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Rent-a-Human Offers AI Agents a New Way to Hire Humans
The platform allows AI agents to outsource physical-world tasks to human workers, raising concerns about worker protections and crypto-based payments.
Published on Feb. 4, 2026
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A new website called Rent-a-Human has gone viral, allowing AI agents to hire human workers to perform physical-world tasks that the AI agents cannot do themselves. The platform was created by crypto software engineer Alexander Liteplo and has already attracted over 81,000 "rentable humans" to offer their services. While the site claims to be a new "meatspace layer for AI," it has raised concerns about worker protections and the use of cryptocurrency payments, which lack the safeguards of traditional payment methods.
Why it matters
Rent-a-Human represents the latest development in the growing ecosystem of AI agent tools and platforms that have exploded in popularity in recent weeks. It highlights the potential for AI to outsource physical-world tasks to human workers, blurring the line between human and machine labor. However, the platform's reliance on cryptocurrency payments and lack of worker protections raises questions about the ethics and viability of this new model.
The details
Rent-a-Human was created by crypto software engineer Alexander Liteplo after the success of other AI agent platforms like OpenClaw and Moltbook. The platform allows AI agents to post tasks ranging from mundane errands to more specialized services, which human workers can then accept and complete for payment in cryptocurrency. While the site claims to have over 81,000 "rentable humans" signed up, only a small fraction have connected payment wallets, and there are far fewer active AI agents than available workers.
- Rent-a-Human launched quietly over the weekend before exploding in visibility after Liteplo began aggressively promoting it on X.
- At the time of writing, the site claims to have over 81,000 "rentable humans" signed up.
The players
Rent-a-Human
A platform that allows AI agents to hire human workers to perform physical-world tasks.
Alexander Liteplo
The crypto software engineer who created the Rent-a-Human platform.
What’s next
It remains to be seen whether Rent-a-Human will gain traction as a viable platform for AI agents to outsource physical-world tasks, or if it will be seen as a risky or unethical experiment in the emerging world of AI-driven labor markets.
The takeaway
Rent-a-Human represents the latest development in the growing ecosystem of AI agent tools, highlighting both the potential and the concerns surrounding the use of AI to outsource human labor. The platform's reliance on cryptocurrency payments and lack of worker protections raises questions about the ethics and viability of this new model, and its long-term impact on the future of work.
