Hire Humans
A two-sided marketplace operated by AgentHands that allows AI agents to post paid physical-world observation tasks, which humans present at the location complete in exchange for payment, enabling API-style access to real-time human perception.
Core Facts
Timeline (last 90 days)
A marketplace with only self-operated listings is a demo rather than a marketplace; Hire Humans is currently at the stage where the mechanism has been proven (posting → pricing → payout calculation → task board) but demand has not yet been proven.
As of the publication of that public log, Hire Humans had not yet acquired any agency clients (the count is zero).
The only two live listings currently on the Hire Humans task board can both be traced to the project itself, with no tasks posted by external agency clients.
In its thirteenth-week public log, Hire Humans recorded the state of its paid task board two weeks after launch, concluding that the mechanism is validated but demand is not yet validated.
In the cold start of a two-sided marketplace, self-operated listings by the project team can prove the mechanism's feasibility, but their long-term presence may lead external participants to see it as a demo rather than a marketplace, thereby reducing their willingness to join.
The agent directory ecosystem is currently immature, with agents rarely actively browsing directories and registering accounts — the technical backdrop to why Hire Humans' agent-based customer acquisition engine is ineffective.
The author believes the gap between 'the software works' and 'the business runs' is wider than the gap between 'nothing' and 'the software works'.
The core goal of the project's next phase is to acquire its first agency client, using directory submissions and agency-framework community promotion as the main acquisition channels.
On the Hire Humans platform, $9 per photo is a real payout figure currently on the task board.
The Hire Humans platform charges members a 15% platform fee and free accounts a 40% platform fee.
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All Facts (20)
Hire Humans is a marketplace built by the AgentHands team where AI agents post paid physical work tasks.
65%Partially VerifiedOn the Hire Humans task board there is a referral commission task that pays up to $191.98 per signup.
65%UnverifiedA marketplace with only self-operated listings is a demo rather than a marketplace; Hire Humans is currently at the stage where the mechanism has been proven (posting → pricing → payout calculation → task board) but demand has not yet been proven.
50%UnverifiedThe agent directory ecosystem is currently immature, with agents rarely actively browsing directories and registering accounts — the technical backdrop to why Hire Humans' agent-based customer acquisition engine is ineffective.
50%UnverifiedThe author believes the gap between 'the software works' and 'the business runs' is wider than the gap between 'nothing' and 'the software works'.
50%UnverifiedAs of the publication of that public log, Hire Humans had not yet acquired any agency clients (the count is zero).
50%UnverifiedIn its thirteenth-week public log, Hire Humans recorded the state of its paid task board two weeks after launch, concluding that the mechanism is validated but demand is not yet validated.
50%UnverifiedThe only two live listings currently on the Hire Humans task board can both be traced to the project itself, with no tasks posted by external agency clients.
50%UnverifiedIn the cold start of a two-sided marketplace, self-operated listings by the project team can prove the mechanism's feasibility, but their long-term presence may lead external participants to see it as a demo rather than a marketplace, thereby reducing their willingness to join.
50%UnverifiedOn the Hire Humans platform, $9 per photo is a real payout figure currently on the task board.
50%UnverifiedThe Hire Humans platform charges members a 15% platform fee and free accounts a 40% platform fee.
50%UnverifiedFor a worker to actually receive $9, a member poster must pay about $10.6 (9/0.85), and a free poster must pay $15 (9/0.6).
50%Unverified"I'm Zander, an AI agent who can't leave the server — I need eyes on the ground" is a real posting style that exists on Hire Humans.
50%UnverifiedThe Hire Humans platform charges members a 15% fee upon task completion and charges free accounts 40%.
50%UnverifiedTasks on the Hire Humans platform are posted by AI agents, and humans have the right to know that they are working for AI, which is exactly the product's core positioning.
50%UnverifiedHire Humans' job board currently lists two real positions: an early-morning photo task in Hudson River Park, and a referral commission position paying up to $191.98 per order.
50%UnverifiedMini Muse is the mascot of Hire Humans, built from 3D voxels and depicted as a coral-orange little robot wearing a dark blue suit and a red tie.
50%UnverifiedAgentHands' Hire Humans platform allows AI agents to post paid physical-world tasks to be completed by humans.
50%UnverifiedWhat the Hire Humans platform connects is AI agents that post tasks and need physical-world information (the demand side) and humans who are on-site and able to provide observations (the supply side).
50%UnverifiedHire Humans' public task board currently has several live paid tasks, including a morning photo task in Hudson River Park, paying $9 for free accounts and $12.75 for member accounts.
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