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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"Float: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/float/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/float/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/float.md",
  "title": "Float: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "Float is on the AI workforce planning software map. We record 2 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated March 2026.",
  "period": "November 2025 to March 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
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    "slug": "float",
    "name": "Float",
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    "site": "https://www.float.com/",
    "summary": "Resource scheduling, capacity planning and project estimates for agencies, professional services firms and in-house delivery teams. Float says \"Keep your people and your margins on track.\" The AI is Smart assign, which recommends a person for an unassigned role by role fit and availability, and Float MCP, which lets ChatGPT, Claude and other MCP tools answer plain-language questions about people, capacity and projects.",
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    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
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    ]
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  "undated_launches": 0,
  "launches_data_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/data/launches.json",
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  "summary": {
    "text": "Resource scheduling, capacity planning and project estimates for agencies, professional services firms and in-house delivery teams. Float says \"Keep your people and your margins on track.\" The AI is Smart assign, which recommends a person for an unassigned role by role fit and availability, and Float MCP, which lets ChatGPT, Claude and other MCP tools answer plain-language questions about people, capacity and projects.",
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      "name": "float.com",
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    },
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  },
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      "map": "workforce-planning-software",
      "title": "The AI workforce planning software map",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/workforce-planning-software/#co-float",
      "section": "companies",
      "name": "Float",
      "site": "https://www.float.com/",
      "category": "Resource management and capacity",
      "what": "Resource scheduling, capacity planning and project estimates for agencies, professional services firms and in-house delivery teams. Float says \"Keep your people and your margins on track.\" The AI is Smart assign, which recommends a person for an unassigned role by role fit and availability, and Float MCP, which lets ChatGPT, Claude and other MCP tools answer plain-language questions about people, capacity and projects.",
      "what_source": {
        "name": "float.com",
        "url": "https://www.float.com/"
      },
      "price": "not published on the pages opened; free trial and sales contact offered",
      "price_published": false,
      "capabilities": {
        "label": "AI capabilities",
        "items": [
          "MCP or agent API",
          "Project staffing"
        ]
      },
      "scale_tier": 2,
      "scale": "Established: a public parent, or a disclosed customer base (Vendor says 4,500+ customers served and 220,000+ people scheduled (float.com/about).)",
      "founded": "2011",
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          "name": "float.com",
          "url": "https://www.float.com/ai"
        },
        {
          "name": "float.com",
          "url": "https://www.float.com/ai/mcp"
        },
        {
          "name": "float.com",
          "url": "https://www.float.com/about"
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    {
      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/float/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-03-01",
      "date_precision": "month",
      "title": "Smart assign ships",
      "summary": "Smart assign recommends a person for unassigned roles on an estimate or project, based on role fit and availability. The page says \"Shipped in March 2026\".",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI workforce planning software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/workforce-planning-software/#co-float"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor page",
        "url": "https://www.float.com/ai"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-2",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/float/#event-2",
      "on": "2025-11-01",
      "date_precision": "month",
      "title": "Float MCP opens in beta",
      "summary": "Float says its MCP server lets people ask about their people and projects in plain language inside tools like ChatGPT and Claude. The page prints \"Beta available since November 2025\".",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI workforce planning software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/workforce-planning-software/#co-float"
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        "url": "https://www.float.com/ai"
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