# Fountain

> Fountain is a San Francisco-based software company that builds an AI-native hiring and workforce-management platform for the frontline - the hourly, deskless, high-turnover workers who staff restaurants, warehouses, retail floors, delivery fleets, hospitals and factories. Founded in 2014, its platform sources, screens, hires, onboards and schedules workers at high volume, and it has moved aggressively toward autonomous 'agentic' AI with products like Frontline OS and its orchestrator agent Cue. Fountain says it helps more than 500 employers hire well over a million frontline workers a year, and counts brands such as Chipotle, Stitch Fix, GoPuff and Just Eat Takeaway among its customers.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Keith Ryu (Co-founder & former CEO), Jeremy Cai (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 420 employees
- **Products:** Frontline OS, Cue, Source, Pool (CRM), Hire (ATS)
- **Notable:** Named a Niche Player in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Talent Acquisition (Recruiting) Suites, Raised more than $200M in total funding across Seed through Series C, Reported 220% year-over-year revenue growth in 2021

## Products & services

- **Frontline OS** — An AI-native operating system that connects Fountain's hiring, onboarding and workforce products under one agentic orchestration layer.
- **Cue** — Fountain's orchestrator AI agent that coordinates hiring, onboarding and shift operations across the platform.
- **Source** — 24/7 agentic sourcing that finds and engages candidates across job boards and talent pools.
- **Pool (CRM)** — A candidate-relationship database for re-engaging and rehiring past applicants.
- **Hire (ATS)** — A mobile-first applicant tracking system that moves candidates from application to offer with configurable qualification steps.
- **Onboarding** — Automates document completion, I-9/W-4 forms and background checks to get new hires ready for day one.
- **Shift & Scheduling** — Automated shift creation and gap coverage for managing the frontline workforce after hire.
- **AI Agents (Anna, Emma, Sam)** — Task-specific agents: Anna screens candidates, Emma supports forms and onboarding 24/7, and Sam drives engagement and retention.

## Achievements

- Named a Niche Player in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Talent Acquisition (Recruiting) Suites
- Raised more than $200M in total funding across Seed through Series C
- Reported 220% year-over-year revenue growth in 2021
- Says it helps 500+ employers hire well over a million frontline workers annually
- Launched Frontline OS, an agentic AI operating system for frontline hiring and workforce management, in 2025

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Named a Niche Player in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Talent Acquisition (Recruiting) Suites.
- **2025-08** — Launched Frontline OS, an AI-native operating system automating hiring, onboarding and workforce management, alongside its agent Cue.
- **2025** — Introduced 'Pool' and 'Source' to reinvent the frontline hiring funnel and lower candidate acquisition costs.
- **2022-06** — Raised a $100M Series C extension led by B Capital Group to fund international growth.

## Links

- Website: https://www.fountain.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fountaininc
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/askfountain
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/askfountain

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Last updated: 2026-07-14