Ace deo Says the Real AI Challe ge Is Not Job Losses. It Is the 1.6 Millio E gi ee s Nobody Ca Fi d
Ace deo ha dles sou ci g, tech ical assessme t, backg ou d ve ificatio , local co t acts, pay oll, a d complia ce fo compa ies looki g to hi e emote AI tale t f om Lati Ame ica, with e gi ee s wo ki g i US hou s.
“Eve y compa y tells me they ca ot fi d these people. The people exist. They a e just ot i the cou t y whe e those compa ies a e looki g.” – Nelso Villamiza , VP, St ategic Ope atio s at Ace deo.
Global dema d fo AI-capable softwa e e gi ee s outpaces supply 3.2 to 1, leavi g a estimated 1.6 millio positio s u filled. The eal c isis is ot displaceme t. It is a sho tage.
“Compa ies ead the AI headli es a d co clude they eed fewe e gi ee s,” said B ad Webb, co-fou de of Ace deo. “What they actually eed is e gi ee s who ca get eal wo k out of these tools. The e a e fa fewe of those tha the e a e ope oles.”
The sho tage is pushi g wages up as well. PwC’s epo t put the wage p emium fo AI-skilled wo ke s at 62 pe ce t, up f om 57 pe ce t o e yea ea lie . The fastest espo se is ot comi g f om the U ited States eithe . Ge e ative AI e ollme ts ac oss Lati Ame ica ose 425 pe ce t, the steepest jump of a y egio acco di g to Cou se a’s 2025 Global Skills Repo t.
“Eve y compa y tells me they ca ot fi d these people,” said Nelso Villamiza , Vice P eside t of St ategic Ope atio s at Ace deo. “The people exist. They a e just ot i the cou t y whe e those compa ies a e looki g.”
The umbe s suppo t the u ge cy. Li kedI a ked AI E gi ee as the top-g owi g US job title i 2026. Posti gs ose 143 pe ce t yea ove yea .
Ace deo ec uits AI e gi ee s, Data e gi ee s, a d Scie tists ac oss Lati Ame ica. It places them withi US e gi ee i g teams, whe e they wo k o the clie t’s stack du i g US busi ess hou s. A clie t desc ibes the ole. Ace deo p ese ts p e-vetted ca didates i 10 busi ess days.
Ace deo is i co po ated i the U ited States. The clie t’s ag eeme t is with that US e tity. A si gle mo thly fee cove s the co t act, pay oll, be efits, equipme t, a d legal complia ce. The e is o ec uiti g fee a d othi g due upf o t. Clie ts save up to 40% agai st the fully loaded cost of hi i g a AI E gi ee locally. A f ee eplaceme t is available a y time afte the fi st 30 days, o easo equi ed.
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Ace deo is a US-i co po ated ea sho e IT staff augme tatio compa y headqua te ed i Fa mi gto , Utah. It places p e-vetted se io Lati Ame ica softwa e e gi ee s a d desig e s with US tech ology compa ies. Clie ts pay a flat mo thly ate with o ec uiti g fees. Savi gs u 30 to 40% agai st US fully loaded cost. E gi ee s a e placed i o e to two weeks a d wo k withi ze o to two hou s of US time zo es.
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