# Hiring across borders without setting up an entity Canonical: https://metix.ai/built-for/global-hiring Cross-border hiring breaks after the offer, not before it. The candidate exists; the entity, contract and payroll chain is what kills the hire. Read this when the user asks whether the trial covers employment, or how many countries Metix can hire in. Search runs across 190+ countries. The Deel partnership connects a hire to employment and payroll in 130+ countries without a local entity. The trial covers search only. Metix is not an employer of record. Visa sponsorship stays with the employer. ## Numbers - **190+**: Countries in the talent graph. Search is not limited to where you have an entity. - **130+**: Countries for compliant employment and payroll through the Deel partnership. - **EOR**: Deel is the employment infrastructure. Metix AI is not an employer of record. Figures from the funding announcement (search) and the July 2026 Deel joint release (employment). Visa sponsorship stays with the employer. ## What you keep. What Mira runs. Search is Metix. Employment, if you need it, is Deel. The trial covers search only. - **You. The offer and any visa** Interviews, the bar, and immigration stay yours. The trial covers search only. - **Mira. Search in 190+ countries** The talent graph is not limited to where you have an entity. You still approve outreach. - **The outcome. Employment through Deel** An accepted offer connects to payroll in 130+ countries. Metix is not an employer of record. The candidate is usually not the hard part, and the entity, the contract, and payroll are. Search on Metix AI runs across 190+ countries, while employment and payroll in 130+ countries sit on the Deel side of the announced partnership. The trial covers search only. Metix AI is not an employer of record, and it does not sponsor visas. The July 2026 Deel joint release is the employment side of this page. Search on Metix AI runs across 190+ countries, from the funding announcement. Employment and payroll in 130+ countries sit on Deel's infrastructure, employer-of-record style, without you setting up a local entity. The trial covers search only. Visa sponsorship and relocation stay your process. If you already have an entity in that country, skip the partnership for that hire and land the person on your own contract. ## Four hires this chain is for. **01. The candidate is abroad, and you are not** Search still runs. After they say yes, Deel's EOR and payroll infrastructure is the last mile named in the joint announcement. **02. You already have an entity in that country** Then you do not need the partnership for that hire. The person lands on your own contract. Sourcing works the same either way. **03. The role needs a visa** We do not handle immigration. Relocation and sponsorship remain your process. The partnership covers employment where the candidate already has the right to work. **04. Who is the legal employer** Defined by the Deel product you choose. Under EOR, Deel's infrastructure is the legal employer in that country. Day-to-day work stays with you. Metix stops at the accepted offer, handed into that chain. ## Search is Metix. Employment is Deel. 01. **Search anywhere** (Mira, after you approve). The talent graph covers 190+ countries, and you still approve the brief and the outreach before anything sends. 02. **Interview and offer** (You). The interviews, the bar, and the offer stay yours. 03. **Employment where you have no entity** (Deel). The announced partnership connects an accepted offer to employment and payroll in 130+ countries, without you setting up a local entity. 04. **Visas stay off this page** (You). Relocation and sponsorship remain your process, because the partnership covers employment where the candidate already has the right to work. ## FAQ **In how many countries can Metix AI hires be employed?** Through the announced strategic partnership with Deel, a hire made on Metix AI connects to compliant employment and payroll in more than 130 countries, without the employer setting up a local entity. Sourcing itself runs wider, across a talent graph covering more than 190 countries. **Does Metix AI handle work visas or immigration?** No. The partnership covers compliant employment and payroll through Deel's infrastructure, employer-of-record style, in the country where the candidate already has the right to work. Relocation and visa sponsorship remain the employer's decisions and processes. **Who is my employee's legal employer under this model?** That is defined by the employment product chosen on the Deel side: under an employer-of-record arrangement the EOR provider is the legal employer in the candidate's country, while the day-to-day working relationship stays with your company. Metix AI's role ends at the handoff: a qualified, interested candidate with an accepted offer, connected into that chain. **Can I hire in a country where I already have an entity?** Yes. The Deel partnership is the path for countries where you have no entity; where you do, the hire simply lands on your own contract and payroll. Sourcing and delivery work the same either way, and nothing obliges you to use the partnership for every hire. ## Related questions **Do I employ the person myself with Metix AI?** Metix AI is not an employer of record. Where you have an entity, you employ the person directly and own the relationship. Where you do not, the Deel partnership connects an accepted offer to employment and payroll in 130+ countries, and under an employer-of-record arrangement the EOR provider is the legal employer in that country while the working relationship stays with you.