TaskUs

TaskUs is an outsourcing company that handles content moderation for companies including Facebook and DoorDash.

It was founded by Bryce Maddock and Jaspar Weir in 2008 in Santa Monica, California.

The company moved its headquarters to San Antonio, Texas in 2017, then to New Braunfels, Texas in 2018. Its revenue for the first half of 2021 was $332.9 million. The company's principal operations are in the Philippines, with about 19,000 employees (70% of their total) located there. About 4000 employees are located in the United States.

Early funding included $15 million from Navegar, a private equity fund in the Philippines, and a $14 million loan from Bridge Bank. The Blackstone Group invested $250 million in 2018.

The company had its initial public offering in June 2021; it is traded on NASDAQ as nasdaq: TASK. Approximately 30% of the company's revenue is from providing content moderation for Facebook, and about 12% is from DoorDash.

Other customers include Coinbase (beginning in 2017), Netflix, Zoom (beginning in 2020), Whisper, Tinder, AutoDesk, and Uber (beginning in 2013).