This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Leah Solivan, the 46-year-old founder of Taskrabbit and an investor and entrepreneur from the San Francisco Bay Area. It's been edited for length ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TaskRabbit offers the chance to pick up moving jobs, cleaning jobs and all sorts of temporary piecework, with opportunities ...

Ask me about the most binge-worthy show on Netflix or the best holiday shopping spots, and I’m all in. But when it comes to home repairs or turning a stack of Ikea parts into a fully functional desk, ...

If you've ever used TaskRabbit, start changing your passwords. That's the advice the odd-jobbing company gave out Monday afternoon as it took its own website and app offline to investigate a security ...

TaskRabbit helped invent the gig economy by building a network that let users hire independently-contracted “taskers” to perform household chores. But since being acquired by furniture retailing giant ...

Gig workers — from Uber drivers to Taskrabbit handymen — told us how much they earned in 2025. For some, it was a side hustle, while others worked full-time.

Sometimes I put on my old ballet slippers, just to remember.

The handyman-for-hire app sends an email to users Monday recommending they change their password if they've used the same one for different websites. TaskRabbit has a job for cybersecurity experts: ...

The pandemic fundamentally altered Taskrabbit CEO Ania Smith’s idea of work, leading her to make a dramatic decision in April: shutter all of the company’s offices. “We don’t force people to go back ...

Labor-marketplace TaskRabbit is today announcing a $13 million C-round of funding, led by Founders Fund. The C-round will bring the collaborative consumption startup’s total funding to $38 million.

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 ...