The Talent Operating System Is Changing: How Tabby Uses AI in Talent Acquisition with Alex Corbin

How does one of the Middle East's fastest-growing fintech companies scale to 3,000 employees and $4bn+ valuation?The answer isn't more recruiters, it's a fundamental rethink of what Talent Acquisition actually is.In this episode, we sit down with Alex Corbin, Head of Talent Acquisition at Tabby, to pull back the curtain on how a unicorn building the GCC's first all-money super app is using AI not to replace its TA team, but to redesign it from the ground up. We move past the hype to explore how Tabby is hiring at scale, why they're building their own solutions in-house, and why Alex believes Talent Acquisition will eventually become a "one-person department".Key discussion points include:The AI-Native Build: Why Tabby is building its own ATS, HRIS, and AI agents in-house instead of buying off-the-shelf tools and what that unlocks competitively.Volume vs. Quality: Tabby's contrarian take on AI screening, they don't want AI to find the best CVs; they want it to remove the bottom 70% so humans can do the real work.The AI Playbook: How Tabby used AI note-takers, competency matrices, and dynamic scoring to scaling hiring, with an AI effectively making the hiring decisions.The Bottleneck Nobody Talks About: Why having 180 interviewers didn't speed up engineering hiring, and the time-to-hire metric every TA leader should actually be tracking.The Future of TA: Alex's bold prediction that Talent Acquisition becomes a one-person, fully strategic function, and what every recruiter should be doing now to stay relevant.The Mood Hoover Lesson: The hardest hire decision Alex has had to make twice, and why "high performer + toxic" is never worth it.Whether you're a founder scaling fast, a People leader rebuilding your stack, or a recruiter trying to future-proof your career, this conversation is a masterclass in what AI-native hiring actually looks like inside a real unicorn.About the Guest:Alex Corbin is the Head of Talent Acquisition at Tabby, the MENA region's leading fintech super app and one of the fastest-growing unicorns in the GCC. Since joining Tabby in 2022, Alex has scaled the TA function from two recruiters to a team of 40 across Dubai, Riyadh, Cairo, and remote, supporting Tabby's growth and expansion from buy-now-pay-later into a full financial services platform.About the Host:George Kelly is a specialist in the intersection of talent acquisition and agentic technology, currently spearheading the development of AI-native hiring solutions at HAILO. As the host of Scale with Purpose, George draws on his experience building AI solutions, helping People leaders and founders navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of modern hiring.Alex CorbinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandre-corbin-774340115/www.tabby.aiGeorge KellyLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-kelly-/www.hailotalent.com