Black Mirror Meets MrBeast: The Startup Paying Strangers to Break the Internet
The internet has gotten too polished. Too fake. Too… safe. Speedrun is here to change that — and pay you for it.
Speedrun is here to change that — and pay you for it.
Launched this year, Speedrun is the first platform that pays real money for completing bold, ridiculous, and unforgettable challenges in the real world. No clout required. No editing tricks. Just proof you did the thing.
The proof is verified by AI, payouts land in your wallet in USDC within minutes, and the challenges range from awkward to legendary:
$5,000 to sneak into Fashion Week.
$2,000 to bike through a drive-thru naked.
$50 to impersonate a Genius Bar employee until security walks you out.
“It’s not about becoming an influencer,” says the Speedrun team. “We wanted something real again — a way for people to turn crazy, once-in-a-lifetime moments into actual income.”
It’s part gig economy, part reality show, part dare club for the digital age — and it’s already attracting people who want to boost their earnings while doing things they’ll talk about for years.
Others will try to copy it, but they’ll always be late.
The people jumping in now will be the ones telling the stories later.
— Ricky
"We built Speedrun because people needed something real again."
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Black Mirror Meets MrBeast: The Gig App for Internet Legends in the Making
Black Mirror Meets MrBeast: The Startup Paying Strangers to Break the Internet
The internet has gotten too polished. Too fake. Too… safe. Speedrun is here to change that — and pay you for it.
Speedrun is here to change that — and pay you for it.
Launched this year, Speedrun is the first platform that pays real money for completing bold, ridiculous, and unforgettable challenges in the real world. No clout required. No editing tricks. Just proof you did the thing.
The proof is verified by AI, payouts land in your wallet in USDC within minutes, and the challenges range from awkward to legendary:
“It’s not about becoming an influencer,” says the Speedrun team. “We wanted something real again — a way for people to turn crazy, once-in-a-lifetime moments into actual income.”
It’s part gig economy, part reality show, part dare club for the digital age — and it’s already attracting people who want to boost their earnings while doing things they’ll talk about for years.
Others will try to copy it, but they’ll always be late.
The people jumping in now will be the ones telling the stories later.
— Ricky
"We built Speedrun because people needed something real again."