# Appcast: what it sells, price and AI features

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/appcast/
Covers: Feb. 17 to June 2, 2026
Updated: 2026-11-11
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "Appcast: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/appcast/, updated 2026-11-11

> Appcast is on the AI hiring software map. We record 2 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated June 2, 2026.

"Better Hiring Outcomes. Less Wasted Spend." Appcast runs programmatic recruitment advertising (AppcastOne), search and brand ads, career sites, an apply layer and employer brand creative, plus benchmark data through Recruitonomics. Employers and staffing firms buy it to place and optimize job-ad spend. It is a Stepstone Group subsidiary. Its job listings feed ChatGPT's job search, and its new career sites are built to be found by AI search tools. Source: [appcast.io](https://www.appcast.io/).

## Facts

- Site: [appcast.io](https://www.appcast.io/)
- Category: Job ads and employer brand
- Status: Active

## On the research maps

### [The AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-appcast)

"Better Hiring Outcomes. Less Wasted Spend." Appcast runs programmatic recruitment advertising (AppcastOne), search and brand ads, career sites, an apply layer and employer brand creative, plus benchmark data through Recruitonomics. Employers and staffing firms buy it to place and optimize job-ad spend. It is a Stepstone Group subsidiary. Its job listings feed ChatGPT's job search, and its new career sites are built to be found by AI search tools. Source: [appcast.io](https://www.appcast.io/).

- Category: Job ads and employer brand
- Price: not published; sales-led
- AI capabilities: AI analytics and Job posts and ads
- Scale: Established: a public parent, or a disclosed customer base (Subsidiary of The Stepstone Group; boilerplate cites more than 1,000 clients; benchmark draws on nearly 1,200 employers.)

Sources: [appcast.io](https://www.appcast.io/), [appcast.io](https://www.appcast.io/news/), [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/appcast-launches-appcastengage-a-smarter-connected-layer-to-drive-hiring-efficiency-302544352.html), [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/appcast-releases-10th-annual-recruitment-marketing-benchmark-report-with-new-candidate-disposition-and-global-hiring-data-302688064.html), [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/appcast-expands-its-recruitment-marketing-platform-with-career-sites-built-for-the-ai-era-302818446.html) and [the-decoder.com](https://the-decoder.com/openai-turns-chatgpt-into-a-career-platform-with-job-search-and-cv-editor/).

## Launches and dated events, newest first

### Appcast listings feed ChatGPT job search

Partnership, June 2, 2026. OpenAI added job search to ChatGPT with live listings from sources including Indeed, Upwork and Appcast.

Source: [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com/openai-turns-chatgpt-into-a-career-platform-with-job-search-and-cv-editor/). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-appcast).

### 10th annual Recruitment Marketing Benchmark Report

Research, Feb. 17, 2026. Report on 302 million clicks and 27 million applications found cost per application and cost per hire rose sharply in 2025.

Source: [Vendor release (PR Newswire)](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/appcast-releases-10th-annual-recruitment-marketing-benchmark-report-with-new-candidate-disposition-and-global-hiring-data-302688064.html). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-appcast).

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology