Handyman-for-hire marketplace TaskRabbit Inc., acquired by flat-pack furniture retailer IKEA Group in September, is offline. The company told customers that it’s investigating a “cybersecurity ...

You don’t have to strain your brain too much to understand why Ikea bought TaskRabbit, a startup that provides a marketplace for household chores and other simple tasks. There’s an obvious synergy ...

TaskRabbit, the mobile marketplace that matches freelance labor with local demand, has apparently been hacked. Both the company’s website and app were down at time of writing and notifications had ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TaskRabbit offers the chance to pick up moving jobs, cleaning jobs and all sorts of temporary piecework, with opportunities ...

Nov 12, 2025, 9:53pm HST Updated: Nov 13, 2025, 12:15am HST Adam Pardee Taskrabbit CEO Ania Smith poses for a photo inside the Taskrabbit offices in San Francisco, Calif. on Oct. 21, 2025. From the ...

Ask me about the most binge-worthy show on Netflix or the best holiday shopping spots, and I’m all in. But when it comes to home repairs or turning a stack of Ikea parts into a fully functional desk, ...

One of the few Black female CEOs in Silicon Valley is stepping down from her position at freelance-marketplace TaskRabbit. Stacy Brown-Philpot is stepping down as TaskRabbit's CEO, she revealed in an ...

Stacy Brown-Philpot, the chief executive of TaskRabbit and one of the few prominent Black women in Silicon Valley, is stepping down after four years running the San Francisco-based marketplace for gig ...

Odd jobs are as old as time. There have always been folks hiring people to perform tasks they don't have the time or skills to do themselves. The gig app TaskRabbit makes it easier than ever for ...

Ikea Group will consider further acquisitions to add services and technologies and expand its reach following the purchase of TaskRabbit Inc. last month. The home-furnishings giant has created a new ...

TaskRabbit is an online service that matches freelance workers or people willing to take on side gigs with those needing services. Services often involve things around the home, from scheduling ...

Uber Technologies Inc. is working on a TaskRabbit-like service that will let app users hire people to conduct various tasks in an expansion beyond driving and deliveries. The potential new service, ...