Agent of Record · Part of Global AI Workforce Infrastructure™

Pay global contractors without inheriting their risk.
Contracted, classified, and paid correctly, per country.

You already found the contractor. What you do not have is a country-correct agreement, a documented classification, assigned IP, and a payment rail that survives an audit. XCAILE becomes the Agent of Record and owns all four.

Contractor onboarding in 3 to 7 days across 100+ countries, with a clean route into EOR employment the moment the role becomes permanent.

Free 30-min session No commitment Custom plan in 48 hours

We don't start with a service. We start with the business outcome, then determine the optimal workforce strategy.

01 / OutcomesWhat this unlocks

Built to ship outcomes, not headcount.

01
Misclassification Exposure, Documented

Every engagement carries a country-specific classification assessment, not a boilerplate template reused globally.

02
No Entity, No Delay

Engage contractors in markets where you have no legal presence, without incorporation, banking, or local counsel.

03
IP You Actually Own

IP assignment and confidentiality written to hold up in the contractor's jurisdiction, not just in yours.

04
Onboard in 3 to 7 Days

Agreement, classification review, tax documentation, and payment setup handled in one pass.

05
Local-Currency Payment

Invoice approval, cross-border payment, FX, and reconciliation run for you, per contractor, per country.

06
One Route Into Employment

When the role turns ongoing, we convert AOR to EOR in the same country without breaking continuity.

02 / DefinitionWhat it is

The compliance layer around your independent contractors.

An Agent of Record contracts, classifies, and pays independent contractors on your behalf. XCAILE holds the contractor agreement, tests the classification against the country's own test, assigns IP to you, collects and approves invoices, pays in local currency, and keeps the audit trail. You keep the working relationship, we carry the paperwork and the compliance discipline behind it.

  • Country-correct contractor agreements
  • Documented classification assessment
  • IP and confidentiality assignment
  • Contractor onboarding and verification
  • Invoice collection and approval
  • Local-currency cross-border payment
  • Tax form and withholding handling
  • Per-contractor audit trail
03 / AudienceWho it's for

Built for leaders who need speed and accountability.

Founders & SMBs
01

You hired two contractors abroad off a referral. AOR makes that defensible before it becomes a liability.

Mid-Market
02

Consolidate a scattered contractor base across countries into one contract, one payment run, one standard.

Enterprise
03

Bring shadow contractor spend under a documented classification and payment standard your auditors accept.

AI Companies & Labs
04

Engage annotators, evaluators, researchers, and specialists across many countries at project pace.

04 / ProcessHow it works

From outcome to deployed workforce.

1
Classify before contracting

We test the role against the country's own employment test and tell you plainly whether AOR or EOR is defensible.

2
Contract and onboard

Country-correct agreement, IP assignment, identity and tax verification, and payment rail set up in days.

3
Pay and maintain

Invoices approved, payment issued in local currency, records kept, and classification revisited as the role evolves.

05 / CapabilitiesCapabilities

Everything you need under one workforce strategy.

Contracting & Compliance
  • Country-correct agreements
  • Classification assessment
  • IP and confidentiality assignment
  • Tax forms and withholding
  • Audit-ready documentation
  • Termination and offboarding
Payments
  • Invoice collection and approval
  • Local-currency payment
  • Cross-border rails and FX
  • Payment schedules
  • Reconciliation and reporting
  • Multi-country consolidation
Adjacent Models We Also Run
  • EOR employment in 100+ countries
  • Contract staffing with recruiting
  • Staff augmentation as employees
  • Nearshore LatAm pods
  • AIVAs and AI-enabled talent
  • SOW and project teams
Contractor compliance review

Tell us the country and the role. We will tell you whether AOR or EOR holds up there.

Send the countries, the scope, and how the work is actually supervised. We come back with the defensible model per role, what AOR covers, and a realistic onboarding date.

  • A straight answer on AOR versus EOR for each role and country
  • Contracting, classification, IP, and payment handled as one service
  • A clean conversion path into employment when the role becomes permanent
An XCAILE operator will reply within 24 hours. No commitment
06 / WhyWhy XCAILE

The workforce layer behind AI adoption.

We test the classification first.

Most providers sell you the product you asked for. We tell you when AOR is the wrong answer and EOR is the defensible one.

AOR and EOR on one operating layer.

Contractor today, employee tomorrow, same country, same relationship, no vendor migration in between.

Latin America density.

Deep operating depth across LatAm on top of 100+ country coverage, with time-zone-aligned talent when you also need sourcing.

One accountable partner.

Contracting, classification, payment, and, when you need it, the sourcing of the talent itself. One contract, one SLA.

07 / FAQFAQ

Questions leaders actually ask.

What is an Agent of Record (AOR)?+

An Agent of Record is the party that contracts, classifies, and pays independent contractors on your behalf. The AOR owns the contractor agreement, the classification test, IP assignment, invoicing, and cross-border payment, so the contractor relationship stays defensible without you opening an entity.

What does an AOR service actually include?+

Contractor onboarding and identity verification, a country-correct contractor agreement, a documented classification assessment, IP and confidentiality assignment, invoice collection and approval, local-currency payment, tax-form handling, and an audit trail per contractor.

AOR vs EOR: which one do I need?+

AOR engages the person as an independent contractor. EOR employs them. If the work is a defined scope, self-directed, and non-exclusive, AOR is right. If it is ongoing, supervised, or exclusive, EOR is the defensible model. XCAILE runs both and tests classification per role and per country before recommending either.

How much does an Agent of Record cost?+

AOR is priced as a service fee per contractor rather than a percentage of statutory employer cost, which is why it is lighter than EOR. Pricing depends on country, volume, and payment rails, and we quote it per scope rather than publishing a rate card.

How fast can you onboard a contractor through AOR?+

Contractor onboarding through AOR is the fastest compliant route we run. XCAILE deploys AI-ready talent and contractors in 3 to 7 days, including agreement, classification review, and payment setup.

Which countries do you cover for AOR?+

XCAILE runs AOR and EOR across 100+ countries, with deep density across Latin America. Coverage, payment rails, and classification posture are confirmed per country for the role you describe.

Does AOR protect us from misclassification?+

AOR reduces exposure by documenting the classification, contracting correctly for the country, and keeping the payment trail clean. It does not make an employment relationship legal. Where the facts point to employment, we convert the role to EOR instead of papering over it.

Can we convert a contractor from AOR to EOR later?+

Yes, and it is common once a role becomes permanent. XCAILE converts contractors into compliant employees in the same country without breaking payment continuity or the working relationship.

Do you handle contractor payments in local currency?+

Yes. Contractors are contracted in their own country and paid in local currency where required, with invoice approval, tax documentation, and reconciliation handled as part of the AOR service.

Can an AOR handle contractors we already found ourselves?+

Yes. That is the most common AOR use case. You have the person, we take over contracting, classification, IP, payment, and compliance. If you also need us to source the person, that is contract staffing, which includes recruiting on top of the AOR layer.

Start with the outcome

Tell us what you're trying to achieve.
We design the workforce. We execute it.

One strategist. One operating model. One partner across recruiting, employment, AI enablement, and global compliance.