Taskrabbit CEO Ania Smith said that the app sees more people turning to gig work, like plumbing — just one of the ways AI will benefit the company.

If you know your way around the toolbox, you’ve seen many platforms promising to turn your skills into a viable side hustle. Two of the most popular of these sites are Taskrabbit and Handy. Both ...

TaskRabbit has been around since 2008 and has a reputation as a safe marketplace for gig work. The company is owned by the multinational company that owns IKEA, and it has more than 1.5 million users, ...

With the festive season close at hand, demand for winter side gigs is on the rise, according to services platform Taskrabbit, with some tasks paying over $50 an hour. Starting at the end of October, ...

The oft-debated recession indicator. Lipstick sales, the "men's underwear index," and … an increase in Taskrabbit applications? There's been an uptick in recent years in the number of people looking ...

TaskRabbit offers the chance to pick up moving jobs, cleaning jobs and all sorts of temporary piecework, with opportunities available in more than 70 major metro areas worldwide. The average pay for a ...

Nov 13, 2025, 2:53am EST Updated: Nov 13, 2025, 5:15am EST Adam Pardee Taskrabbit CEO Ania Smith poses for a photo inside the Taskrabbit offices in San Francisco, Calif. on Oct. 21, 2025. From the San ...

Stand-up comedian Casey James Salengo has picked up some interesting side hustles. In the fall of 2022, just after signing up for hustle site Taskrabbit, the 37-year-old was hired to deliver a ...

Taskrabbit CEO Ania Smith says interest in becoming a "tasker" is way up. There's been a noticeable uptick in applications over the past three years, the CEO told the Decoder podcast. Asked if that ...