Contract & Flexible Talent

Elite AI, ML & Data Science Talent.
On Your Terms.

Contract, contract-to-hire, and fractional AI, ML, and data science professionals — vetted by Tenzor, employed and payrolled through People2.0, the world’s largest employer-of-record platform.

One contactOne invoiceZero employment risk

Build Your AI Team → See How It Works
  • W-2

    Every contractor fully employed & payrolled

  • 1×

    One clean invoice, talent + compliance bundled

  • Days

    From scoping call to working contractor

Engagement Models

The right structure for the work.

Not every AI hire should be a full-time hire. Budgets vary depending on what stage your company is in — from pre-seed to Series B, flexible often makes the most sense. Tenzor delivers the same screening bar across every engagement model — you choose the structure that fits.

Contract / Temp

Contract

Proven AI, ML, and data science professionals for project-based or interim needs — model builds, data platform sprints, AI implementation pushes. W-2 employed through People2.0, deployable fast, off your books when the project ends.

De-risk senior hires

Contract-to-Hire

Work with the talent before you commit. Convert to a full-time offer when the fit is proven — the modern way to de-risk senior AI hires.

★ Most popular · Startups

Fractional

Staff-level AI, ML, and data science engineers and leaders — two to three days a week. Big-company capability at a startup budget — often the first AI hire that actually makes sense.

1099 · AOR

Independent Contractors

People2.0’s AOR service validates worker classification, administers contracts and payments, and maintains audit-defense compliance files — so 1099 engagements are done right.

Looking for a permanent hire? See our direct hire practice →

Enterprise Infrastructure Behind Every Placement

Powered by People2.0.

The world’s largest global employer of record and agent of record services platform — 40+ countries, 150,000+ workers deployed annually.

Employment handled. Risk eliminated.

People2.0 is the world’s largest global EOR and AOR services platform. Through our strategic partnership, Tenzor and People2.0 provide a complete, turnkey contract workforce solution — People2.0 assumes legal employment responsibility for every Tenzor contractor and manages:

  • Onboarding, offboarding, and pre-employment screening
  • Payroll funding, processing, and tax withholding
  • W-2 employment, benefits, and workers’ compensation administration
  • Co-employment risk mitigation and employment law compliance
  • Timecard management and expense reimbursement
  • For 1099: AOR classification validation, contract administration, audit-defense compliance files

Our back office is People2.0 — 150,000+ workers deployed annually across 40+ countries — so our focused expertise comes with an enterprise’s employment infrastructure.

How It Works

From scoping call to working contractor. Days, not weeks.

Role, project, or capability gap — 15 minutes is enough to scope it. Everything else is handled.

  1. Tell us what you need

    Role, project, or capability gap — 15 minutes is enough to scope it.

  2. Get a vetted shortlist

    A handful of candidates who clear the Tenzor bar — not a résumé pile.

  3. Interview and select

    We coordinate the full process end to end — interviews, selection, and offers.

  4. People2.0 handles employment

    Onboarding, payroll, benefits, workers’ comp, and compliance — in all 50 states.

    via People2.0 EOR

You get one clean invoice.

Talent works, you build — everything else is handled.

One contact. One invoice.
Zero employment risk.

You get one point of contact for elite AI, ML, and data science talent, one clean invoice, and enterprise-grade employment compliance behind every placement — recruiting by Tenzor, workforce infrastructure by the world’s largest EOR platform.

Let’s Scope Your First Contract Role →