Kin Fu.
Founder & CEO, Metix AI
Kin Fu has spent two decades in recruiting and talent, at Career International, Hudson and Kelly Services, and founded the search firm Falcon Talent. He studied at Tsinghua University.
LinkedIn profile of Kin Fu (opens in a new tab) · 8 articles
Metix AI vs a recruiting agency: the fee versus the booked interview
SHRM's 2016 guidance puts contingency fees at 20 to 25 percent of first-year cash. On a $120,000 hire that is $24,000 to $30,000, a derivation. Metix AI subscriptions run $99 to $499 a month. When the agency earns the fee, and when subscription software fits.
Read →Interview-ready in 24 hours: what the clock actually starts
On Metix, 24 hours means a confirmed calendar slot: 95 percent of roles, vendor-reported, first interview scheduled, not a same-day meeting. Other vendor clocks opened August 2026.
Read →Everything that goes into cost per hire, including what nobody invoices you for
SHRM's benchmark average is $4,683 and its median is $1,244 (2021 data, published 2022), but the biggest cost-per-hire line appears on neither: hiring-manager and interviewer hours, which nobody invoices. The full component list, tool prices checked August 2026, and the hours-times-loaded-rate method for pricing the invisible slice.
Read →Agency commission versus software subscription: where the break-even sits
A contingency fee is 20 to 25 percent of first-year pay in SHRM's 2016 guidance, and a year of recruiting software runs $1,680 to $5,928 at list, checked August 2026. We work the break-even at three salary levels and show why the sticker comparison misleads.
Read →Metix AI vs SeekOut: talent search versus delivered candidates
SeekOut searches a claimed 1B+ profiles behind 300+ filters and hands campaigns back to your recruiters; its quote-only Spot service delivers screened candidates. Metix AI subscriptions run $99 to $499 with Credits and AI Agents, checked August 2026.
Read →Metix AI and Deel announce a global strategic partnership
Metix AI and Deel announce a global strategic partnership that enables enterprises to recruit, onboard, and pay talent across 130+ countries through a single AI recruiter.
Read →Metix AI raises $5.5M across two funding rounds
OpenJobs AI is now Metix AI. We closed $5.5M across two oversubscribed rounds, the latest led by Rsquared Investment. What the new name means, the traction behind it, and where the money goes.
Read →OpenJobs AI is now Metix AI
Same team, same product, same login and API. A truer name for what the product has become, drawn from Metis, the ancient Greek idea of practical intelligence.
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