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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
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  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"HireRight: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/hireright/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/hireright/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/hireright.md",
  "title": "HireRight: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "HireRight is on the AI hiring software map. We record 4 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated June 30, 2026.",
  "period": "June 5, 2025 to June 30, 2026",
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    "site": "https://www.hireright.com/",
    "summary": "\"Say yes to the right talent with accurate and compliance-focused background screening.\" HireRight sells background screening, identity checks, verifications, drug and health screening, driving records and Form I-9/E-Verify to mid-market and enterprise employers. It says it has 55,000+ customers and screened about 85 million people in 2025. AI shows up in its candidate chatbot and in Global ID, which reads ID documents with AI-driven OCR and matches a live selfie. Its yearly Global Benchmark Report tracks identity fraud and AI hiring risk.",
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    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
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      "Background, identity and fraud checks"
    ]
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    "text": "\"Say yes to the right talent with accurate and compliance-focused background screening.\" HireRight sells background screening, identity checks, verifications, drug and health screening, driving records and Form I-9/E-Verify to mid-market and enterprise employers. It says it has 55,000+ customers and screened about 85 million people in 2025. AI shows up in its candidate chatbot and in Global ID, which reads ID documents with AI-driven OCR and matches a live selfie. Its yearly Global Benchmark Report tracks identity fraud and AI hiring risk.",
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      "name": "HireRight",
      "site": "https://www.hireright.com/",
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      "what": "\"Say yes to the right talent with accurate and compliance-focused background screening.\" HireRight sells background screening, identity checks, verifications, drug and health screening, driving records and Form I-9/E-Verify to mid-market and enterprise employers. It says it has 55,000+ customers and screened about 85 million people in 2025. AI shows up in its candidate chatbot and in Global ID, which reads ID documents with AI-driven OCR and matches a live selfie. Its yearly Global Benchmark Report tracks identity fraud and AI hiring risk.",
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      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/hireright/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-06-30",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "HireRight releases 2026 Global Benchmark Report",
      "summary": "Survey of more than 1,900 professionals. Respondents reported \"growing concerns around identity fraud, AI-enabled hiring risks, and workforce trust\", with more use of identity verification and post-hire screening.",
      "kind": "Research",
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        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-hireright"
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      "source": {
        "name": "Business Wire via FinancialContent",
        "url": "https://www.financialcontent.com/article/bizwire-2026-6-30-hireright-releases-2026-global-benchmark-report"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-2",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/hireright/#event-2",
      "on": "2025-10-06",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "HireRight acquires BGC Brasil",
      "summary": "HireRight acquired BGC Brasil, a Brazilian background screening provider with direct access to more than 200 research sources, to expand in Latin America.",
      "kind": "Acquisition",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-hireright"
      },
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        "name": "Vendor release",
        "url": "https://www.hireright.com/company/newsroom/hireright-acquires-bgc-brasil-expanding-services-in-latin-americas-largest"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-3",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/hireright/#event-3",
      "on": "2025-09-15",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "HireRight report flags identity fraud gaps in hiring",
      "summary": "Findings from the 2025 Global Benchmark Report: only three in five respondents run identity checks, one in six had seen identity fraud in hiring, and generative AI makes it easier for candidates to misrepresent themselves.",
      "kind": "Research",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-hireright"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor release",
        "url": "https://www.hireright.com/company/newsroom/identity-fraud-and-candidate-discrepancies-remain-key-concerns-for-employers"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-4",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/hireright/#event-4",
      "on": "2025-06-05",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "HireRight releases 2025 Global Benchmark Report",
      "summary": "18th annual survey of more than 1,000 HR, risk and talent acquisition professionals. Accuracy stayed the top screening priority, and many businesses still do not run identity checks despite rising ID fraud.",
      "kind": "Research",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-hireright"
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      "source": {
        "name": "Business Wire via FinancialContent",
        "url": "https://www.financialcontent.com/article/bizwire-2025-6-5-hireright-releases-2025-global-benchmark-report"
      }
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