I ask because if this is for-profit, help to devise a proprietary algorithm that will become a core part of it feels like something that should be done as a consulting engagement, not a HN post. And in that case, we are only about a week off of the monthly hiring posts, so I'd recommend reaching out to folks who post on the 'who wants to be hired' or the freelancer threads.

Different story if this is free and open source, of course.