Taskrabbit CEO Ania Smith said that the app sees more people turning to gig work, like plumbing — just one of the ways AI will benefit the company.

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 ...

Taskrabbit CEO Ania Smith says interest in becoming a "tasker" is way up. There's been a noticeable uptick in applications over the past three years, the CEO told the Decoder podcast. Asked if that ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taskrabbit CEO Ania Smith took a year off with her family in Argentina—not to escape, but to reset. The break helped her rethink ...

TaskRabbit's founder Leah Busque is stepping down from her role as CEO, according to reports in Fortune and Re/code. COO Stacy Brown-Philpot is taking over the position and Busque will become ...

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 ...