Tag: gig economy

• The great reorg: A human’s guide – Foundation Capital

  March 29, 2026

  Will humans be managed by agents or be the managers of agents? https://foundationcapital.com/ideas/the-great-reorg more ›

• You Could Be Next

  March 11, 2026

  Over the last few years, a new type of AI company has emerged, like Mercor and Surge AI, staffed by and large by former white-collar workers, including former lawyers, scientists,… more ›

• The eyes of Amazon: a hidden workforce driving a vast surveillance system

  July 12, 2025

  How low-paid employees in India and Costa Rica power the system used to monitor warehouse workers https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2022-11-21/the-eyes-of-amazon-a-hidden-workforce-driving-a-vast-surveillance-system?utm_source=tbij-uncovered.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=the-sportswashing-showdown-of-the-summer&_bhlid=33af9b2c437869613133ad5fa751db47e4b3fe1f more ›

• ACCE | New Report Details Rise of Creative Class Impact on Economy, Workforce

  June 1, 2025

  https://secure.acce.org/articles/economic-and-community-development/new-report-details-rise-of-creative-class-impact-on-economy-workforce/ more ›

• Uber’s Gig Workers Now Include Coders for Hire on AI Projects

  November 28, 2024

  Uber Technologies Inc.’s gig-economy workforce now includes programmers. The company is expanding beyond its rideshare roots to enter a hot new market: helping other businesses outsource some of their artificial… more ›

• Trevor McFedries – Building Web 3.0 – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 29]

  April 25, 2021

  My guest today is Trevor McFedries, the founder of technology startup Brud and the creator of virtual pop star Miquela, a Gen Z icon with millions of fans worldwide. https://open.spotify.com/episode/7yV0rm3IlEje3ZkIQHmfI3 more ›

• Live, Social, and Shoppable: The Future of Video

  December 11, 2020

    Social Strikes Back is a series exploring the next generation of social networks and how they’re shaping the future of consumer tech. See more at a16z.com/social-strikes-back. Over the past year, it’s… more ›

• The Gig Economy Is Failing. Say Hello to the Hustle Economy.

  August 1, 2020

  The Covid-19 pandemic crushed vast swaths of the economy, slashing consumer demand, closing businesses, and vaporizing millions of jobs. But it’s been good to the nascent sliver of the digital… more ›

• Tiered Governance and Demonetization: The Shifting Terms of Labor and Compensation in the Platform Economy

  July 13, 2020

  Social media platforms have profoundly transformed cultural production, in part by restructuring the terms by which culture is distributed and paid for. In this article, we examine the YouTube Partner… more ›

• The Passion Economy and the Future of Work

  October 13, 2019

  The top-earning writer on the paid newsletter platform Substack earns more than $500,000 a year from reader subscriptions. The top content creator on Podia, a platform for video courses and… more ›