TechCrunch Startup News Y Combinator startup Firecrawl is ready to pay $1M to hire three AI agents as employees
May 20, 2025
A Y Combinator startup is eager to hire three AI agents, offering a hefty $1 million for the right talent. The discussion dives into their previous unsuccessful attempts and the lessons learned. They outline the ambitious roles these AI employees will play and tackle the ongoing debate about AI replacing human jobs. It's a fascinating look at the future of work and the evolving landscape of employment in the tech industry.
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Firecrawl's AI Hiring Attempts
- Y Combinator startup Firecrawl tried hiring AI agents but had no success initially.
- They now have three job ads for AI agents to create content autonomously.
Ethics of Web Crawling
- Web crawling for LLMs can be ethically tricky due to DDoS-like behavior.
- Firecrawl adds guardrails and respects robots.txt to mitigate harm.
Autonomous AI Content Creation
- Firecrawl wants AI that autonomously creates, posts, measures, and improves content.
- This vision imagines AI handling end-to-end content production and optimization.