# Eticas.ai (Algorithmic Auditing Inc., US entity of Eticas Research and Consulting S.L.) - **Type:** Advisory firm - **Website:** https://eticas.ai - **Assessed by:** The Assurance Desk (Add-Venture Advisory Ltd) 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. ## Eticas.ai scores Scored 1 to 5 on six criteria. There is no overall score. ### 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 Every line carries the page it was read on and the date it was checked. - Eticas.ai describes itself as founded in 2012 as the world's first company dedicated to AI auditing. - Source: https://eticas.ai/about-us - Checked: 2026-09-20 - 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). - Source: https://eticas.ai/about-us - Checked: 2026-09-20 - 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. - Source: https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_de/7565144 - Checked: 2026-09-20 - 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. - Source: https://eticas.ai/knowledge/us-state-ai-regulations-2026 - Checked: 2026-09-20 - 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). - Source: https://eticas.ai/knowledge/risk-atlas-nexus-eticas-taxonomy - Checked: 2026-09-20 - Eticas.ai lists a deep-learning risk-tool evaluation for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (US) social services among its published case work. - Source: https://eticas.ai/our-work - Checked: 2026-09-20 ## What this provider publishes Not published means we did not find it on the firm's own pages. - Price: Not published - Indemnity cover: Not published - Credentials: Published - Independent accreditation: Not published - Client results: Published - How it uses AI: Not published ## 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 Each one carries the factual basis it rests on. - No pricing or fee model of any kind is published across the firm's about, services or contact pages. - Basis: 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. - Basis: 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. - Basis: 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. - Basis: Reviewed about-us, what-we-do, contact-us and the 20-item knowledge listing; none address AI-use or PI insurance. ## Where this firm appears - [Do you need a data protection officer?](https://theassurancedesk.com/best/first-appointment) - [Does the EU AI Act apply to a UK firm?](https://theassurancedesk.com/best/eu-ai-act-exposed) - [Your sector adds its own rules to UK data protection law](https://theassurancedesk.com/best/sector-regulated) - [Compare providers](https://theassurancedesk.com/compare) --- **Scope.** The Assurance Desk covers data protection, AI governance and cyber security in the United Kingdom and the United States. It scores providers in both: UK-facing firms, and firms based in the United States. Every provider scored so far was selected for data-protection, AI-governance or security-assurance work. Where a page describes law, it names the country that law applies in. **Who publishes this.** The Assurance Desk is published by Add-Venture Advisory Ltd, company number 11854524, registered in England and Wales. The same owner runs Avouch, a marketing agency that sells AI visibility services to firms of the kind this site covers. That is a conflict of interest, and it is disclosed here. **Corrections.** If you represent this firm and something here is wrong or out of date, email hello@theassurancedesk.com with the evidence.