The Future of Hiring, AI & HR for Founders | Wael Khalil, Emad Abulmagd

AI is changing hiring faster than most founders realize. The ones who adapt now will build better teams faster. In this UCI Founders session, Ahmed Zayed sits down with Wael Khalil, Emad Abulmagd, and Ahmad El-Sherbini Sedki to break down the real state of HR, AI recruitment tools, fractional hiring, Gen Z workforce dynamics, and the mistakes founders make when scaling their teams. What you will learn in this episode: How AI is transforming recruitment and what founders need to know right now Why fractional hiring is becoming the default for scaling startup teams What Gen Z employees actually want and how it changes your hiring playbook The HR mistakes that slow founders down when scaling from 5 to 50 people How to evaluate AI hiring tools without wasting budget on the wrong ones SPEAKERS Ahmed Zayed | Founder, UCI Founder AI & Growth Wael Khalil | CEO, Nox Human Capital Emad Abulmagd | HR & Talent Strategy Leader Ahmad El-Sherbini Sedki | Operator & Founder 00:00 Introduction: The State of Hiring in 2026 07:00 How AI Is Actually Changing Recruitment 18:00 Fractional Hiring: The Startup Team Strategy That Works 30:00 Gen Z in the Workforce: What Founders Must Understand 42:00 AI Hiring Tools: What to Use and What to Skip 53:00 HR Mistakes That Kill Scaling Momentum 1:05:00 Live Q&A from the Founder Community 1:10:00 Final Frameworks and Action Steps JOIN THE COMMUNITY UCI Founders is a founder-focused community discussing AI, growth, operations, leadership, marketing, and scaling. No pitching. No fluff. Just real founder conversations. Landing Page: https://unlimitedc.com/uci-meetup-page Community: https://kkymp564cqi90dc4jtto.app.clie... FOLLOW Ahmed Zayed:   / ahmedzayedit   UCI LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unli...