Instawork
instawork.com
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$78M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$60M
Venture round · May 2023 · 3 yr ago
Team
230
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Mar 2025
Hiring now
50
+7 posted in 30 days
Backers
7
Y Combinator, Craft Ventures
The money's age
Long since its last round
40 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
21/100
hiring for its size, in the news
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Mar 23
First executive search Senior Manager/Associate Director - Finance
Sep 30, 2025
Partnership Instawork and Takt Partner to Transform Warehouse Staffing With Intelligent Labor Solutions · newswire.com
Feb 10, 2025
Partnership Instawork and LVK Announce Strategic Partnership to Transform Warehouse Operations · marketwatch.com
Aug 6, 2024
Acquisition Instawork Snaps Up Bengaluru-based Hiring Platform Able Jobs · Inc42 Media
May 18, 2023
Raised a round Venture round $60M · Forbes
Aug 16, 2022
Recognition Instawork Ranks No. 456 on the 2022 Inc. 5000 Annual List · newswire.com
Oct 30, 2019
On the Hacker News front page When XML Beats JSON: UI Layouts · 261 points
May 22, 2019
Raised a round Series B $18M
Jun 2015
Went through Y Combinator
2015
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.04%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
14
best: 261 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | May 2023 | $60M | — | Forbes |
| Series B | May 2019 | $18M | — | venturebeat.com |
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Y Combinator 
Craft Ventures 
Greylock 
GV 
NextGen Venture Partners 
Soma Capital 
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How Instawork hires
Truth index
B 70/100
Median time to fill
68 days
Ghost roles
42%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
Instawork scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 50 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 42% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 68 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Overview
Instawork is a digital staffing platform headquartered in San Francisco, California, and founded in 2015. The company provides an AI-powered marketplace that connects businesses in industries such as warehousing, hospitality, and retail with a vetted workforce for temporary and permanent roles. It operates across more than 400 cities in the United States and Canada, serving over seven million workers and thousands of business partners through its mobile application and web interface.
News
Here's why an 'old school' San Jose barber is now teaching robots to cut hair with AI
Where else would you expect to get high-tech haircuts but the Bay Area? Soon, a robot near you could have these skills.
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A.I. Barber: Cutting into the future
North Texas barbers step into the future of conducting haircuts
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Would you train robots by recording yourself doing your chores?
A new gig economy job pays workers to record themselves doing household chores. Tech firms use the footage to train robots for domestic tasks, paying up to $50 per hour of recordings. NBC News' Vicky Nguyen reports.
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Instawork: Flexible Labor Demand Surges for Sixth Straight Month as National Hiring Cools
SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / July 7, 2026 / Instawork today reported its sixth consecutive month of double-digit shift growth and Partner growth, highlighting resilient demand for flexible labor
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June 24, 2026 Gig Workers Are Getting Paid to Train Robots Gig Workers Are Getting Paid to Train Robots Learn more
Gig Workers Are Getting Paid to Train Robots
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Instawork paying employees to train humanoid robots
The Bureau of Labor Statistics says that on average, adults spend between 10 and 14 hours per week doing housework.
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A Spark Capital VC says the AI boom is creating a new kind of gig worker
Spark Capital VC Nabeel Hyatt explains why AI needs human data and shares how robotics could reshape jobs and the future of gig work
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The AI boom is making training robots the hot new gig
The race for robotics data is transforming gig work, as Instawork turns its workforce into a key engine for training AI-powered machines.
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Delivery robots have his old job - and now they've created a new one for him
AI-powered delivery robots from companies like Serve Robotics are replacing human drivers across the nation - but they can't do it without help.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Instawork over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
61
Postings analysed
31
Stack modernity
86/100AI adopter
Languages
Python19%
SQL13%
JavaScript10%
TypeScript6%
Rust3%
C3%
C++3%
Frameworks & libraries
Django10%
React.js6%
Angular3%
FFmpeg3%
GStreamer3%
ROS3%
ROS23%
Vue.js3%
Cloud & platforms
Spark16%
AWS16%
Replit13%
Kubernetes6%
Webflow6%
Azure6%
Looker6%
AWS Step Functions3%
Developer tools
Cursor19%
Microsoft Excel10%
dbt6%
CAPA3%
Docker3%
Claude Code3%
QGIS3%
AI & ML
ChatGPT10%
Claude10%
LLM6%
Practices & domains
Physical AI61%
AI Agents16%
Agentic Workflows10%
Machine Learning10%
CI/CD6%
SLI/SLO/SLA6%
Computer Vision6%
Vision-Language-Action6%
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$100k
Typical range
$3.2k – $240k
Open positions
20
17
Jobs
Junior
35.3%
Middle
5.9%
Senior
41.2%
Staff
17.6%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 6 | $76k | $3.2k – $120k |
| Middle | 1 | $100k | $100k |
| Senior | 7 | $130k | $80k – $200k |
| Staff | 3 | $140k | $7.6k – $240k |
Highest paying role
Technical Partnerships Lead
$240k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Instawork
By role, level and city, against the market · 20 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
67/100
Growing
Open positions
50
4 opened / 8 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
70 days
faster than 19% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Sales
22% ▼
Operations
11% ▲
DevOps
7% ▲
Finance
7% ▲
HR
7% ▼
Marketing
7%
Activity Timeline
Added Human-in-the-Loop to stack
Oct 2026
Added Visual-Inertial Odometry to stack
Sep 2026
Added SLAM to stack
Sep 2026
Added Imitation Learning to stack
Sep 2026
Added QuickBooks to stack
Sep 2026
Added SLI/SLO/SLA to stack
Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Office to stack
Sep 2026
Added Windows to stack
Sep 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack
Sep 2026
Added C to stack
Sep 2026
Added ROS2 to stack
Sep 2026
Added ROS to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
35
Hiring now
4
Countries
7
Busiest office
San Francisco
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San Francisco
United States
HQ
San Francisco
14 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 21% engineering 10-50 est. staff $147k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Operations, Backend
Bengaluru
India
Plant / site
Bangalore
33 open roles 16 posted in 90 days 12% engineering 50-200 est. staff $18k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Field & Service, Early Careers
Chicago
United States
Plant / site
Chicago
10 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 20% engineering 10-50 est. staff $134k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Analytics, Management
New York
United States
Plant / site
New York
3 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $130k Avg Salary
hires for Sales
Dallas
United States
Regional office
Dallas, Texas
1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
Los Angeles
United States
Regional office
Los Angeles
Hyderabad
India
Regional office
Hyderabad
Singapore
Singapore
Regional office
Singapore
Philadelphia
United States
Regional office
Philadelphia, PA
Washington
United States
Regional office
Washington, DC
Sydney
Australia
Regional office
Sydney
Monterrey
Mexico
Regional office
Monterrey, Mexico
Pune
India
Regional office
Pune
Las Vegas
United States
Regional office
Las Vegas
San Diego
United States
Regional office
San Diego
Nashville
United States
Regional office
Nashville
Vancouver
Canada
Regional office
Vancouver
Kansas City
United States
Regional office
Kansas City
Miami
United States
Regional office
Miami
Detroit
United States
Regional office
Detroit
Houston
United States
Regional office
Houston
Seattle
United States
Regional office
Seattle
Minneapolis
United States
Regional office
Minneapolis
Raleigh
United States
Regional office
Raleigh, North Carolina
Boston
United States
Regional office
Boston
Charlotte
United States
Regional office
Charlotte, North Carolina
Pittsburgh
United States
Regional office
Pittsburgh
Austin
United States
Regional office
Austin
Phoenix
United States
Regional office
Phoenix
Columbus
United States
Regional office
Columbus
Querétaro
Mexico
Regional office
Querataro
Limón
Costa Rica
Regional office
Costa Rica
Morristown
United States
Regional office
Morristown, NJ
Chapel Hill
United States
Regional office
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Toronto
Canada
Regional office
Toronto
Jobs
≈ $20k – $43k per year (Estimated) • In office • 5+ years exp • Bengaluru
C
FFmpeg
AI/ML
Physical AI
Machine Learning
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS Step Functions
Robotics
ROS
ROS2
GStreamer
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≈ $20k – $43k per year (Estimated) • In office • 5+ years exp • Bengaluru
Python
Rust
Spark
Physical AI
DevOps
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Kubernetes
Amazon EKS
Azure AKS
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≈ $144k – $289k per year (Estimated) • In office • 5+ years exp • San Francisco
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
Django
AI/ML
Spark
Prompt Engineering
LLM
Vision-Language-Action
Frontend
Vue.js
Angular
React.js
Mobile
React Native
DevOps
Azure
AWS
Kubernetes
Robotics
SLAM
Visual-Inertial Odometry
Imitation Learning
Management
Agile
Apply
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$160k – $200k per year • Equity • In office • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Chicago
Python
TypeScript
Cursor
Spark
Fine-tuning
Replit
Agentic Workflows
DevOps
Self-Healing
Apply
$80k – $100k per year • Equity • In office • 2+ years exp • Chicago
Python
SQL
Spark
Pandas
Analytics
Tableau
Looker
Management
Zapier
Google Sheets
Apply
$80k – $100k per year • Equity • In office • 2+ years exp • San Francisco • Chicago
Python
SQL
Spark
Pandas
Analytics
Tableau
Looker
Management
Zapier
Google Sheets
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