When I launched TaskRabbit in 2008, I thought entrepreneurship was about persistence. The narrative in Silicon Valley was simple. If you believe in an idea strongly enough and push hard enough, ...

Leah Solivan built Taskrabbit from a recession-era idea into one of the companies that helped define the gig economy. Then she sold it to Ikea in what she describes as a tearful, unanimous board vote.

Taskrabbit CEO Ania Smith sees more people turning to gig work as a result of AI. Experts agree that trade jobs, Taskrabbit's specialty, are less likely to be replaced by bots. Smith shared the ...

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 ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Here's why Taskrabbit is betting ...

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, ...

A New York woman is outraged after the Taskrabbit she hired to put up a curtain rod leaves her wall full of holes. TikTok user ProducHER (@producher_nyc/) posted a video about her experience last week ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – In Sioux Falls, we’ve had apps like Uber, Lyft and DoorDash available to us for a while, but now there’s a new type of digital platform launching in the city that could give ...