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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
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  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"First Advantage: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/first-advantage/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/first-advantage/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/first-advantage.md",
  "title": "First Advantage: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "First Advantage is on the AI hiring software map. We record 2 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Oct. 20, 2026.",
  "period": "March 13 to Oct. 20, 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
  "company": {
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    "slug": "first-advantage",
    "name": "First Advantage",
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    "site": "https://fadv.com/",
    "summary": "\"Know Every Hire.\" First Advantage sells employment background screening, identity verification, drug and health screening, Form I-9/E-Verify and continuous monitoring to employers of every size. It says it has over 80,000 customers and runs more than 200 million screens a year. Its AI sits mainly in identity checks. In October 2026 it launched an FCRA-compliant identity fraud check with ID.me. It bought Sterling in 2024, so Sterling now sits inside First Advantage.",
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    "status": "active",
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    "update_channels": [],
    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
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    "merged_into": null,
    "category_names": [
      "Background, identity and fraud checks"
    ]
  },
  "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": "\"Know Every Hire.\" First Advantage sells employment background screening, identity verification, drug and health screening, Form I-9/E-Verify and continuous monitoring to employers of every size. It says it has over 80,000 customers and runs more than 200 million screens a year. Its AI sits mainly in identity checks. In October 2026 it launched an FCRA-compliant identity fraud check with ID.me. It bought Sterling in 2024, so Sterling now sits inside First Advantage.",
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  },
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      "title": "The AI hiring software map",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-first-advantage",
      "section": "companies",
      "name": "First Advantage",
      "site": "https://fadv.com/",
      "category": "Background, identity and fraud checks",
      "what": "\"Know Every Hire.\" First Advantage sells employment background screening, identity verification, drug and health screening, Form I-9/E-Verify and continuous monitoring to employers of every size. It says it has over 80,000 customers and runs more than 200 million screens a year. Its AI sits mainly in identity checks. In October 2026 it launched an FCRA-compliant identity fraud check with ID.me. It bought Sterling in 2024, so Sterling now sits inside First Advantage.",
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        "url": "https://fadv.com/"
      },
      "price": "not published; sales-led",
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      "capabilities": {
        "label": "AI capabilities",
        "items": [
          "Fraud and identity"
        ]
      },
      "scale_tier": 1,
      "scale": "Enterprise incumbent: a public company or nine-figure revenue (Public (NASDAQ: FA). Raised 2026 revenue guidance to $1.67B to $1.71B (Q2 2026 release, 2026-08-06). Over 80,000 customers including about two-thirds of the Fortune 100; more than 200 million screens a year.)",
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        {
          "name": "fadv.com",
          "url": "https://fadv.com/press-release/first-advantage-named-overall-digital-identity-solution-provider-of-the-year-in-2026-fintech-breakthrough-awards-program/"
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        {
          "name": "stocktitan.net",
          "url": "https://www.stocktitan.net/news/FA/first-advantage-reports-second-quarter-2026-wr01fmfa8q1q.html"
        },
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          "url": "https://www.stocktitan.net/news/FA/first-advantage-and-id-me-announce-fcra-compliant-identity-fraud-i61bqapqh3dn.html"
        },
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          "name": "stocktitan.net",
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    {
      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/first-advantage/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-10-20",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "First Advantage and ID.me launch FCRA-compliant identity fraud check for hiring",
      "summary": "The companies formed an exclusive partnership and launched \"an identity fraud detection product that is purpose-built for hiring and compliant with the FCRA\". Results \"will now appear within the background screening report\".",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-first-advantage"
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        "name": "GlobeNewswire via Stock Titan",
        "url": "https://www.stocktitan.net/news/FA/first-advantage-and-id-me-announce-fcra-compliant-identity-fraud-i61bqapqh3dn.html"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-2",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/first-advantage/#event-2",
      "on": "2026-03-13",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "First Advantage publishes 2026 Global Trends Report",
      "summary": "Survey of more than 5,000 CHROs, HR leaders and job seekers. It says \"AI is now widely used by employers and candidates, introducing both efficiencies and new avenues for fraud\" and 89% of HR hiring managers plan to add more background screening and identity verification solutions within the next two years.",
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        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
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        "name": "GlobeNewswire via Stock Titan",
        "url": "https://www.stocktitan.net/news/FA/first-advantage-releases-2026-global-trends-report-priorities-and-jl7neamqui4k.html"
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