A Quick Look at Eightfold AI:
Eightfold AI is a $2.1 billion enterprise talent intelligence platform (Series E, 2021) founded by former Google and Facebook AI leaders. The platform offers AI-powered talent matching, skills intelligence, and an "Agentic Talent Operating System" for high-volume hiring. Eightfold has strategic partnerships with TCS, Checkr, SAP SuccessFactors, and Workday. In January 2026, Eightfold was sued in a class action lawsuit alleging FCRA violations—specifically, that they operate as an unregistered Consumer Reporting Agency by compiling and scoring candidate profiles using external data without candidate knowledge or consent.
The Mokka Difference:
Eightfold serves large enterprises with a talent intelligence platform built on a massive profile database. Mokka is built on a fundamentally different data philosophy—one that gives candidates control over their data and avoids the legal and ethical risks of scraped profile databases.
- Candidate-Provided Data vs. Scraped Profiles: Eightfold's lawsuit alleges they compile detailed talent profiles from external sources without candidate consent. Mokka evaluates candidates based on what they provide—resumes, interview responses, and professional profile URLs they choose to share. We don't independently scrape professional networks.
- First-Party Evaluation vs. Third-Party Consumer Reports: When candidates apply to a Mokka-powered role, they consent to evaluation at application. We generate new evidence through pre-screening interviews rather than scoring candidates from background dossiers they never knew existed.
- Sourcing Through Established Providers: Our AI sourcing capability uses third-party talent database providers—we don't independently scrape or compile consumer profiles. These providers supply leads that may be evaluated for initial fit, with full evaluation only after candidate engagement.
- Transparency by Design: Candidates using Mokka know exactly what data we have because they provided it. They're informed about AI use at application, consistent with GDPR, NYC LL 144, and EU AI Act requirements.
- Mid-Market Fit vs. Enterprise-Only: Eightfold's platform is designed for large enterprises with complex implementation requirements. Mokka works out-of-the-box in minutes with 100+ native ATS integrations, making evidence-based screening accessible to growing companies.
- Human Decisions Always: Mokka provides recommendations backed by evidence; all hiring and rejection decisions are made by human recruiters. We're a screening intelligence layer, not an autonomous decision-maker.
FCRA Lawsuit Context (January 2026):
The class action lawsuit filed against Eightfold alleges they compile talent profiles—including personality descriptions and "fit scores"—from external data sources without candidate knowledge, functioning as an unregistered Consumer Reporting Agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. If the legal theory holds, it has implications for any AI recruiting tool that scores candidates using externally-scraped data. Mokka's architecture is fundamentally different: we evaluate based on candidate-provided data and generate new evidence through direct interaction, which falls outside FCRA's scope.
Key Questions to Consider:
- Where does the candidate data in your screening tool come from—did candidates provide it, or was it compiled without their knowledge?
- How do you explain to candidates what data was used to evaluate them if they ask?
- What's your exposure if FCRA litigation expands to other AI recruiting tools that use external profile data?
- Does your screening vendor's data architecture put you at regulatory risk, or does it protect you through consent-based evaluation?
- Do you need enterprise-scale complexity, or would a tool that works in minutes with your existing ATS better serve your needs?