The Agent Economy Is Coming And Gigged.AI Is Here For It
Gigged.AI’s New Raise Signals a Talent Strategy Wake-Up Call
Four years ago, two friends sat in a Glasgow apartment with an idea: reshape how companies hire and manage tech talent. Fast forward to today, Gigged.AI has raised $1.34 million and is helping some of the world’s biggest enterprises navigate one of the most seismic shifts in workforce strategy: the convergence of contingent talent and AI agents. While this Seed+ isn’t a massive sum, it reflects the lean startup trend, leveraging the same AI trends that today’s wave of Work Tech innovators are bringing to market and achieving revenue and a scalable, enterprise-grade product faster and with fewer resources than it took before.
I sat down with Rich Wilson, CEO of Gigged.AI, to discuss this inflection point. What started as a skills-on-demand platform for contractors is now an enterprise-grade system that helps tech leaders quickly deploy the right talent—human or synthetic—to the right task. And they’re not alone. As Satya Nadella forecasts 1.8 billion AI agents by 2027, companies are waking up to the fact that they’ll soon be managing agents like they manage people.
What makes Gigged.AI stand out is its tech and its timing. The shift from the gig economy to the agent economy is no longer theoretical. Rich shares how enterprises are already building agents at scale, often without visibility, oversight, or strategy. Sound familiar? It's the same “over-hire-over-fire” cycle, now with software.
We talk about:
Why “Build. Buy. Bot.” is becoming the new talent framework
The rise of agent marketplaces, and why Gigged.AI isn’t one
Their new AI-powered assistant, SIA, built to give tech leaders instant answers across internal data
Why they’ve bet on selling directly to enterprise, and how they’re quietly building traction across the UK and US
The full conversation is embedded below, and it’s worth your time if you care about the future of work, tech team scalability, or how startups grow from scrappy MVPs into market shapers.