Toptal

Toptal runs a remote talent network that connects companies with screened freelance software engineers, designers, AI specialists, finance experts, marketers, and product and project managers. Taso Du Val and Breanden Beneschott founded the company, Toptal LLC. It operates without a central head office.

Clients can hire a single specialist, assemble a team on demand, or hand over a project to Toptal's managed delivery and managed services options. Engagements range from hourly to full time and begin with a trial period. Alongside talent, Toptal offers technology services, a marketing agency and management consulting.

Its AI offering covers AI and generative AI development, machine learning and NLP consulting, MLOps, prompt engineering and data science. Specialists work across AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Snowflake, Databricks, Salesforce, ServiceNow, UiPath and Microsoft Power Automate. Toptal also runs ExpertCrowd, which supplies experts for AI model training, data labelling and evaluation. Its industry pages cover healthcare and life sciences, financial services, consumer products, media and entertainment, higher education and automotive.