# Fountain in the news

**June 17, 2026**  
**Fountain: Interview With CEO Sean Behr About The Workforce Management Platform**  
[Explore](https://pulse2.com/fountain-profile-sean-behr-interview/)

**June 17, 2026**  
**Can Frontline Hiring Finally Be Fixed?**  
[Explore](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz8wIzQqWyc)

**May 18, 2026**  
**Your Next Job Interview Is With a Bot. You’ll Prefer It That Way**  
[Explore](https://www.cdotrends.com/story/5024/your-next-job-interview-bot-youll-prefer-it-way)

**April 23, 2026**  
**The Future of Frontline Hiring Just Clocked In, and It Doesn’t Need a Coffee Break or a Human to Get the Job Done**  
[Explore](https://calbizjournal.com/the-future-of-frontline-hiring-just-clocked-in-and-it-doesnt-need-a-coffee-break-or-a-human-to-get-the-job-done/)

**January 21, 2026**  
**Anthropic: 2026 Agentic Coding Trends Report**  
[Explore](https://resources.anthropic.com/hubfs/2026%20Agentic%20Coding%20Trends%20Report.pdf)

**September 14, 2025**  
**Fountain accelerates frontline workforce hiring and management with Claude**  
[Explore](https://claude.com/customers/fountain)

**March 27, 2025**  
**The AI Recruitment Takeover: Redefining Hiring In The Digital Age**  
[Explore](https://www.forbes.com/sites/keithferrazzi/2025/03/27/the-ai-recruitment-takeover-redefining-hiring-in-the-digital-age/)

**February 21, 2024**  
**The Performance Review Is Dying. Make Way for a Fire Hose of Feedback.**  
[Explore](https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/the-performance-review-is-dying-make-way-for-a-fire-hose-of-feedback-76b79080)

**January 25, 2024**  
**The Skills-Based Hiring Trend And The Relevance Of College Degrees**  
[Explore](https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2024/01/26/the-skills-based-hiring-trend-and-the-relevance-of-college-degrees/?sh=3dcc23e9dc23)

**January 11, 2024**  
**CFOs weigh the risks and rewards when adopting AI**  
[Explore](https://fortune.com/2024/01/12/ai-playbook-c-suite-cfo/)

**December 14, 2023**  
**How Companies Can Engage Their Frontline Workers And Save On Costs**  
[Explore](https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2023/12/15/how-companies-can-engage-their-frontline-workers-and-save-on-costs/)

**October 31, 2023**  
**Frontline Hiring Faces Ongoing Challenges Post-Pandemic**  
[Explore](https://www.hcmtechnologyreport.com/frontline-hiring-faces-ongoing-challenges-post-pandemic/)

**October 12, 2023**  
**How To Attract Temporary Workers For The Holiday Season**  
[Explore](https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2023/10/13/how-to-attract-temporary-workers-for-the-holiday-season/?sh=49526d476971)

**September 30, 2023**  
**India ‘big hub’ for blue collar economy: Fountain CEO Sean Behr**  
[Explore](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/hr-policies-trends/india-big-hub-for-blue-collar-economy-fountain-ceo-sean-behr/articleshow/104081721.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst)

**September 15, 2023**  
**Airbnb, Patagonia and Adobe are some of the companies offering cool perks to employees. Take a look.**  
[Explore](https://www.businessinsider.com/cool-perks-offered-companies-employees-airbnb-patagonia-adobe-2023-9)

**September 13, 2023**  
**Workforce Payment Solutions: Fountain Integrates with Branch to Streamline Payments Onboarding**  
[Explore](https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2023/09/212913-workforce-payment-solutions-fountain-integrates-with-branch-to-streamline-payments-onboarding/)

**August 13, 2023**  
**Bridging The Tech Gap: How To Make AI Accessible For Hourly Workers**  
[Explore](https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2023/08/14/bridging-the-tech-gap-how-to-make-ai-accessible-for-hourly-workers/?sh=6f23959625df)

**August 9, 2023**  
**Sean Behr: Streamlining and Scaling Recruiting Operations**  
[Explore](https://hr-gazette.com/sean-behr-streamlining-and-scaling-recruiting-operations/)

**August 4, 2023**  
**What Are The Implications For New York’s AI Hiring Law?**  
[Explore](https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2023/08/05/what-are-the-implications-for-new-yorks-ai-hiring-law/?sh=2bfadf7f680d)

**August 1, 2023**  
**AI-Powered Resume Screening Tools Reduce Bias and Speed Up Hiring Process**  
[Explore](https://www.expresscomputer.in/guest-blogs/ai-powered-resume-screening-tools-reduce-bias-and-speed-up-hiring-process/101721/)

**July 27, 2023**  
**CHROs must hire hourly staff better**  
[Explore](https://www.tlnt.com/articles/employers-urged-to-update-hiring-practices-for)

**July 18, 2023**  
**Chatbots Are Not Enough**  
[Explore](https://www.chadcheese.com/post/chatbots-are-not-enough)

**July 9, 2023**  
**Unveiling The Impact: Shifting Workforce Demographics In India Reshape High-Volume Hiring In Retail**  
[Explore](https://www.outlookindia.com/business-spotlight/unveiling-the-impact-shifting-workforce-demographics-in-india-reshape-high-volume-hiring-in-retail-news-301841)

**June 16, 2023**  
**More U.S. High School Grads Opt for Trade School**  
[Explore](https://cheddar.com/media/more-us-high-school-grads-opt-for-trade-school)

**July 23, 2023**  
**Why can’t you hire enough hourly workers?**  
[Explore](https://www.benefitnews.com/news/heres-why-employers-are-struggling-to-attract-and-retain-hourly-workers)

**June 7, 2023**  
**Fountain buys conversational AI startup Clevy**  
[Explore](https://www.unleash.ai/hr-technology/fountain-buys-conversational-ai-startup-clevy/)

**March 29, 2023**  
**Generative AI may spark a productivity boom**  
[Explore](https://www.unleash.ai/artificial-intelligence/generative-ai-productivity-boom/)

**March 15, 2023**  
**Chatbot Wars**  
[Explore](https://www.chadcheese.com/post/chatbot-wars)

**March 7, 2023**  
**Analysis: 2023 Hiring Trends for Efficient High-Volume Recruitment**  
[Explore](https://www.recruiter.co.uk/news/2023/03/analysis-2023-hiring-trends-efficient-high-volume-recruitment)

**February 9, 2023**  
**HR Software Startups Enjoy Booming Business Despite Tech’s Hiring Pullback**  
[Explore](https://www.theinformation.com/articles/hr-software-startups-enjoy-booming-business-despite-techs-hiring-pullback)

**February 17, 2023**  
**A great candidate experience is not only a requirement to win it is imperative to beat the competition**  
[Explore](https://www.peoplematters.in/article/recruitment/a-great-candidate-experience-is-not-only-a-requirement-to-win-it-is-imperative-to-beat-the-competition-36864)

**January 23, 2023**  
**BuiltIn 100 Best Hybrid Places to Work 2023**  
[Explore](https://builtin.com/awards/hybrid/2023/best-places-to-work)

**December 13, 2022**  
**HRCHAT INTERVIEW WITH SEAN BEHR: HIRING HOURLY WORKERS**  
[Explore](https://hr-gazette.com/hrchat-interview-with-sean-behr-hiring-hourly-workers/)

**December 9, 2022**  
**You’re Hired! No Interview Required in Tight Labor Market**  
[Explore](https://www.wsj.com/articles/youre-hired-no-interview-required-in-tight-labor-market-11670633115?st=5rw5frg1qngghbh&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink)

**October 26, 2022**  
**Fountain Forays Into Indian Market, Raises $100 Million In Series C Funding**  
[Explore](https://www.entrepreneur.com/en-in/news-and-trends/fountain-forays-into-indian-market-raises-100-million-in/437996)

**October 20, 2022**  
**Meet 100 of the Bay Area’s fastest-growing companies**  
[Explore](https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2022/10/21/fastest-growing-companies-list.html)

**August 16, 2022**  
**Inc. 5000 2022 Meet the Companies Winning in a Time of Change–And Achieving Spectacular Growth**  
[Explore](https://www.inc.com/inc5000/2022)

**August 15, 2022**  
**Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2022**  
[Explore](https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2022/08/16/next-billion-dollar-startups-2022/?sh=2f6b5d595308)

**August 14, 2022**  
**It’s NOT a Labor Shortage**  
[Explore](https://www.chadcheese.com/post/it-s-not-a-labor-shortage)

**June 14, 2022**  
**Fountain raises $100M to expand its applicant tracking system**  
[Explore](https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/15/fountain-raises-100m-to-expand-its-applicant-tracking-system/)

**February 21, 2022**  
**Applying for a job now takes minutes as bosses use software to automate hiring, cut interviews**  
[Explore](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/02/22/hiring-job-interviews-faster-great-resignation/6850522001/?gnt-cfr=1)

**November 3, 2021**  
**As companies search for hourly workers, Fountain brings in $85M to assist them**  
[Explore](https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/04/as-companies-search-for-hourly-workers-fountain-brings-in-85m-to-assist-them/)

**August 17, 2021**  
**Hourly Hiring: Challenge in Manufacturing’s New Era | SME Media**  
[Explore](https://www.sme.org/technologies/articles/2021/august/hourly-hiring-challenge-in-manufacturings-new-era/)

**August 16, 2021**  
**Inc. 5000 2021 Introducing the Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America**  
[Explore](https://www.inc.com/inc5000/2021)

**May 25, 2021**  
**Fountain Earns 2021 Great Place to Work Certification**  
[Explore](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fountain-earns-2021-great-place-124200174.html)

**January 21, 2021**  
**High-Volume Hiring Made Easy**  
[Explore](https://retail.cioreview.com/vendor/2021/fountain)

**November 17, 2020**  
**Fountain Ranked Among Fastest Growing Companies in North America on Deloitte’s 2020 Technology Fast 500™**  
[Explore](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fountain-ranked-among-fastest-growing-134800045.html)

**November 9, 2020**  
**Fountain Adds Multi-Cloud, SSO Tools to Hiring Platform**  
[Explore](https://www.hcmtechnologyreport.com/fountain-adds-multi-cloud-sso-tools-hiring-platform/)

**October 20, 2020**  
**Fountain Expands High-Volume Hiring Platform to Help Employers Navigate New Normal**  
[Explore](https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/fountain-expands-high-volume-hiring-platform-to-help-employers-navigate-new-normal-1029704269)

**October 20, 2020**  
**Fountain Expands High-Volume Hiring Platform to Help Employers Navigate New Normal**  
[Explore](https://techrseries.com/recruitment-and-on-boarding/fountain-expands-high-volume-hiring-platform-to-help-employers-navigate-new-normal/)

**October 14, 2020**  
**Hiring for the holidays? Follow these tips for virtual recruiting**  
[Explore](https://hrexecutive.com/hiring-for-the-holidays-follow-these-tips-for-virtual-recruiting/)

**September 28, 2020**  
**Sean Behr to Join Fountain as Its CEO**  
[Explore](https://www.cioreview.com/news/sean-behr-to-join-fountain-as-its-ceo-nid-32041-cid-48.html)

**May 27, 2019**  
**The talent textbook: A new model for candidate screening**  
[Explore](https://www.hrdive.com/news/the-talent-textbook-a-new-model-for-candidate-screening/555559/)

**May 8, 2019**  
**Let’s Talk About a Risk for Uber and Lyft Stock**  
[Explore](https://www.barrons.com/articles/uber-and-lyft-stock-risk-thats-hiding-in-plain-sight-51557423097)

**May 7, 2019**  
**Uber Strike is a PR Exercise and Won’t Impact IPO Fountain COO Says**  
[Explore](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2019-05-08/uber-strike-is-a-pr-exercise-and-won-t-impact-ipo-fountain-coo-says-video)

**May 6, 2019**  
**Why drivers are planning a global strike ahead of Uber’s IPO**  
[Explore](https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/07/why-drivers-are-planning-a-global-strike-ahead-of-ubers-ipo.html)

**May 3, 2019**  
**In a Tight Labor Market, Gig Workers Get Harder to Please**  
[Explore](https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-a-tight-labor-market-gig-workers-get-harder-to-please-11556942404)

**April 7, 2019**  
**How the gig economy is changing how restaurants hire, manage their workforce**  
[Explore](https://www.smartbrief.com/original/2019/04/how-gig-economy-changing-how-restaurants-hire-manage-their-workforce)

**April 3, 2019**  
**Taco Bell’s answer to tight labor pool: Throw 600 hiring parties**  
[Explore](https://www.nrn.com/quick-service/taco-bell-s-answer-tight-labor-pool-throw-600-hiring-parties)

**March 28, 2019**  
**Uber Freight launches in Europe: Is the Future of Work the Gig Platform?**  
[Explore](https://www.hrtechnologist.com/articles/mobile-workforce/uber-freight-launches-in-europe-is-the-future-of-work-the-gig-platform/)

**March 28, 2019**  
**LYFT DRIVERS STRIKE AS THE MONEY-LOSING COMPANY GOES PUBLIC**  
[Explore](https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/29/18286873/lyft-ipo-share-price-driver-protest-future)

**March 7, 2019**  
**Q&A: How Walmart’s workforce is beating Amazon**  
[Explore](http://www.digitaljournal.com/business/q-a-how-walmart-s-workforce-is-beating-amazon/article/545585)

**February 19, 2019**  
**Gig economy workers: Resumes are out, experience is in**  
[Explore](https://www.techrepublic.com/article/gig-economy-workers-resumes-are-out-experience-is-in/)

**December 10, 2018**  
**Q&A: How Walmart is Challenging Amazon with Digital Technology**  
[Explore](http://www.digitaljournal.com/business/q-a-how-walmart-is-challenging-amazon-with-digital-technology/article/538772)

**December 7, 2018**  
**3 Things Missing From Walmart’s Strategy To Beat Amazon**  
[Explore](https://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2018/12/08/3-things-missing-from-walmarts-strategy-to-beat-amazon/#1bac09e23c02)

**November 20, 2018**  
**Why the Gig Economy Keeps Growing**  
[Explore](https://retailleader.com/why-gig-economy-keeps-growing)

**November 5, 2018**  
**How Retailers Can Hit Seasonal Hiring Quotas in Today’s Competitive Job Market**  
[Explore](https://www.recruiter.com/i/how-retailers-can-hit-seasonal-hiring-quotas-in-todays-competitive-job-market/)

**October 16, 2018**  
**AI On The Job: How New Technologies Will Impact The Modern Workforce**  
[Explore](https://www.forbes.com/sites/citrix/2018/10/17/ai-on-the-job-how-new-technologies-will-impact-the-modern-workforce/#2d563d38549b)

**October 1, 2018**  
**3 Ways to Improve the Candidate Experience for Hourly Workers**  
[Explore](https://www.hrtechnologist.com/articles/workforce-scheduling/3-ways-to-improve-the-candidate-experience-for-hourly-workers/)

**September 30, 2018**  
**The gig economy isn’t going anywhere. 4 experts explain why**  
[Explore](https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/10/1/17924856/gig-economy-uber-sharing)

**September 30, 2018**  
**Recruiting Workers at Bars and Other ‘Guerrilla’ Hiring Methods**  
[Explore](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/employee-benefits/recruiting-workers-at-bars-and-other-guerrilla-hiring-methods)

**September 26, 2018**  
**How to maintain a good candidate experience during seasonal hiring**  
[Explore](https://www.hrdive.com/news/how-to-maintain-a-good-candidate-experience-during-seasonal-hiring/533205/)

**September 18, 2018**  
**CEO of Fountain explores the gig economy and industry trends**  
[Explore](https://techblogwriter.co.uk/fountain/)

**August 23, 2018**  
**5 Companies That Offer Benefits to Gig Workers**  
[Explore](https://www.wesrch.com/afterhours/paper-details/paper-AF1AEH000IHEU-5-companies-that-offer-benefits-to-gig-workers)

**August 12, 2018**  
**5 Companies That Offer Benefits to Gig Workers**  
[Explore](https://money.usnews.com/careers/salaries-and-benefits/articles/2018-08-23/5-companies-that-offer-benefits-to-gig-workers)