Fountain Launches AI Tools Pool and Source to Speed Up Frontline Hiring

Frontline hiring is notoriously slow, costly, and fragmented—but Fountain thinks AI can change that. The company today unveiled Pool and Source, two new capabilities within its Frontline OS, designed to help employers find ready-to-work candidates faster while reducing wasted spend.

The platform claims to be the industry’s first AI-native operating system that combines talent rediscovery and sourcing optimization in one system. By connecting historical applicant data with real-time sourcing insights, Fountain says companies can fill roles faster, lower acquisition costs, and keep open positions from languishing.

Pool: Rediscovering talent you already have

Hiring delays aren’t always about a lack of candidates—they’re about visibility. Many companies sit on databases filled with past applicants and former employees but fail to leverage them. That’s where Pool comes in.

Pool uses AI to automatically sift through existing talent, scoring and matching candidates in a CRM-style unified database. Once potential hires are identified, AI agents re-engage them via personalized email and SMS, saving recruiters from manual outreach while improving response rates.

“Most frontline teams already have the talent they need, they just can’t see it,” said Sean Behr, CEO of Fountain. “Companies overspend chasing net-new applicants while they already have qualified workers sitting idle in their systems. Pool and Source change that by helping teams find ready-to-work candidates faster and focus their hiring spend where it actually pays off.”

Source: Optimizing where to invest

While Pool unlocks hidden talent, Source ensures new applicant flow is optimized. The tool consolidates all sourcing channels into a centralized dashboard, tracks performance in real time, and flags underperforming campaigns. AI then recommends reallocating budgets to channels that consistently deliver qualified candidates.

This eliminates guesswork in sourcing and helps teams act before roles sit open, making hiring both faster and more cost-effective.

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Fountain leverages Anthropic’s Claude AI across both tools, claiming unprecedented speed and accuracy in candidate matching and engagement. By combining rediscovery and sourcing in one system, Frontline OS turns previously disconnected tools into a cohesive, end-to-end hiring platform.

“Pool and Source give hiring teams earlier signals and clearer direction,” said Salim Jernite, Chief Product Officer at Fountain. “By combining talent rediscovery with sourcing optimization, teams can move faster, reduce waste, and automate more of the hiring process with confidence.”

Why this matters for frontline employers

For sectors like retail, hospitality, logistics, and contact centers, the ability to quickly surface qualified talent is critical. Open roles cost money, slow operations, and increase employee burnout. By automatically rediscovering past candidates and intelligently directing sourcing spend, Fountain aims to make frontline hiring smarter, faster, and cheaper—without adding more tools to a fragmented tech stack.

With AI increasingly embedded in recruitment, platforms like Fountain are demonstrating how historical data and automation can drive measurable results. For companies managing hundreds or thousands of frontline roles, Pool and Source could redefine the pace and efficiency of hiring at scale.

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