Introducing Braintrust: Building the Future of Work
TLDR: Braintrust will allow freelancers — and, ultimately, all of us — to do the work we love on our own terms and keep 100 percent of the value. It is a platform for organizations and freelancers to get critical work done quickly, efficiently and profitably.
When did the way we work begin to diverge so dramatically from the way we want to work? Perhaps as office parks and cubicles started to gain popularity, all while the internet was breaking down limitations around time and geography?
When you think about it, the way most work gets done sounds pretty antiquated. 9-to-5s, status-report meetings, two weeks of vacation… These are signs of a bygone era in which companies could only access talent from within their cities, and talent had to play by corporate rules that were written 75 years ago.
Times have changed, and these times call for new models, new platforms and new ideas that will shift the way we work.
We believe that for organizations to compete in the future, they need to access a world of talent and accelerate the pace of innovation.
We believe we’re only beginning to appreciate how talent is distributed across the globe.
We believe that in the future, people will do the work they love on their own terms and keep 100 percent of the value they create.
Meet Braintrust.
Braintrust is a platform for organizations and freelancers to get critical work done quickly, efficiently and profitably.
We’ve reimagined the future of work into a place where talent is at the center. This means that the best of the best — who, up until now, have been either flying solo, chained to a cubicle or forced to pay egregious fees on other marketplaces — will see new opportunities to work on the most interesting projects in their industry.
Outsourcing big software projects has traditionally been overly complex and wrought with bait-and-switch tactics, low quality and low completion rates. Braintrust simplifies the entire process by seamlessly providing top talent, ubiquitous and consistent project management and money-back guarantees, all in a price- and identity-transparent way.
We’re moving beyond the extractionary, rent-collector freelance marketplaces that leave businesses and freelancers underserved, overcharged and excluded.
Braintrust is a non-profit foundation building a network of top-tier freelancers that’s powered by software and the Braintrust Token. The token enables:
- Braintrust users to control the network instead of a rent-extracting corporation;
- fees extracted from freelancers to go to 0% instead of today’s standard 20–50%;
- the best freelancer for the job to stand out by staking tokens along with a bid; and
- the community to govern itself, vote on features and ensure incentives are always aligned.
Braintrust will be among the first freelancer marketplace with aligned incentives around helping the network thrive.
What’s next?
We’re excited to share more about Braintrust in the coming months. Expect to see more details on the platform and our early partners. Right now we’re going to get back to building. We have a long road ahead, but we’re excited for the journey.
Join us!
Please visit our website and sign up for updates.
And if you’re a freelancer or employer, we’d love for you to apply here to join our private beta.
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Adam, Gabe and Brian
