Perle jobs, pay, and reviews
How expertise gets into AI
- Open jobs
- 5
- Median per task
- $20
- Typical per task
- $13–20
- 0 reviews
- Not rated
About Perle
Perle is an AI data company in San Francisco. It started in 2024 as KIVA AI and changed its name to Perle in February 2025. It makes training data, model evaluations, and robotics data for AI labs and other companies. Its job posts name xAI, Samsung, ELM, and Unisys as partners. Perle says it works with 49,000 vetted experts in 70 countries and 76 languages, including 2,500 physicians. Most of its public projects are remote tasks: transcribing audio in one language, recording conversations from scripts, filming a short video of your face, or filming your daily work with a phone on a head strap. In 2025 it also started Perle Labs, a crypto platform with on-chain payments and work records.
- Founded
- 2024, as KIVA AI
- Founder
- Ahmed Rashad (CEO)
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, USA
- Funding
- $17.5M raised, incl. $9M seed led by Framework Ventures (2025)
- Workers
- 49,000 experts in 70 countries, on freelance contracts
- Payment
- Payoneer or Wise (in some posts), not published
How hiring works
- Apply to a project on Perle's job board on Rippling. The form asks for your name, email, phone, city, and a resume. Some posts then send you to a short Google Form, or to Winnow, Perle's job portal.
- Pass a test. Expert transcriber posts use an automated interview on Winnow of about 25 minutes, and Perle says it reviews applications within 24 hours. Freelance transcription posts use a 5-minute transcription sample.
- Do your first task. For face motion, it is a 10 to 20 second video of your face. If Perle approves it, you get paid and can get more paid tasks. Expert transcriber posts start with a paid pilot task.
- Sign a freelance contributor contract with the project terms, then start. Transcription posts ask for at least 4 hours a day. Egocentric video posts prefer 10 hours of footage a week.
What workers say
Good
- Some posts show clear pay for simple tasks: $20 per 60 minutes of recorded audio, or $10 to $13 for one approved 10 to 20 second video.
- Perle raised $17.5 million from investors such as Framework Ventures and CoinFund, and its job posts name xAI and Samsung as partners.
- Many projects need no experience and have flexible hours. Egocentric video posts give you a budget to buy the head strap.
Watch out for
- Trustpilot has no page for perle.ai, so there is little public feedback from Perle contributors.
- Most posts show no rate. Expert transcriber posts say only per-task or per-minute pay, and video posts say pay changes by region.
- Some posts have errors. The Australian, Canadian, and UK audio posts ask for a standard American accent.
Open jobs at Perle
Open jobs
Pay amount
Pay type
5 jobs
AI Model Training Expert: Face Motion Data ContributorVideo RecordingCamera UseFollowing Instructions+1$10–13
🌍 Selected countries across multiple regions
Freelance Audio Contributor - US EnglishAudio RecordingFile ManagementAudio UploadsSpreadsheet Tools+3$20/task
🇺🇸 US
Freelance Audio Contributor - UK EnglishAudio RecordingFile ManagementAudio UploadsSpreadsheet Tools+3$20/task
🇬🇧 UK
Freelance Audio Contributor - Canadian EnglishAudio RecordingFile ManagementAudio UploadsSpreadsheet Tools+3$20/task
🇨🇦 Canada
Freelance Audio Contributor - Australian EnglishAudio RecordingFile ManagementAudio UploadsSpreadsheet Tools+3$20/task
🇦🇺 Australia
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Open jobs by category
Voice & Video5 open jobs
Hourly pay of open jobs
Perle pays per task, not by the hour.
Frequently asked questions about Perle
How much does Perle pay?
Perle has 5 open jobs on this site. The median per task is $20, and most jobs pay $13 to $20. Each job page shows its own rate.
What jobs does Perle hire for?
All of Perle's open jobs on this site are in voice and video.
How does Perle pay workers?
Perle does not publish a payout schedule or a minimum payout, and pay depends on the project. The Freelance Audio Contributor posts for Australian, Canadian, UK, and US English pay $20 per 60 minutes of recorded audio. The Face Motion Data Contributor posts pay once, after your first submission is approved: $10 in India, Indonesia, Brazil, and Mexico, and $13 in France, Sweden, Poland, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Malawi. Expert transcriber posts pay per task or per minute of audio, with rates tied to audio difficulty. Egocentric video posts pay for each hour of accepted footage, at a rate that changes by region. One transcription post names Payoneer or Wise as the payment method. Ask how and when you get paid before you start.
How do I apply to Perle?
Each Apply button on this site opens the job on Perle's own site, where you apply. The steps are: 1. Apply to a project on Perle's job board on Rippling. The form asks for your name, email, phone, city, and a resume. Some posts then send you to a short Google Form, or to Winnow, Perle's job portal. 2. Pass a test. Expert transcriber posts use an automated interview on Winnow of about 25 minutes, and Perle says it reviews applications within 24 hours. Freelance transcription posts use a 5-minute transcription sample. 3. Do your first task. For face motion, it is a 10 to 20 second video of your face. If Perle approves it, you get paid and can get more paid tasks. Expert transcriber posts start with a paid pilot task. 4. Sign a freelance contributor contract with the project terms, then start. Transcription posts ask for at least 4 hours a day. Egocentric video posts prefer 10 hours of footage a week.
Is Perle legit?
Yes. Perle is a San Francisco company. It started in 2024 as KIVA AI and is led by founder and CEO Ahmed Rashad. It has raised $17.5 million, including a $9 million seed round led by Framework Ventures in August 2025. It says it works with 49,000 vetted experts in 70 countries, and its job posts name xAI and Samsung as partners. It posts its jobs on Rippling and its own portal, Winnow. There are no public worker ratings yet, so ask how and when you get paid before you start.
What is the Perle Freelance Audio Contributor job?
It is a remote recording project for university students who are native speakers of Australian, Canadian, UK, or US English. You record two-speaker conversations from scripts. Each file must be 10 seconds to 1 minute long, at 16 kHz or more, with little background noise. You need a quiet room and a good headset or microphone. It pays $20 per 60 minutes of recorded audio. Perle keeps all rights to the recordings.
What is an AI trainer job?
AI trainers help companies improve AI models. You review and rate model answers, write example answers, find mistakes, or record voice and video data. Experts in law, medicine, coding, languages, and other fields teach models how a professional thinks. Most of this work is remote, flexible, and paid by the hour.
Are AI trainer jobs remote?
Yes. Every job on this site is remote, and most have flexible hours. Some jobs accept people from certain countries only, so check the 🌍 location on each job before you apply.
What skills or degrees do I need?
It depends on the job. Generalist jobs need clear writing and attention to detail. Expert jobs usually ask for a degree or work experience in the field, such as a law license or medical training. Language jobs need native or fluent skill in that language. Coding jobs need real programming experience.