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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, \"Fountain: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/fountain/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/fountain/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/fountain.md",
  "title": "Fountain: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "Fountain is on the AI hiring software map. We record 6 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Oct. 22, 2026.",
  "period": "Aug. 26, 2025 to Oct. 22, 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
  "company": {
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    "slug": "fountain",
    "name": "Fountain",
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    "site": "https://www.fountain.com/",
    "summary": "\"The #1 agent that runs your frontline operations.\" Fountain sells a hiring, onboarding and workforce platform to large hourly employers in retail, logistics, delivery, food service, hospitality, healthcare and manufacturing. Its Frontline OS bundles sourcing, CRM, ATS, onboarding with I-9, and shift scheduling. Named AI agents screen applicants (Anna), support workers 24/7 including I-9 and W-4 help (Emma), check in on new hires (Sam), and Cue runs hiring operations from one prompt.",
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      "frontline"
    ],
    "status": "active",
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    "update_channels": [],
    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
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    "merged_into": null,
    "category_names": [
      "Hourly and frontline hiring"
    ]
  },
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  "dated_product_launches": 0,
  "undated_launches": 0,
  "launches_data_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/data/launches.json",
  "count": 0,
  "launches": [],
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  "indexed": true,
  "summary": {
    "text": "\"The #1 agent that runs your frontline operations.\" Fountain sells a hiring, onboarding and workforce platform to large hourly employers in retail, logistics, delivery, food service, hospitality, healthcare and manufacturing. Its Frontline OS bundles sourcing, CRM, ATS, onboarding with I-9, and shift scheduling. Named AI agents screen applicants (Anna), support workers 24/7 including I-9 and W-4 help (Emma), check in on new hires (Sam), and Cue runs hiring operations from one prompt.",
    "source": {
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      "url": "https://www.fountain.com/"
    },
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      "map": "hiring-software",
      "title": "The AI hiring software map",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-fountain",
      "section": "companies",
      "name": "Fountain",
      "site": "https://www.fountain.com/",
      "category": "Hourly and frontline hiring",
      "what": "\"The #1 agent that runs your frontline operations.\" Fountain sells a hiring, onboarding and workforce platform to large hourly employers in retail, logistics, delivery, food service, hospitality, healthcare and manufacturing. Its Frontline OS bundles sourcing, CRM, ATS, onboarding with I-9, and shift scheduling. Named AI agents screen applicants (Anna), support workers 24/7 including I-9 and W-4 help (Emma), check in on new hires (Sam), and Cue runs hiring operations from one prompt.",
      "what_source": {
        "name": "fountain.com",
        "url": "https://www.fountain.com/"
      },
      "price": "not published; sales-led",
      "price_published": false,
      "capabilities": {
        "label": "AI capabilities",
        "items": [
          "Named agents",
          "AI interviews",
          "AI analytics",
          "Candidate chat",
          "Assistant",
          "Job posts and ads",
          "Screening and ranking",
          "Scheduling",
          "AI sourcing"
        ]
      },
      "scale_tier": 3,
      "scale": "Funded challenger: institutional funding disclosed (Says 500+ frontline employers, 91M+ applicants and 14M+ hires in 75+ countries; $185M raised to Oct 2022; Niche Player in 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Talent Acquisition Suites)",
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      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "fountain.com",
          "url": "https://www.fountain.com/"
        },
        {
          "name": "fountain.com",
          "url": "https://www.fountain.com/newsroom"
        },
        {
          "name": "fountain.com",
          "url": "https://www.fountain.com/industry/manufacturing"
        },
        {
          "name": "fountain.com",
          "url": "https://fountain.com/about"
        },
        {
          "name": "trainingindustry.com",
          "url": "https://trainingindustry.com/press-release/onboarding/fountain-launches-frontline-os-to-cut-new-hire-screening-time-of-frontline-workers-by-up-to-98-and-boost-retention-by-50-through-agentic-ai/"
        },
        {
          "name": "fountain.com",
          "url": "https://www.fountain.com/news/fountain-unveils-agentic-first-frontline-operating-system-with-12-product-suite-at-hr-tech-2025"
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  "timeline": [
    {
      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/fountain/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-10-22",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Fountain's Emma agent adds voice help for I-9 and W-4",
      "summary": "Frontline workers can now call Emma, a voice support agent, for help finishing their I-9 and W-4 forms.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-fountain"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor changelog",
        "url": "https://fountain.launchnotes.io/"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-2",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/fountain/#event-2",
      "on": "2026-07-01",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "The Service Companies picks Fountain for 24/7 screening in 35 states",
      "summary": "Outsourced cleaning provider The Service Companies adopted Fountain for 24/7 screening, multilingual mobile AI interviews and onboarding with I-9 compliance for hundreds of hires a month.",
      "kind": "Partnership",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-fountain"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor release",
        "url": "https://www.fountain.com/news/the-service-companies-chooses-fountain-for-hiring-across-35-states-with-24-7-screening"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-3",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/fountain/#event-3",
      "on": "2026-05-13",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Fountain named Niche Player in Gartner TA suites Magic Quadrant",
      "summary": "Fountain was included for the first time in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Talent Acquisition Suites, as a Niche Player.",
      "kind": "Research",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-fountain"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor release",
        "url": "https://www.fountain.com/news/fountain-named-a-niche-player-in-the-2026-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-talent-acquisition-suites"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-4",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/fountain/#event-4",
      "on": "2026-04-14",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Fountain launches Cue to run frontline hiring and operations",
      "summary": "Fountain launched Cue, an autonomous agent that builds and updates hiring workflows, sources and screens candidates, detects and fills shift gaps, flags weak locations and writes operational reports. Fountain says Cue \"reports on what it already did.\"",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-fountain"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor release",
        "url": "https://www.fountain.com/news/fountain-launches-cue-to-run-frontline-hiring-and-workforce-operations"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-5",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/fountain/#event-5",
      "on": "2025-10-13",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Fountain shows 12-product agent-first frontline suite at HR Tech 2025",
      "summary": "At HR Tech 2025 Fountain said it now offers 12 products across the frontline workforce lifecycle, including shift and attendance with AI-powered scheduling, internal communications, referrals and compliance management, plus agents that set up implementations, configure workflows, analyze data and iterate on workflows toward business goals.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-fountain"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor release",
        "url": "https://www.fountain.com/news/fountain-unveils-agentic-first-frontline-operating-system-with-12-product-suite-at-hr-tech-2025"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-6",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/fountain/#event-6",
      "on": "2025-08-26",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Fountain launches Frontline OS with Copilot",
      "summary": "Fountain launched Frontline OS, an AI-native system for hiring, onboarding and workforce management. Fountain Copilot, powered in part by Anthropic's Claude models, takes plain-language prompts and runs Fountain agents to post jobs, screen and hire, fill shifts and run compliance reports.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-fountain"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Business Wire via Training Industry",
        "url": "https://trainingindustry.com/press-release/onboarding/fountain-launches-frontline-os-to-cut-new-hire-screening-time-of-frontline-workers-by-up-to-98-and-boost-retention-by-50-through-agentic-ai/"
      }
    }
  ]
}