# Emi Labs

> Emi Labs builds AI-powered recruiting automation for high-volume, frontline hiring. Its autonomous AI agents attract, screen, schedule, and onboard hourly workers through channels like WhatsApp, SMS, and Messenger, promising faster time-to-hire and a more human candidate experience. Founded in 2018 and backed by Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures, and Merus Capital, Emi counts large employers such as Walmart, OXXO, Coca-Cola FEMSA, Burger King, and Heineken among its customers and says roughly one in ten frontline hires in Mexico runs through its platform.

- **Founded:** 2018
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Mateo Cavasotto (Co-founder & CEO), Andres Arslanian (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~75-125 employees
- **Products:** Emi Hiring Platform, Autonomous AI Agents, Candidate Sourcing & Attraction, Onboarding & Document Automation
- **Notable:** Processed 12M+ AI-driven candidate conversations, Reports a 90% vacancy fill rate and ~50% reduction in time-to-hire for customers, Says roughly 1 in 10 frontline hires in Mexico use the platform

## Products & services

- **Emi Hiring Platform** — An AI-powered recruiting automation platform for high-volume frontline hiring, covering attraction, screening, interview scheduling, and onboarding.
- **Autonomous AI Agents** — Generative-AI agents that engage candidates 24/7 over WhatsApp, SMS, and Messenger, screen and rank them in real time, schedule interviews, and generate HRIS employee records.
- **Candidate Sourcing & Attraction** — Multi-source candidate capture from job boards, social media, QR codes, and referral programs, funneled into a single conversational pipeline.
- **Onboarding & Document Automation** — Digital document collection and validation that the company says reduces onboarding errors by over 80%.

## Achievements

- Processed 12M+ AI-driven candidate conversations
- Reports a 90% vacancy fill rate and ~50% reduction in time-to-hire for customers
- Says roughly 1 in 10 frontline hires in Mexico use the platform
- Raised $11M Series A led by Merus Capital and Khosla Ventures (2022)
- Backed by Y Combinator (W19) and adopted by Fortune-scale employers like Walmart

## Latest updates

- **2022-02** — Raised $11M Series A led by Merus Capital and Khosla Ventures to expand across sales, marketing, product, and engineering.
- **2023-01** — Reported roughly $10.5M in revenue with a team of about 123 people.
- **2024-01** — Repositioned around autonomous generative-AI agents handling end-to-end frontline hiring over WhatsApp and other channels.

## Links

- Website: https://www.emilabs.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emi-labs
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/emilabshq
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EmiLabs
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emilabshq/

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Last updated: 2026-07-12