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Eticas.ai (Algorithmic Auditing Inc., US entity of Eticas Research and Consulting S.L.) review

Advisory firm

An AI auditing firm that checks specific AI systems, such as hiring tools. It is the US entity of Barcelona's Eticas Research and Consulting S.L.

Relevant if you want an outside audit of a specific AI system, such as a hiring tool

Price Not published
Indemnity cover Not published
How it uses AI Not published
Facts last checked

Not published means we did not find it on the firm's own pages.

Eticas.ai scores

Six scores, each 1 to 5. The evidence for each is further down.

Help when things go wrong 3/5
Qualifications of the people who do the work 4/5
What it publishes about fees 1/5
Knowledge of your sector 3/5
Independence from what it sells 4/5
Who carries the risk if the advice is wrong 2/5

What Eticas.ai offers, and what it publishes

Eticas.ai audits AI systems: a first evaluation, then advice, automated monitoring and repeat checks. Named work includes AI hiring audits for Barcelona Activa and a European public employment agency, and a risk-tool evaluation for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The firm says IBM Research added its eight-dimension AI Risk Taxonomy to an open-source toolkit in July 2026.

Eticas.ai does not publish a price or fee model. It publishes no professional indemnity cover and nothing on its own AI use or client-data handling. It names only the EU AI Act and New York City's Local Law 144, and names no service for ISO 42001, the NIST AI RMF or the Colorado AI Act.

Founder and chief executive Dr Gemma Galdon-Clavell co-founded and chairs the International Association of Algorithmic Auditors, set up in 2023. The firm says it began in 2012 and presents itself as a neutral evaluator with no stake in the outcome. Its Delaware filing shows only a registered-agent address; officer names and incorporation date sit behind a paid login.

Strengths

  • Long, consistent track record: independent AI auditing since 2012, with 200+ system evaluations across 15+ industries and 4 continents.
  • Founder/CEO is a recognised authority: co-founder of the International Association of Algorithmic Auditors, Ashoka Fellow, adviser to the European Commission, OECD, UN and WEF.
  • Methodology has independent third-party validation: its AI Risk Taxonomy was adopted into IBM Research's open-source Risk Atlas Nexus toolkit.
  • Explicit independence positioning as a neutral, no-stake evaluator rather than a compliance-software vendor, and a founding Assurance Provider member of PACT AI.
  • Concrete US and international case experience (e.g. a Pennsylvania county social-services risk-tool audit) plus published analysis of the 2026 wave of US state AI laws.

Things to check

  • No pricing or fee model of any kind is published across the firm's about, services or contact pages.
  • The site names no specific service line for NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001 certification readiness or the Colorado AI Act, the exact frameworks this brief needs.
  • The US entity's Delaware filing uses a commercial registered-agent address only, with officer names and incorporation date locked behind a paid OpenCorporates login.
  • No public disclosure of the firm's own AI tool use, client-data handling, or professional indemnity insurance was found anywhere on its site.

Common questions

Does Eticas.ai publish its prices?

No. Its about, services and contact pages give no price or fee model.

Who leads Eticas.ai?

Dr Gemma Galdon-Clavell, its founder and chief executive. She co-founded and chairs the International Association of Algorithmic Auditors, set up in 2023.

Has anyone outside the firm adopted its method?

Yes, by the firm's account. It says IBM Research added its eight-dimension AI Risk Taxonomy to IBM's open-source Risk Atlas Nexus toolkit in July 2026.

Does it cover ISO 42001 or the NIST AI RMF?

Not by name. Its site names the EU AI Act and New York City's Local Law 144 as the rules its audits address, and names no service line for ISO 42001, the NIST AI RMF or the Colorado AI Act.

Evidence for each Eticas.ai score

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Notes behind each thing to check

  • No pricing or fee model of any kind is published across the firm's about, services or contact pages. (Checked eticas.ai/about-us, /what-we-do and /contact-us directly; none disclose fees or a pricing structure.)
  • The site names no specific service line for NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001 certification readiness or the Colorado AI Act, the exact frameworks this brief needs. (eticas.ai/what-we-do names only 'NYC LL 144, EU AI Act, etc.' as regulatory contexts; no NIST/ISO 42001/Colorado mention found.)
  • The US entity's Delaware filing uses a commercial registered-agent address only, with officer names and incorporation date locked behind a paid OpenCorporates login. (OpenCorporates listing for file #7565144 shows agent 'A Registered Agent, Inc', Dover DE, officers/date gated.)
  • No public disclosure of the firm's own AI tool use, client-data handling, or professional indemnity insurance was found anywhere on its site. (Reviewed about-us, what-we-do, contact-us and the 20-item knowledge listing; none address AI-use or PI insurance.)
Six criteria, each scored 1 to 5, with the evidence for each.
CriterionScoreEvidence
Help when things go wrong 3/5 Fourteen years of independent AI audits and public-sector case studies exist, but no named US enforcement or regulator-facing defence engagement was found.
Qualifications of the people who do the work 4/5 CEO co-founded the International Association of Algorithmic Auditors and is an Ashoka Fellow; IBM Research adopted the firm's risk taxonomy.
What it publishes about fees 1/5 No pricing, fee structure or engagement-cost information is published anywhere on the firm's public website.
Knowledge of your sector 3/5 Case studies span hiring, social services, education and healthcare, showing breadth but no single deep vertical specialism.
Independence from what it sells 4/5 Positions itself explicitly as a neutral evaluator with no stake in outcomes, not a compliance-software vendor.
Who carries the risk if the advice is wrong 2/5 No public mention of professional indemnity insurance, warranties or liability terms backing the firm's audit findings.

Sources for Eticas.ai

  • Eticas.ai describes itself as founded in 2012 as the world's first company dedicated to AI auditing. (Founded 2012) (eticas.ai, checked 20 September 2026)
  • Eticas.ai's founder and CEO is Dr. Gemma Galdon-Clavell, who co-founded and presides over the International Association of Algorithmic Auditors (est. 2023). (Gemma Galdon-Clavell, Founder & CEO) (eticas.ai, checked 20 September 2026)
  • The US entity Algorithmic Auditing Inc. is registered as a domestic corporation in Delaware, file number 7565144, registered agent A Registered Agent, Inc., Dover, DE. (Delaware file #7565144) (opencorporates.com, checked 20 September 2026)
  • A September 2026 Eticas article states 27 US states enacted 84 new AI laws in the first half of 2026, some requiring independent third-party AI audits. (84 new state AI laws across 27 states, H1 2026) (eticas.ai, checked 20 September 2026)
  • IBM Research incorporated Eticas's eight-dimension AI Risk Taxonomy into its open-source Risk Atlas Nexus toolkit (ai-atlas-nexus library v1.2.4, released July 2026). (IBM Risk Atlas Nexus integration, July 2026) (eticas.ai, checked 20 September 2026)
  • Eticas.ai lists a deep-learning risk-tool evaluation for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (US) social services among its published case work. (Allegheny County, PA case study) (eticas.ai, checked 20 September 2026)

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