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Waffle Video
Waffle Video, founded in 2024 by Joey Newfield and Joshua Mesnik, ran an app that paid people to film short first-person "missions" such as tying shoelaces or pouring water. WIRED's reporter who tried it in May 2026 saw missions paying $25 per hour of video and earned $20 for 125 approved clips, with extra pay promised if a video was licensed again. By October 2026 its site offers the app to companies instead: "Manage the creation of video data at scale by plugging your workforce into the WaffleVideo mobile app & platform", with a business access request, while its old account pages (dashboard, transactions) lead back to the homepage.
Outside reports
Waffle Video no longer takes individual contributors: a company requests access and its own staff record tasks in the Waffle app. If you want to be paid to film tasks yourself, use one of the programs that still take sign-ups from individuals, listed on this page.
Is Waffle Video legit?
A 2024 startup that shows NVIDIA's Inception program on its homepage and was featured by WIRED in May 2026; it also runs a data marketplace (GRID) and a labeling engine (MAPLE). It pays Business platform; was $25 per hour of video (May 2026).
Joined through its own application (it publishes no job postings)
Not published for individuals since the switch to companies.
A business platform now, not a gig: individuals cannot sign up to record on their own.
For companies: a business requests access and its own staff record in the app. A search of the App Store on October 26, 2026 found no public Waffle Video app.
Honest catches
- Pay here is outside reports, not measured live from a job feed, so treat it as a benchmark rather than a guaranteed rate.
What Waffle Video pays
Outside reports · updated 2026-10-26Researched rate card (outside reports), updated 2026-10-26
WIRED reported missions paying $25 per hour of video in May 2026, with clips of about 20 seconds each, and possible extra pay when a video was relicensed. Waffle Video's site no longer publishes contributor pay: it now sells recording to companies for their own teams.
| Role | Work type | Researched pay |
|---|---|---|
| Record tasks as a member of a client company's team | Egocentric Capture | Set by the employer |
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Live Waffle Video roles
Waffle Video does not publish a public job feed.
Waffle Video no longer takes individual contributors: a company requests access and its own staff record tasks in the Waffle app. If you want to be paid to film tasks yourself, use one of the programs that still take sign-ups from individuals, listed on this page.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Waffle Video legit?
A 2024 startup that shows NVIDIA's Inception program on its homepage and was featured by WIRED in May 2026; it also runs a data marketplace (GRID) and a labeling engine (MAPLE).
Does Waffle Video pay?
Yes. A 2024 startup that shows NVIDIA's Inception program on its homepage and was featured by WIRED in May 2026; it also runs a data marketplace (GRID) and a labeling engine (MAPLE). Payouts: Not published for individuals since the switch to companies.
How much does Waffle Video pay?
Business platform; was $25 per hour of video (May 2026). WIRED reported missions paying $25 per hour of video in May 2026, with clips of about 20 seconds each, and possible extra pay when a video was relicensed. Waffle Video's site no longer publishes contributor pay: it now sells recording to companies for their own teams.
Is Waffle Video worth it?
Waffle Video no longer takes individual contributors: a company requests access and its own staff record tasks in the Waffle app. If you want to be paid to film tasks yourself, use one of the programs that still take sign-ups from individuals, listed on this page. Pay: Business platform; was $25 per hour of video (May 2026).
How does Waffle Video pay out?
Not published for individuals since the switch to companies.
Where is Waffle Video open to workers?
For companies: a business requests access and its own staff record in the app. A search of the App Store on October 26, 2026 found no public Waffle Video app.
How Waffle Video stacks up against similar employers
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