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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  },
  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"Blucor: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/blucor/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/blucor/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/blucor.md",
  "title": "Blucor: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "Blucor is on the AI hiring software map. We record 4 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Aug. 19, 2026.",
  "period": "Jan. 21 to Aug. 19, 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
  "company": {
    "id": "CAFJYGQ",
    "slug": "blucor",
    "name": "Blucor",
    "aliases": [],
    "site": "https://www.blucor.ai/",
    "summary": "\"AI Recruiter for Blue-Collar and High-Volume Hourly Hiring.\" Blucor sells Hope, an AI recruiter for lean HR teams hiring welders, warehouse associates, forklift operators, maintenance technicians and production supervisors. Hope posts jobs on Indeed, reviews applicants, runs AI phone interviews against the employer's criteria, writes evaluation reports, schedules interviews and writes results into the employer's ATS. Its named customer is the fan manufacturer Twin City Fan, and it says it runs at more than 80 US sites.",
    "founded": null,
    "categories": [
      "frontline"
    ],
    "status": "active",
    "price_note": null,
    "update_channels": [],
    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
    "off_map": null,
    "merged_into": null,
    "category_names": [
      "Hourly and frontline hiring"
    ]
  },
  "confirmed_product_launches": 0,
  "dated_product_launches": 0,
  "undated_launches": 0,
  "launches_data_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/data/launches.json",
  "count": 0,
  "launches": [],
  "launch_list": false,
  "indexed": true,
  "summary": {
    "text": "\"AI Recruiter for Blue-Collar and High-Volume Hourly Hiring.\" Blucor sells Hope, an AI recruiter for lean HR teams hiring welders, warehouse associates, forklift operators, maintenance technicians and production supervisors. Hope posts jobs on Indeed, reviews applicants, runs AI phone interviews against the employer's criteria, writes evaluation reports, schedules interviews and writes results into the employer's ATS. Its named customer is the fan manufacturer Twin City Fan, and it says it runs at more than 80 US sites.",
    "source": {
      "name": "blucor.ai",
      "url": "https://www.blucor.ai/"
    },
    "from": "record"
  },
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    {
      "map": "hiring-software",
      "title": "The AI hiring software map",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-blucor",
      "section": "companies",
      "name": "Blucor",
      "site": "https://www.blucor.ai/",
      "category": "Hourly and frontline hiring",
      "what": "\"AI Recruiter for Blue-Collar and High-Volume Hourly Hiring.\" Blucor sells Hope, an AI recruiter for lean HR teams hiring welders, warehouse associates, forklift operators, maintenance technicians and production supervisors. Hope posts jobs on Indeed, reviews applicants, runs AI phone interviews against the employer's criteria, writes evaluation reports, schedules interviews and writes results into the employer's ATS. Its named customer is the fan manufacturer Twin City Fan, and it says it runs at more than 80 US sites.",
      "what_source": {
        "name": "blucor.ai",
        "url": "https://www.blucor.ai/"
      },
      "price": "not published; priced by hiring volume, workflow and scope after a demo",
      "price_published": false,
      "capabilities": {
        "label": "AI capabilities",
        "items": [
          "Named agents",
          "AI interviews",
          "Runs inside others",
          "Job posts and ads",
          "Screening and ranking",
          "Interview notes",
          "Scheduling",
          "AI sourcing"
        ]
      },
      "scale_tier": 4,
      "scale": "No disclosed scale (No funding disclosed on the vendor site. One named customer (Twin City Fan); the about page cites 80 customer sites.)",
      "founded": null,
      "founded_source": null,
      "fate": null,
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "blucor.ai",
          "url": "https://www.blucor.ai/"
        },
        {
          "name": "blucor.ai",
          "url": "https://www.blucor.ai/about"
        },
        {
          "name": "blucor.ai",
          "url": "https://www.blucor.ai/release-notes"
        },
        {
          "name": "blancai.beehiiv.com",
          "url": "https://blancai.beehiiv.com/p/how-ai-recruiting-features-solve-manufacturing-s-hiring-challenges"
        },
        {
          "name": "blancai.beehiiv.com",
          "url": "https://blancai.beehiiv.com/p/ai-roi-a-78-cost-per-hire-reduction-for-manufacturers"
        }
      ],
      "more_sources": 0,
      "cross_listed": false
    }
  ],
  "off_map_url": null,
  "timeline": [
    {
      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/blucor/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-08-19",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Blucor starts phone screens as soon as an application reaches the ATS",
      "summary": "Release note: \"Start phone screening as soon as an application reaches your ATS.\"",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-blucor"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor changelog",
        "url": "https://www.blucor.ai/release-notes"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-2",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/blucor/#event-2",
      "on": "2026-05-20",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Blucor scores knowledge, skills and behavior separately",
      "summary": "Release note: \"Assess knowledge, skills, and behavior separately\" in AI phone interviews.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-blucor"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor changelog",
        "url": "https://www.blucor.ai/release-notes"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-3",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/blucor/#event-3",
      "on": "2026-03-18",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Blucor builds screening criteria and questions from a job description",
      "summary": "Release note: \"Create screening criteria and questions from a job description.\"",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-blucor"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor changelog",
        "url": "https://www.blucor.ai/release-notes"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-4",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/blucor/#event-4",
      "on": "2026-01-21",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Blucor lets recruiters set up a role by voice",
      "summary": "Release note: \"Set up a role by describing your hiring needs aloud.\"",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-blucor"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor changelog",
        "url": "https://www.blucor.ai/release-notes"
      }
    }
  ]
}