Founder & Managing Member of Pyxis Search Partners. Prior to founding Pyxis Search, Mr. Moskowitz was the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Pyxis Capital Management...
Role Specialization
We recruit exceptional talent across three core functions:
Engineering
Go-to-Market
Product
Operations & Strategy
Legal
AI & Research
What problem Pyxis solves
Hiring exceptional talent across AI, Robotics, Crypto Infrastructure, and frontier technology requires more than access to candidates. It demands deep market expertise, trusted relationships, and disciplined execution.
Pyxis combines AI-enabled research, proprietary talent mapping, and rigorous human assessment to identify and recruit exceptional talent with speed and precision. From a single transformative hire to an entire team build, our standard remains the same: precision, discretion, and exceptional execution.
Why Pyxis
Extensive
Network
We have spent years building trusted relationships with founders, operators, investors, and exceptional talent across AI, Robotics, Crypto Infrastructure, and frontier technology. Our network spans leading engineers, applied AI and machine learning practitioners, product leaders, GTM executives, and technical founders throughout the U.S. and Europe.
Because we operate within these ecosystems every day, we consistently reach candidates who are rarely accessible through traditional recruiting channels. Our network lives where the most ambitious companies are being built—not on job boards.
Track Record of Execution
Pyxis has helped innovative companies recruit across founding engineering, AI and research, product, go-to-market, legal, and executive leadership. We are known for thoughtful search strategy, rigorous assessment, speed, and disciplined execution in highly competitive markets.
Deep Domain
Expertise
Our focus is intentionally narrow. We specialize in AI, Robotics, Crypto Infrastructure, Digital Assets, Stablecoins, Payments, and adjacent frontier technologies. This specialization gives us a nuanced understanding of the technologies, talent markets, compensation dynamics, and competitive landscape shaping these industries.
Core Values
Client Criteria
Pyxis Service offering
We offer flexible search models tailored to the seniority, complexity, and urgency of each mandate.
Contingent
Search
A flexible model for individual-contributor and select leadership hires. Pyxis combines targeted market mapping, trusted relationships, and disciplined outreach to engage high-caliber active and passive candidates.
Contained
Search
An exclusive, research-led model for critical Manager, Director, Head-of, and executive searches. Each engagement includes dedicated talent mapping, structured assessment, and close partnership throughout the search.
Our Search Process