Truelancer
Delhi freelance marketplace since 2014 plus an AI trainer network. Registered company, but users report fake clients, blocked accounts and weak paid memberships. AI trainer pay unpublished.
What is Truelancer?
Truelancer is an Indian freelance marketplace that launched in New Delhi in September 2014. Clients post work and freelancers bid on it across programming, design, writing, marketing and similar categories. Third-party sources put its freelancer fee at roughly 3% to 10% depending on a paid membership plan, but its own pages could not be read, so treat those figures as unconfirmed. A second site, ai.truelancer.com, sells human data work to AI teams, covering annotation, transcription, translation, quality review, prompt engineering and model evaluation, drawing on the same freelancer base. It claims 2M+ freelancers in 80+ countries and 10,000+ AI trainers, and invites people to join a trainer network, but the roles, rates and eligibility sit behind an email sign-in. Its terms set pay between Truelancer and the client, so nothing published says what a contributor earns. The operator is Truelancer Internet Private Limited, CIN U72200DL2014PTC268170, incorporated in 2014, active, run by CEO Dipesh Garg, who co-founded it with Rajshekhar Rajaharia. It took an undisclosed seed round in 2015 from Blackstone Valley Group and angels. It is a real company, but as a marketplace its risk is mostly the people using it. Users report fake or unverified client postings, accounts blocked with money inside, slow support, deductions beyond stated fees, and paid memberships that did not bring work. Others report earning. Sources disagree on size, from 16 employees to 201 to 500.
Mission & values
Stated on its AI site as democratising access to global human intelligence for AI training, alongside its long-running freelance marketplace.
Qualifications
Truelancer covers two different things, and only one has published terms. The marketplace is open to freelancers who bid on client projects in areas such as software development, design, writing and marketing. There is no vetting bar and no fixed pay, so income depends on winning bids, and third-party reports describe a freelancer commission of about 3% to 10% by membership level. The AI trainer network at ai.truelancer.com is meant for data annotation, transcription, translation, quality review, prompt work and model evaluation for AI companies, and is described as flexible, contractor-based work. You must sign in with an email address to see any roles, and no rates, eligibility rules or payment method are published. Before spending time or money, check a few things. Never pay to be considered, and be wary of a paid membership: one review describes a 1,200 rupee upgrade that produced no work. Avoid clients with no payment history and any gig that wants substantial work upfront. Keep records and messages in case an account is blocked. Ask what an AI trainer role pays and how and when you are paid, in writing, before starting. And note that the platform's own terms make freelancers independent contractors bound by NDAs, with all delivered data owned by the client.
Leadership
Dipesh Garg
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Co-founded Truelancer in New Delhi in 2014 and leads it as CEO. Listed as a director of Truelancer Internet Private Limited in the Indian corporate registry.
Rajshekhar Rajaharia
Co-Founder
Co-founded Truelancer with Dipesh Garg in 2014. Not listed among the current directors of the operating company in the corporate registry.
Hiring process
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Choose marketplace or AI trainer network
The marketplace at truelancer.com is bidding on client projects. The AI trainer network at ai.truelancer.com lists roles only after email sign-in.
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Create a free account
Do not pay to be considered. Treat any paid membership as optional, since users report upgrades that did not bring work.
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Check the client or role before working
Users report fake or unverified client postings. Look for payment history, and avoid gigs that want substantial unpaid work upfront.
About 3 days
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Get pay terms in writing
For AI trainer roles, confirm rate, payment method and schedule first, since published terms only cover Truelancer and the client.
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Keep records
Save messages and delivery proof, since users report blocked accounts with funds inside and slow support.
Funding
Company information
- Industry: Freelance Marketplace / AI Data Services
- Location: New Delhi, India (freelancers claimed in 80+ countries)
- Founded: 2014
- Website: www.truelancer.com ↗
- LinkedIn: Company page ↗