Emi Blog · Apr 2025
Recent company blog post that highlights Emi’s automation positioning and mentions SAP partner messaging.
Helping great teams hire better frontline workers, faster.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 16, 2026
Overview
Emi Labs (Emi) is a workforce AI / frontline recruiting automation platform that helps large enterprises hire hourly and operational workers faster by automating candidate attraction, screening, interview scheduling, document collection, and onboarding via AI agents and messaging channels like WhatsApp, SMS, and Messenger.
Primary product
Emi, an AI recruitment assistant / workforce AI platform for high-volume frontline hiring
Founded
2017
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
50-60
Work style
Hybrid
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
HR Tech / Recruiting Automation / Workforce AI
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States
Mexico City, Mexico
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Oakland, California, United States
Business model
B2B SaaS
Enterprise software
Usage/value-based enterprise contracts
Funding
Stage
Series A
Total raised
$13.1M
Latest round
Series A · Feb 2022
Latest amount
$11M
Feb 2022 · Merus Capital; Khosla Ventures
Aug 2019 · Khosla Ventures
Sep 2017
People & investors
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & CTO
María Milagros Magariño
Head of Customer Success
Catalina Cabral
Head of Strategy and Operations
Benjamin Echague
Vice President for Latam
Nicolás Rocha
Sales Director
Nicolás Aldecoa Rodrigo
Applied Data Science Lead
Celina Carrique
Customer Success Lead
Pablo Giudice
Technical Lead
Work & culture
Public materials emphasize a mission-driven, people-centric culture focused on humble learning, proactive ownership, and improving access to professional opportunities for frontline workers.
Work style
Hybrid
Compensation
Public site says compensation is competitive and fair, but no salary bands or visa details were found.
Benefits
Hybrid work
Wellness program
Health insurance
Competitive compensation
Product & market
Pricing
Not publicly disclosed; appears to be enterprise SaaS sold through custom demo/contract pricing.
Differentiators
- —Focus on frontline / operational hiring rather than white-collar recruiting
- —24/7 AI agents on WhatsApp, SMS, and Messenger
- —End-to-end workflow from attraction to hire-ready file
- —Integrations with ATS/HR systems like SAP, Taleo, Workday, Cornerstone
- —SOC 2 Type II and SSO security posture
- —Strong traction with major LATAM enterprises
Technology
WhastApp
SMS
Messenger
SOC 2 Type II
SSO
multi-cloud hosting
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Kubernetes
Docker
Terraform
Python
React
Node.js
TypeScript
Postman
Jupyter
Grafana
Prometheus
New Relic
Customers
Walmart
OXXO
Coca-Cola FEMSA
Mercado Libre
Home Depot México
Heineken México
Danone
Burger King
7-Eleven
Alsea
Liverpool
Starbucks
CEMEX
Sigma
Competitors
Jobcase
Handshake
Hive HR
Lever
Workable
Greenhouse
Paradox
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
Approximately USD 10M annual revenue (publicly estimated); likely roughly USD 10M-20M range
Estimated monthly visits
126.8K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Latest news
Emi blog · Dec 2024
Announces Emi as an SAP Partner and discusses integrations and operational hiring use cases.
Emi blog · Aug 2023
Company retrospective referencing Series A backing, team retreat, and operational progress.
LatamList · Mar 2022
Regional coverage of the Series A and customer traction in Latin America.
TechCrunch · Feb 2022
Covers the $11M Series A, prior traction, annual recurring revenue growth, and plans to expand sales, marketing, product, and engineering.
Jobs and careers at Emi Labs
10 jobs at Emi Labs
Engineering Manager - Recruitment Product
Hybrid
Tech - Engineering
Buenos Aires Province
1mo ago
Hybrid
Contract
Technical Project Manager
Remote
Customer Experience
Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
6mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Customer Support Representative
On-site
Customer Experience
Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
6mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Data Engineer
Hybrid
Tech - Engineering
Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
1y ago
Hybrid
Full-time
Product Manager
On-site
Product
Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
1y ago
On-site
Full-time
Enterprise Customer Success Manager
On-site
Customer Experience
Mexico
1y ago
On-site
Full-time
Enterprise Account Executive
Remote
Sales
Mexico (Remote)
2y ago
Remote
Full-time
Front-end Engineer
Remote
Tech - Engineering
Argentina
3y ago
Remote
Full-time
Back-end Engineer
Remote
Tech - Engineering
Argentina
6y ago
Remote
Full-time
General Applications
Hybrid
Global - Remote
6y ago
Hybrid
Full-time