§ The result
1 point separates SeekOut and Emi.
SeekOut holds a 1-point edge over Emi under rubric v1.0, 34 to 33, across the Sourcing and Screening cohorts. The criteria split evenly, 3 each to Emi and SeekOut, with 1 level, and the weighted points on the side SeekOut holds, headed by Bias Audit Transparency, settle the total. Bias Audit Transparency is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — Emi 18, SeekOut 40 — and at an 18% weight it carries 72% of the weighted advantage SeekOut holds across the 3 criteria on that side of the table.
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.
Vendor profile
SeekOut
Sourcing platform aggregating public profile data into a searchable talent index, with AI-assisted candidate matching and outreach.
§ The record
Emi is filed under Screening AI, SeekOut under Candidate sourcing AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144 and Colorado AI Act. Only Emi is in scope of Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | Emi | SeekOut |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | AR | US |
| Founded | 2017 | 2017 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 44% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Emi 18 · SeekOut 40
4.0 weighted points to SeekOut
20% weight · 59% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Emi 28 · SeekOut 35
1.4 weighted points to SeekOut
15% weight · 74% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Emi 44 · SeekOut 35
1.3 weighted points to Emi
12% weight · 87% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Emi 35 · SeekOut 25
1.2 weighted points to Emi
8% weight · 99% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Emi 48 · SeekOut 35
1.0 weighted points to Emi
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Emi 44 · SeekOut 45
0.1 weighted points to SeekOut
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to -1.9 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 9.1 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -1 beside that -1.9.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Emi minus SeekOut.
| Category | Weight | Emi | SeekOut | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 28 | 35 | -7 | -1.4 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 18 | 40 | -22 | -4.0 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 25 | 25 | - | - |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 44 | 35 | +9 | +1.3 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 44 | 45 | -1 | -0.1 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 35 | 25 | +10 | +1.2 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 48 | 35 | +13 | +1.0 |
| Total | 100% | 33 (F) | 34 (F) | -1 | -1.9 |
§ 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 | Emi | SeekOut | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on a separate domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 19 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 5 | 4 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
Emi has 26 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 19 with a source URL, 7 documented absences; SeekOut has 9 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 5 with a source URL, 4 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Emi sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 35 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 26 for Emi, across 3 distinct source domains, and 9 for SeekOut, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Emi last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- SeekOut last reviewed
- May 21, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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