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About Gigster
Industries
Data & Analytics
Consulting
Enterprise Software
AI & Machine Learning
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$32.6M
Headquarters
San Antonio, Texas
Founded
2014
Overview
Gigster connects businesses with freelance developers, designers, and project managers to build custom software solutions. It assembles elastic, project-specific development teams that can scale quickly to meet each project's needs, serving startups through large enterprises across technology, finance, healthcare, and manufacturing. The platform uses AI and machine learning to match clients with the best-suited talent and manage the delivery process, including project-based fees, ongoing support subscriptions, and consulting services. Unlike many competitors, Gigster combines AI-driven talent matching with flexible team assembly to deliver end-to-end software projects faster and with consistent quality. The company aims to drive innovation and digital transformation for its clients by delivering tailored software solutions that fit their business goals.
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- AI talent shortage projects 1.3 million jobs, boosting Gigster's demand.
- Fortune 500 firms use Gigster for LLM pilots and AI roadmaps.
- Virtasant acquisition integrates cloud expertise for cloud-native AI apps.
What critics are saying
- Replit and Cursor AI agents displace freelance teams within 12 months.
- OpenAI Sora commoditizes generative AI, slashing on-demand team demand.
- EU AI Act enforcement bans high-risk gigs, losing 30% EU clients by 2026.
What makes Gigster unique
- Gigster's AI-driven engine assembles elastic teams for custom software.
- CodersRank acquisition adds rankings for 600k developers across 250 technologies.
- AI Teams On-Demand deploys vetted AI engineers in 48 hours.
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Funding
Total Funding
$32.6M
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Industry Average
Funded Over
2 Rounds
Andreessen Horowitz
Y Combinator
SV AngelIndustry standards
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Flexible Work Hours
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↓ -5%Title: "Startup's Clever Approach Boosts Apparel Factory Productivity" Content: Zyod, an India-based startup, has raised $18 million to expand its apparel manufacturing support services to over 40 countries. Zyod targets the low utilization rates (below 33%) of small to mid-sized apparel factories in India by implementing a proprietary management system to streamline production processes. By bundling production operations, expanding factory networks, and consolidating orders, Zyod significantly improves factory efficiency and profitability. Similar to Gigster, Zyod acts as an intermediary, optimizing resource management.
Group of executives sitting together and having a meeting in the office. gettyThis past month, staffing leader Randstad acquired AI-powered digital talent marketplace platform Torc, signaling a new era of the freelance economy that promises to embed freelance into the broader talent ecosystem.The pandemic kickstarted the recent growth that we’ve seen in the freelance economy. In the US alone, there was a 90% increase in the number of freelancers between 2020 and 2023. We are not talking about one-time gigs: some 4.6 million individuals are making a viable salary of over $100,000 as independent freelancers.But while the number of individuals choosing to be self-employed rather than employed full-time has grown at a constant rate, corporate adoption has lagged.The interest is there. 65% of executives in 2023 planned to increase their reliance on external workers. However, freelance talent platforms haven’t scaled adoption in line with interest, and a key reason is that companies haven’t been able to reconcile freelance hiring (seen as niche, risky, and a “rogue spend”) with a safe, compliant, and planned talent strategy
"Gigster's innovative approach to assembling cloud teams, combined with Virtasant's cloud expertise, will enable us to deliver even greater value to our customers.
The acquisition instantly grows Gigster's custom software development services to 250+ technologies and will serve as the first of many human cloud AI tooling solutions for customers.AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Gigster , a leading custom software development platform that assembles project-specific teams using its proprietary AI-driven engine, announces it has signed an agreement to acquire CodersRank , a comprehensive and transparent developer ranking SaaS platform used by companies worldwide. This move will transform how businesses engage and evaluate tech talent, reaffirming Gigster's position as an industry leader and an innovator in global, elastic staffing.As the need for technology grows exponentially, Gigster and CodersRank will answer the increasing demand for a verifiable, transparent system showcasing software developers' expertise and skills. CodersRank's groundbreaking platform offers a holistic view of a developer's capabilities, pulling data from various coding platforms, repositories, and project tooling to provide a cohesive, detailed portfolio for each individual."The core of developing great software is world-class talent," said Andy Tryba, CEO of Gigster. "CodersRank's technology for assessing developer skills and their vast network significantly enhances our capacity to ensure customer success."For CodersRank, joining forces with Gigster represents a leap toward their mission of helping developers verify their expertise and connect to great opportunities. "The 600k developers from 140 countries who excel in more than 250 technologies already appreciate the value of objective validation of their skills and experience
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Gigster, a full-service software development company that provides highly-tuned engineering teams to deliver fast results, is launching its new AI Teams On-Demand.
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About Gigster
Industries
Data & Analytics
Consulting
Enterprise Software
AI & Machine Learning
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$32.6M
Headquarters
San Antonio, Texas
Founded
2014
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