Eightfold AI Interviewer

An outside bias audit and firm contract promises back it up

Open court cases and audit gaps limit it

Eightfold AI Inc. is privately held. Its last announced funding round was $220m, in June 2021. No later round, and no sale of Eightfold, has followed since.

Three court cases name Eightfold AI Inc. One, under the US law on background checks, is about how the company predicts a candidate's skills. It moved to federal court in California in March 2026. As of its last filing, in August 2026, it was still waiting on a ruling. A second case, about hiring decisions, was dismissed by agreement in June 2026. Eleven days later, a new case under the same name opened in a different court. It is still open. A third case, under US disability rights law, was filed in April 2026 and is also still open.

It suits Oracle customers hiring at volume

Expect a five-figure quote, not a published price

Eightfold publishes no figure on its own site. Its pricing guide describes a five-figure range for a mid-size company. The price scales to your size and how you plan to use it, rather than one flat rate. Eightfold's own guidance is to request your own figure rather than trust an estimate written for someone else. SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 42001 and the connection to your existing system are all included in that figure.

Size decides more of your price than anything else. Eightfold's October 2025 launch announcement said it was open to smaller and larger companies too.

What happens when you leave is written down, which is more than some vendors offer. Once your contract ends, Eightfold keeps your recordings, transcripts and scores ready to download. You have thirty days to request them in writing. After that, it may delete them whether you have requested them or not. Put the export format you need, and who checks it arrived, into the order form.

What should you ask before the demo?

1. You list 22 or more languages. Which ones have you tested in a real interview, not just built into the product? Good answer: A named list of the languages it has tested.
2. Which of our systems, apart from Oracle, can AI Interviewer read from and send results to? Good answer: A named list of systems, not just “your existing system.”
3. Will you let a candidate ask for a person instead, or adjust the interview for a disability? Good answer: Yes, in writing, with a date.
4. Your race and ethnicity audit used candidates a language model invented. When will a version built on our own candidates replace it? Good answer: A date on the calendar, not “soon.”
5. Three court cases name your company. What would each one mean for a contract we sign while they are open? Good answer: A written answer for each case, not one blanket promise.
6. We get thirty days to download our data after the contract ends. Will you extend that in the order form? Good answer: Yes, with the new number of days in writing.
7. Your FAQ names 1,000 to 5,000 employees as the size you are built for. Where does our quote fall in that range? Good answer: A number, not just “somewhere in five figures.”

HireVue, Talview Ivy, Apriora or Greenhouse Voice AI, or buy nothing

The closest alternatives to Eightfold are HireVue, Talview Ivy, Apriora and Greenhouse Voice AI. Buying nothing is a fifth option. HireVue and Talview Ivy sell the same way as Eightfold. Each interview sits inside a wider hiring platform, with a longer buying process. Apriora sells its interview on its own. Greenhouse Voice AI is the easiest way in if you already own Greenhouse. It needs no new contract or login to try.

Talview Ivy usually wants about 150 to 200 interviews committed before it starts. Eightfold publishes no minimum at all. HireVue's most recent published bias audit on record dates from 2023. Eightfold's own audit is from 2026, and it tests age as well as gender and race.

If you run Oracle Recruiting Cloud, HireVue, Talview Ivy and Apriora are not built into it the way Eightfold is.

Buying nothing is a real option too. Eightfold is aimed at small recruiting teams that hire at large scale. If that is not your situation, a five-figure commitment is unlikely to pay for itself quickly. The same is true if your hiring runs in the dozens rather than the thousands. In New York City, running the bias audit and warning candidates is up to the employer, not the vendor. Our AI interview agents guide makes the fuller case for buying nothing.