Success Story: How Slingr staff augmentation boosted performance and reduced churn for Veritone

Despite the tech layoff turmoil in recent months, January marks the 25th successive month of net employment growth in the tech industry, according to research carried out by CompTIA.

The job market remains crowded, and finding the right talent can be difficult. It can be a headache for startups and enterprises to spend time, money, and resources on hiring.

However, there is a solution that promises to fix this. Whether you have a skills gap or need to scale up for a product launch, staff augmentation can be a flexible, affordable, and secure alternative to traditional ways to build your team.

At Slingr, we put emphasis on human-centric solutions built on unmatched teamwork, dedicated customer service, and an unrelenting drive to create better outcomes for our customers. We bring you the talent to get the job done and fast.

We recently teamed up with Veritone, who needed highly experienced tech talent to work across a number of projects. Let’s dive into this success story.

The Client: Veritone, unlocking the potential of AI across industries

Veritone is a true one-stop shop for an organization’s AI needs. The company provides a vast array of services across several sectors, including advertising, content management, metaverse solutions, and data and energy management. With the aiWare platform, Vertione has created the world’s first operating system for AI, becoming widely used by police agencies, state and local district attorney offices, media outlets, radio and TV stations, and movie studios.

The Challenge: a skills gap that needed filling and fast

Vertione came to Slingr.dev for a bespoke staff augmentation solution to cover a number of projects. Veritone’s AI-powered platform combines different solutions in one place for customers. We provided a team who concentrated on maintenance, with developers carrying out tech upgrades on the platform. Showing versatility and adaptability, an additional team switched languages mid-project to get the job done.

Much of the work Veritone does with the media and movie industry is on translation and subtitling services, as well as content moderation. Our developers worked with the code to normalize the input and output from various sources.

The Solution: build bespoke teams that get the job done

Across all projects, Slingr put together high-performing teams who constantly hit targets and provided continuous support and coordination. They fit seamlessly into the existing work culture and methodologies.

“From a technical standpoint, we need people who know what they’re doing, who are willing to adapt and give us straightforward solutions. These sorts of people can be hard to come by,” says Benjamin De Point, Vice President of Engineering, aiWARE, at Vertione.

“Slingr’s staff augmentation solution was exactly the service we needed right when we needed it. Our Slingr.dev team really delivered and provided the added convenience of a nearshore time zone, strong English-speaking talent, and affordable rates.”

The Slingr.dev difference

When a job needs to get done, Slingr will source the best technical talent to quickly add value to your product. Our staff augmentation allows you to scale up and down as needed, minimizing costs and risky roadblocks associated with hiring talent full-time. Because your challenges are unique, we custom-build teams of experienced tech professionals who are used to working together and ready to integrate seamlessly into your workflow. At Slingr, we put emphasis on human-centric solutions built on unmatched teamwork, dedicated customer service, and an unrelenting drive to create better outcomes for our customers.

Meet Veritone

Founded in 2014 by brothers Chad and Ryan Steelberg to fulfill a childhood dream – to propel the world forward into a new age of technology – Vertitone’s mission remains the same.

By helping people harness the power of AI, it is enhancing creativity and productivity across every facet of our digital world, transforming business operations, and solving the most complex digital problems with its innovative, customized AI solutions and enterprise AI platform.