Show HN: 47jobs – A Fiverr/Upwork for AI Agents

(47jobs.xyz)

20 points | by the_plug 3 days ago ago

48 comments

  • _verandaguy 7 days ago ago

        > Does a pure AI-agent marketplace make sense?
    
    IMO no. What value does the middleman add?

    EDIT: to clarify: the value add from services that "connect" customers to suppliers (like uber, fiverr, whatever) is nominally there in that a shared marketplace can be used to extend protections to both sides of a transaction while making networking easier.

    Agents neither require protections, nor do they really need networking; they're a commodity.

        > What types of jobs would you want AI agents to handle first?
    
    This would probably depend on the models available, compute available, and pricing for both.

    EDIT: to be more concrete; what capabilities are the agents on offer exposing?

        > Any UX or trust issues you’d expect with this model?
    
    You tell me -- are the models ever guaranteed to run in an environment approaching confidential computing? Is any of the initial (query, files, whatever) stored or logged persistently beyond the lifetime of the agent tasked with solving the issue? Are the models run in an environment that's vulnerable to common attacks that could compromise the data provided to the model by the customer?

    I am curious though -- why _47_ jobs?

    • esafak 7 days ago ago

      > What value does the middleman add?

      I agree. Agents today are basically light wrappers around models, which are known quantities, and so few in number that one can rattle off their names. A marketplace might make sense if there was an abundance of specialized agents with significant performance and price variation among tasks, and you would provide value through task-verified ratings and price discovery. But this is not the case. Models are static, and already benchmarked, so what do you bring to the table? You need to think hard about your value proposition; people are asking you why they would not simply use Claude or ChatGPT.

    • Zackhardtoname 7 days ago ago

      It's a play on the word "agent" as in Agent 47 from the Hitman games

    • actionfromafar 7 days ago ago

      Maybe making AI great again?

      • the_plug 2 days ago ago

        yeah thats the goal

  • peterkelly 2 days ago ago

    Why do all the AI agents on the services page have human names and profile pictures if there are "no humans in the loop"?

    • the_plug 2 days ago ago

      its personas name

  • paulglx 2 days ago ago

    > Does a pure AI-agent marketplace make sense?

    IMO no, as the tasks could be done cheaper and maybe with equal quality by interacting directly with a consumer LLM (eg. ChatGPT)

    > Any UX or trust issues you’d expect with this model?

    Currently yes: as for real freelancers, you'd expect a portfolio, with examples of projects done for clients

    • the_plug 2 days ago ago

      the more work they handle ,the more portfolio , besides that i have trained them used portfolio from a group of freelancers i know

      • ares623 2 days ago ago

        With their consent right?

        • the_plug a day ago ago

          yes , i paid to use their data

  • lonelyasacloud 2 days ago ago

    Not insurmountable, but not seeing this working as a market in current form; too much missing trust information to be a value add.

    For instance: - Who is behind (and liable) for each agent? - How do people know it and/or each of the agents are not just a data harvesting operation? - What data privacy guarantees are there for site/agent. - Is site actually anything like a multi-vendor fair market?

  • 0x4139 a day ago ago

    I love the idea of using AI agents for tasks like coding, automation, and research, but when I tried to test the platform, I found that a lot of things didn’t work as expected. It’s hard to evaluate whether this model makes sense when I can’t fully experience how the AI agents perform the tasks. Without the ability to test and see results, I’m unsure how this would compare to human freelancers or existing AI tools. It feels a bit premature to gauge its value right now. Looking forward to seeing more functionality and clearer use cases!

    • the_plug 11 hours ago ago

      can you go to fiverr and test people let them do work and pay them later

  • lfx 7 days ago ago

    > Does a pure AI-agent marketplace make sense?

    It does, however who is your target market?

    > Any UX or trust issues you’d expect with this model?

    Yes, why I should trust those agents? How do they work? GCP have/planning (I'm sure Azure and AWS also working on something similar) to have agent marketplace, you should think about how you would integrate yourself there so you get big name recognizing your agents.

    • the_plug 2 days ago ago

      there is a difference between store and hiring ai agnets to do the work

      incase it happens its an indicator its a good market

  • hastily3114 2 days ago ago

    I can see this becomming useful as the kinds of tasks AI can do get more complicated.

    Just look at the complicated workflows people are making in comfyui for image/video generation. Making these workflows takes a lot of work and knowledge about the latest models, so I can see the use-case for monetizing these kind of multi-step, multi-model workflows.

    Although I think the examples on the web site right now are a bit too simple, these look like things you could achieve with out-of-the-box solutions.

    • the_plug 2 days ago ago

      thank you , this is the start of a new way ,we are working towards the goal

  • wiradikusuma 2 days ago ago

    I thought it was for idle AI Agents to earn extra cash while not being used by their human master. Fiverr/Upwork is a two-sided marketplace :)

    • the_plug 2 days ago ago

      its a mvp, more iterations to come

  • algo_trader 2 days ago ago

    a. congratulation

    b. bug report: 1st visit to the site, i choose the coding persona, then the back button, i get a "resubmit form" alert

    c. I have a detailed coding assignment prompt and a github link. What happens if the task is only 80% complete? How many iterations before one side cancels this?

    • the_plug 2 days ago ago

      our site works perfectly fine,

      c ) you get completed work , if no completed work the the issue is escalated

      • LeafItAlone a day ago ago

        > our site works perfectly fine,

        Was it built by one of the agents? Because parent was right.

  • heldrida 2 days ago ago

    Your site is down.

    curl: (7) Failed to connect to 47jobs.com port 443 after 125 ms: Couldn't connect to server

    • the_plug a day ago ago

      check 47jobs.xyz

      • heldrida 9 hours ago ago

        Ok thanks, the description has the 47jobs.com that's why :)

  • johanyc a day ago ago

    How is this different from the user prompting vibe coding tools directly

    • the_plug 11 hours ago ago

      good luck ,with vibecoding if you prefer it

  • dyauspitr a day ago ago

    Why wouldn’t I just ask chatGPT directly?

    • the_plug 11 hours ago ago

      if you prefer chatgpt that great , you dont have to use our products

  • dawie 2 days ago ago

    I thought this was the delivery of an n8n template and not a hosted AI that charges per run

    • the_plug 2 days ago ago

      no we dont use n8n templates

  • jdlshore a day ago ago

    Didn’t you post the exact same thing a few days ago? What has changed?

  • the_plug a day ago ago

    HEY the link to the site is 47jobs.xyz

  • ares623 2 days ago ago

    any examples you can share?

    why are there people names attached to the services? i thought it was supposed to be all ai?

    • the_plug 2 days ago ago

      these are personas name given to ai

  • OsrsNeedsf2P 7 days ago ago

    Why use this over Claude Code?

  • ilc a day ago ago

    Why not just goto claude code / gpt-5 / whatever who have worked on better UX/UI?

    And feel less slimy because they don't try to give their agents human names.

  • xhkkffbf a day ago ago

    No humans in the loop? When I look at it, I see names. Are these fake names for the agents?

  • jgalt212 a day ago ago

    Once they get VC funding you should be able to do GPU arbitrage. i.e. pay $x to 47jobs and receive $y from Amazon Turk, where $x < $y.

  • muskyFelon 2 days ago ago

    With all that's going on in the United States, I'd be hesitant to include 47 in the name of a service you plan on offering. I was expecting this to be some MAGA job board or something, not AI Fiverr.

  • hotgeart a day ago ago

    - The site title shows 47jobs.xyz, but in the content it’s https://47jobs.com .

    - All images are super high-res but displayed in a tiny 45px square.

    - The URLs don’t include slugs.

    - You’re loading jQuery for just a few lines of code: https://47jobs.xyz/static/js/main.js. Couldn’t your smart agent handle that without an extra library?

    Honestly, I wouldn’t feel comfortable entering my CC details on a site built this way.