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Fountain

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The AI-native OS built for the global frontline workforce.

RecruitingSan Francisco, CA201–500 employeesFounded 2014

#60 of 83 in Recruiting500 customers (per fountain.com)

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Visibility score
0.6%
New vs last week
Weekly run · Nov 3

Data collected ·ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode·coverage 100%·next run

  • Fountain ranks #60 of 83 in Recruiting with an AI visibility score of 0.6 (SlateIndex, Nov 3, 2026).
  • Fountain is most visible on Perplexity (1.9) and least on Google AI Mode (0).
  • AI engines name Fountain in 2 of the 30 Recruiting buyer prompts SlateIndex tracks.
  • lever.co is the source AI engines cite most in answers about Fountain, with 3 citations.

About

Company details for Fountain

Fountain is a hiring and workforce platform for high-volume frontline employers. It covers applicant tracking, candidate relationship management, sourcing, onboarding and shift scheduling. Cue, its AI agent, runs these workflows end to end. It ranks #60 of 83 in Recruiting on SlateIndex and has a visibility score of 0.6 in the latest weekly run.

Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, CA, the company employs 201–500 people. It has raised about $185M. Its differentiator: cue, an AI agent that runs hiring, onboarding and support workflows end to end without manual work.

Categories
Recruiting
Company size
201–500 employees
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Founded
2014
Company type
Private, venture-backed
Funding
Series C · $185M raised
Customers
500 · per fountain.com
Integrations
40+ native
Compliance
SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022
Facebook · facebook.com/fountainappYouTube · youtube.com/@FountainHQInstagram · instagram.com/fountain_inc/X · x.com/fountain_incLinkedIn · linkedin.com/company/fountaininc

Read from linkedin.com, fountain.com, softwareadvice.com, facebook.com, g2.com, builtinsf.com · refreshed Nov 3, 2026.

AI visibility

Latest weekly run · Nov 3 · next run Nov 9

Visibility score
0.6%
across Recruiting answers, weighted by position
ChatGPT0%
AI Mode0%
Perplexity1.9%
Change
New
vs last week’s run
Category rank
#60 of 83
in Recruiting
Mentions
2
in this week’s run
Share of voice
0.4%
of AI mentions in Recruiting

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days, with up to 7 competitors. Click a name to hide or show its line.

Now0.6%
30-day change—
High · low0.6% · 0.6%
Rank#60
0%25%50%75%100%Nov 3Fountain 1%

Changes appear after the second weekly run in Recruiting. Greenhouse leads the category at 38.5%.

Media

Website and product screenshots for Fountain

All media
Home page
Pricing page

AI mentions & citations

Recent answers that name Fountain

All prompts

What are the best recruiting tools in 2026?

High-volume frontline employer: Fountain, Paradox, HireVue, or Workstream.

Perplexity · run of Nov 3

Official website of the top recruiting platform vendors

Perplexity · run of Nov 3

Products & features

What Fountain sells

Cue

AI agent that orchestrates hiring, onboarding and support workflows end to end.

ATS

Applications, screening, knockout questions, interview scheduling and offer letters.

CRM

Past candidates, talent communities, automated outreach and re-engagement triggers.

Sourcing

Job boards, talent pools, re-engagement campaigns and candidate matching.

Onboarding

Documents, signatures, data collection, I-9 and W-4 forms, and background checks.

Shift & Scheduling

Shift creation, auto-assignment, worker notifications, coverage gaps and schedule adjustments.

Fountain Lite

Edition for SMB, franchises and brick-and-mortar businesses.

Fountain Enterprise

Edition for gig economy and enterprise businesses.

Target market & buyers

Frontline employers in QSR and food service, retail, delivery and logistics, and outsourced services.

Notable customers include UPS, Shoe Station Group, LiveOps, LoadUp, Centerfield, SkyChefs, Alto, CLEAR.

IndustryPrimary use case
QSR & Food ServiceStaffing the rush, filling kitchen and cashier shifts, and adding food safety training to onboarding.
RetailHiring store associates for seasonal peaks and rehiring seasonal staff.
Delivery & LogisticsFilling picker, driver and warehouse roles and applying license requirements to new drivers.
Outsourced ServicesDeploying cleaners, security guards, event staff and technicians for client programs.

Funding & recent developments

Funding

RoundYearAmount
Series A2017—
Series B2019$23M
Series C extension2022$100M
Series C—$85M
Latest known roundTotal raised
Series C$185M

Recent developments

  1. Jul 2026PartnershipThe Service Companies partnership

    The Service Companies, an outsourced cleaning provider, partnered with Fountain to automate recruiting, compliance and onboarding across 35 states.

  2. Apr 2026ProductCue launch

    Fountain announced Cue, which it describes as autonomous frontline intelligence for workforce operations. The vendor says early AI deployments help teams cut hiring timelines by up to 30%.

  3. Jan 2026ProductPool and Source launch

    Fountain launched Pool and Source, two AI capabilities for talent rediscovery and sourcing optimization.

Competitive landscape

How Fountain compares with its top three alternatives

All alternatives

Fountain most often appears alongside Zoho, Greenhouse, Workable in AI answers.

vsFountain vs Zoho0.6% vs 44.8% visibility · Zoho leadsFull comparison vsFountain vs Greenhouse0.6% vs 38.5% visibility · Greenhouse leadsFull comparison vsFountain vs Workable0.6% vs 30.1% visibility · Workable leadsFull comparison
BrandVisibilityShare of voicevs last weekStarting price
Fountain0.6%0.4%NewPricing not available
Zoho44.8%12.5%up+5.4%Pricing not available
Greenhouse38.5%8.1%NewContact sales
Workable30.1%7.2%New$299 / mo
Lever22.2%6.3%NewPricing not available

Cite as: SlateIndex, “Fountain AI visibility profile”, https://slateindex.ai/brand/fountain, data of Nov 3, 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.