Shipd

How it works

Shipd describes itself as the contributor platform behind frontier AI, operated by Datacurve AI. Contributors compete on hard STEM and coding problems and earn bounties. You create an account to be notified when projects match your skills, and for each project Shipd says it invites its top contributors to join.

Worth knowing

Good:

• Bounties are listed per challenge, so you see the reward before you work
• Open to engineers in many countries; the site cites 40+

Less good:

• Pay is per bounty rather than per hour, so effective hourly earnings depend on how quickly you solve the problem; Shipd does not publish an hourly equivalent
• Invitations to projects go to top contributors, so an account alone does not guarantee work
• The site does not state a payout method or schedule
• Third-party coverage reports other figures for Datacurve programmes; these are not Shipd's own statements

For other expert programming work, see Turing and AfterQuery.

About this page

Facts come from shipd.ai and Datacurve's homepage, last checked 23 October 2026. The bounty range reflects amounts listed on the site at that time and will change. Payout method, payout timing and eligibility rules were not stated, so those fields are empty.