§ The result
Cornerstone OnDemand leads Emi on all 7 criteria.
Under rubric v1.0, Cornerstone OnDemand (ATS-integrated) opens a 23-point lead on Emi (Screening), 56 to 33. Cornerstone OnDemand leads every one of the 7 criteria, Emi none of them, and the closest of the 7 is FRIA Support, Cornerstone OnDemand 35 to Emi 25. Even Article 11 Technical Documentation, the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing (Cornerstone OnDemand 72, Emi 28, 20% weight), is only 38% of the weighted advantage Cornerstone OnDemand builds across the 7 criteria it leads.
Vendor profile
Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand is an enterprise talent-management and learning suite whose Cornerstone Galaxy platform uses AI-driven skills extraction and matching (including the acquired SkyHive Skills Models) to power recruiting, candidate screening, and workforce development.
Vendor profile
Emi
Emi runs AI agents on WhatsApp, SMS and Messenger that screen and score frontline job applicants against employer-set criteria, schedule interviews, and collect hiring documents and check them against Mexican government databases.
§ The record
Cornerstone OnDemand is filed under ATS-integrated AI, Emi under Screening AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Sourcing.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144, Colorado AI Act and Illinois HB 3773. Only Cornerstone OnDemand is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Cornerstone OnDemand | Emi |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Enterprise | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | AR |
| Founded | 1999 | 2017 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 38% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Cornerstone OnDemand 72 · Emi 28
8.8 weighted points to Cornerstone OnDemand
18% weight · 68% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Cornerstone OnDemand 58 · Emi 18
7.2 weighted points to Cornerstone OnDemand
15% weight · 79% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Cornerstone OnDemand 60 · Emi 44
2.4 weighted points to Cornerstone OnDemand
15% weight · 85% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Cornerstone OnDemand 35 · Emi 25
1.5 weighted points to Cornerstone OnDemand
12% weight · 91% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Cornerstone OnDemand 55 · Emi 44
1.3 weighted points to Cornerstone OnDemand
12% weight · 96% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Cornerstone OnDemand 45 · Emi 35
1.2 weighted points to Cornerstone OnDemand
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Cornerstone OnDemand 60 · Emi 48
1.0 weighted points to Cornerstone OnDemand
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +23.4 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 23.4 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +23 beside that +23.4.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Cornerstone OnDemand minus Emi.
| Category | Weight | Cornerstone OnDemand | Emi | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 72 | 28 | +44 | +8.8 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 58 | 18 | +40 | +7.2 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 35 | 25 | +10 | +1.5 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 60 | 44 | +16 | +2.4 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 55 | 44 | +11 | +1.3 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 45 | 35 | +10 | +1.2 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 60 | 48 | +12 | +1.0 |
| Total | 100% | 56 (F) | 33 (F) | +23 | +23.4 |
§ Evidence
Cited sources and documented absences, criterion by criterion.
An absence is a finding, not a blank: the reviewer looked for a named artefact and recorded that it is not located. Where a source sits is a fact about hosting only.
| Criterion | Weight | Cornerstone OnDemand | Emi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 3 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 2 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on a separate domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 15 | 5 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 19 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
Cornerstone OnDemand has 20 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 15 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; Emi has 26 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 19 with a source URL, 7 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Cornerstone OnDemand and Emi sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 46 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 20 for Cornerstone OnDemand, across 2 distinct source domains, and 26 for Emi, across 3 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Cornerstone OnDemand last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Emi last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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§ Where next