Draft:Instawork
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Submission declined on 31 July 2025 by CharlieMehta (talk). This draft's references do not show that the subject meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion for organizations and companies. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that:
Declined by CharlieMehta 12 months ago.
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Comment: GPTZero says 82% AI generated slop. Theroadislong (talk) 17:40, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
- Comment: Since the last decline, a press release and a profile in Bloomberg we added as sources (and maybe Cruchbase?). All are WP:ORGTRIV, not independent and/or not reliable. In addition, the concerns about WP:NPOV were not addressed, likely because this is undeclared paid editing which is a violation of the WP:Terms of Use (whether by an account or an IP). S0091 (talk) 18:07, 9 August 2025 (UTC)
- Comment: A few notes here. The first is that those submitting this draft should read WP:COI and WP:PAID and make the appropriate disclosure of their affiliation to the company. The next is that the company is unlikely notable as sources used to show notability need to meet WP:ORGCRIT. Finally, if they are notable, it could be partially due to violations and lawsuit which need reviewed to determine if they should be added per WP:NPOV guidelines. CNMall41 (talk) 16:40, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
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Instawork is an American online marketplace and staffing solution.[1] that connects businesses with hourly workers in warehousing, hospitality, and food service.[2][3] Headquartered in San Francisco, California[4], the company reports a network of over eight million workers across North America[5]
Instawork is part of the broader gig economy—alongside gig apps like Taskrabbit and Thumbtack—distinguished by its focus on serving businesses with ongoing non-permanent staffing needs.[3][4][6]
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| Founded | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Sumir Meghani Saureen Shah |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Area served | United States Canada |
Key people | Sumir Meghani (CEO) |
| Services | Online marketplace Employment agency |
| Website | www |
History
Instawork was founded in 2015 by Sumir Meghani and Saureen Shah, graduates of Y Combinator’s Summer 2015 cohort,[7] who set out to address chronic staffing challenges in the hospitality industry.[8][9]
Meghani, a former sales executive at Groupon, and Shah, an engineer at Google, built the platform to address hospitality’s high employee turnover, which ran “60 to 80 percent a year."[8]
The company grew steadily before attracting wider attention in 2019, when venture capitalist Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital led an $8.2 million Series A round.[9]
Three months later, the company raised an $18 million Series B round led by Spark Capital, with participation from GV and Burst Capital.[4] That same year, Eater reported that on-demand staffing platforms, including Instawork, had become embedded in restaurant operations across tight urban labor markets, with business owners describing the apps as essential.[10]
The COVID-19 pandemic proved an inflection point for the company.[11] As conventional staffing models struggled to adapt to shifting demand, the Associated Press reported in 2021 that platforms like Instawork were filling a widening gap in the labor market for “skilled or experienced workers who want or need short-term shifts.”[3] The company reported an estimated revenue of $100 million for that year.[12]
By mid-2022, the platform counted more than two million workers and had expanded aggressively into events and staffing for baseball stadiums, including Yankee Stadium and Citi Field.[11][12]
In May 2023, TCV led a $60 million Series D round that valued Instawork at $760 million.[13][2] The company said it planned to use the funds to expand its use of artificial intelligence, improving how it matches workers to businesses across its network of four million users.[13][2]
Instawork acquired Able Jobs in August 2024, a Bengaluru-based career skills platform used by almost three million users, with plans to build from India and leverage Able Jobs’ technology to enhance Instawork’s product.[1] As of 2026, Instawork has expanded into physical AI data collection, deploying its worker network to capture human movement footage used to train robotics systems.[14]
See also
References
- ^ a b Bhakta, Pratik (6 August 2024). "US-based Instawork acquires Bengaluru-based Able Jobs for undisclosed amount". The Economic Times. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c Lucas, Emmy (18 May 2023). "Staffing Startup Instawork Raises $60 Million To Expand AI Tech". Forbes. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c Jamal, Urooba (26 August 2021). "Gig apps for a pandemic economy: Part time, no commitment". Associated Press. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c Wiggers, Kyle (22 May 2019). "Instawork raises $18 million to match hospitality workers with employers". VentureBeat. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "The future of hourly work has arrived". Instawork. 2 April 2026. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Abril, Danielle (1 November 2021). "So you've quit. Here are the tech tools that can help you land a new job". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Instawork: A flexible work app that connects businesses with hourly workers". Y Combinator. 2 April 2026. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Chong, Celena (17 August 2015). "These two guys launched a Y Combinator-backed startup to build the LinkedIn for small businesses". Business Insider. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Geron, Tomio (27 February 2019). "Uber Investor Bill Gurley Backs Instawork for Hospitality Gig Work". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Bowen, Kathryn Campo (12 December 2019). "Line Cooks, On Demand". Eater. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Fujita, Akiko (1 June 2022). "'Flexibility is paramount' for hiring and retention: Instawork CEO". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Feldman, Amy (16 August 2022). "Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2022". Forbes. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Bloomberg, Sara (18 May 2023). "San Francisco staffing startup Instawork raises millions for push into AI". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Christopher, Nilesh (12 March 2026). "Why hundreds of people in L.A. are strapping cameras on their bodies to do chores". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
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