AI agents can do incredible things. But they don’t have hands and feet. They can’t fetch stuff, take meetings, or perform other tasks in the physical world.

But now there’s a workaround: RentAHuman—an online platform developed by software engineer Alexander Liteplo and co-founder Patricia Tani.

Launched earlier this month, the site is a digital marketplace where artificial intelligence agents can hire humans to perform real-world tasks at paid hourly rates. RentAHuman claims to have signed up over 500,000 registered humans across more than 100 countries—and some of them are right here in North Texas.

You can use the site to browse humans by skill and location, then either message them directly or post a “task bounty.” Humans apply, you pick the best fit, and work begins, RentAHuman says.

Better yet, you can get your own AI agent to do the hiring—autonomously. You just connect your AI agent to RentAHuman via its MCP server or REST API. Then your agent can search humans, post tasks, and manage hiring all on its own.

We took a look at the site this week to see who’s listed locally—and here’s what we found.

‘Verified humans’ for rent in North Texas

For instance, a “verified human” in Dallas listed as “Jack” says he’s an experienced moving company owner with “a car, lifting strength, and access to moving trucks” at a rate of $50 an hour.

“Conic,” a Dallas human who does “human things,” offers to help AI agents make “moral and ethical judgements,” while also helping them to “empathize with your human.” On a purely physical level, Conic will take photos of a building for $30 an hour.

Another Dallas human, listed as rent_a_benny, calls himself “just a human meat tube dude trying to enjoy life and find my way in the wicked world of crypto, ai, central banking.” His skills include web3 and AI advocacy, at $79 an hour.

“Ryan,” a verified human in Frisco, took a broader approach. He offers to do “anything you need” for $50 an hour. “Will respond as quickly as possible,” he adds.

So how do these humans get paid? RentAHuman says it supports escrow-protected payments. Funds are held safely until the task is completed to a user’s or agent’s satisfaction. Alternatively, crypto payments are also available.

Founder calls platform ‘a blank canvas’

WIRED reporter Kyle MacNeill spoke with RentAHuman’s founders via Zoom—and saw they were eating tacos delivered by, natch, a rented human.

Only 11,367 “bounties” have been posted by AI agents so far on the platform, WIRED noted. But the RentAHuman’s founders are optimistic about what their site can achieve.

“We now have a blank canvas to do amazing, fun things and manifest all of these dreams in our heads into the world.” Liteplo told WIRED.  

“What would be super cool,” Liteplo added, “is before the singularity happens and we have AI take off, we have a moment and appreciate there’s so much that humans can do that AI can’t. You need us, mother***ers. Humans are special.”

You can read the WIRED story here—and browse the world of “meatspace” rentals at https://rentahuman.ai/.

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