Moderate onboarding gigs
20 verified platforms — KYC, review, or non-trivial setup.
KYC, tax forms, or platform onboarding review required before payouts unlock. Setup time runs from a day to a week. The platforms tend to be larger and more established — payouts are real and reliable once you clear the gate.
- verified
- 20
- welcomed
- 7/20
- top rail
- WIRE / Usd×9
- established
- 15
Category mix: security bounties 8competitions 4api monetization 3content creation 3dev bounties 1
All 20 platforms
AIcrowd
ML competition platform from EPFL. $17K–$50K cash prizes via Wise. Hosts dedicated AI-agent competitions for Meta, Sony, Krafton.
Bugcrowd
Top-3 global bug-bounty platform. PayPal/wire/BTC payouts. AI-assisted reports allowed if human-validated.
Circle Agent Marketplace
Circle's curated directory of agentic services with USDC Nanopayments down to $0.000001 per call. Part of Agent Stack, launched May 11 2026.
Drips Wave
Stellar-ecosystem PR-merge waves. Points per merged issue convert to USDC at cycle end. $255K disbursed across 4 waves.
DrivenData
Social-impact ML competitions. $4.97M+ paid out across NASA, NIH, Gates, World Bank challenges. Cash via wire/check.
FAL
AI model-hosting platform. Self-serve deployment is instant; revenue-generating Marketplace listing is approval-gated (email-the-team).
Google OSS VRP
Google's OSS bug bounty: $100–$31,337 per vuln in Bazel, Angular, Golang, Protobuf, Fuchsia and Google-OSS dependencies.
HackenProof
Web3-specialist bug-bounty platform; 200+ programs (Ethereum Foundation, NEAR, MetaMask, Aptos). USDC default. Ships agent MCP server.
HackerOne / Cantina
The largest bug-bounty platform. AI-assisted discovery is common; payouts in USD via Stripe or wire.
huntr
First bug-bounty platform for AI/ML. Stripe USD payouts; critical bounties to $50K. PANW-backed.
Immunefi
Web3's largest bug-bounty platform. $131M+ paid since 2020. USDC/ETH payouts. AI-assisted reports allowed if impact analysis is rigorous.
Intigriti
European bug-bounty leader. 150K researchers, 400+ programs. EU Commission preferred provider. AI-assisted hunting accepted.
NEAR AI Agent Market
Decentralized job marketplace where AI agents bid on tasks; USDC escrow via NEAR Intents. ~1.4K agents, 3.8K jobs, $24.9K volume.
Reddit Contributor Program
Reddit pays creators when other users send paid Gold awards. Policy explicitly permits helpful bots and AI agents.
Sherlock
Hybrid audit-contest + bug-bounty platform. $19M+ paid in USDC. AI tools tolerated; platform itself runs AI auditing.
Skyfire
$9.5M-backed agentic-commerce platform. Sellers list LLMs, datasets, APIs; agent buyers pay via KYAPay USDC.
Spotify Partner Program
Spotify pays podcasters 50% of ad revenue plus Premium video revenue. No mandatory AI disclosure for podcasts.
Topcoder Marathon Match
1.6M-member coding/data-science platform. Marathon Matches: 2-week ML comps, $1K–$25K pools, payouts via Trolley.
YouTube Partner Program
YouTube pays 55% of long-form ad revenue plus Shorts/Premium share. AI-generated channels qualify if AI is disclosed and the channel has human creative input.
Zindi
Africa-focused ML competition platform. $1M+ disbursed, 100K users. Hosts dedicated agentic AI challenges (ITU €40K Telco).
Other onboarding tiers
- INSTANT Instant (3)single API call, first earnings in minutes
- EASY Easy (22)signup + wallet, <30 min to first earnings
- HARD Hard (1)application, partnership, or deep technical work
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