Shoutt.ai secures £525k in funding led by SFC Capital to improve job search for freelancers with AI

Shoutt.ai, an AI-powered gig-hunting platform, has secured £525,000 in funding through SFC Capital and angel investors. The platform supports gig workers and freelancers to passively discover personalised work opportunities across the web. The funding will allow Shoutt.ai to continue supporting existing customers while enhancing the platform and scaling its reach across the freelance market.

The platform is powered by an always-on AI agent that operates 24/7 and is trained by human experts to identify and deliver highly relevant gigs to freelancers. By alerting users quickly to new opportunities, Shoutt.ai aims to give freelancers a first-mover advantage in competitive marketplaces.

Freelancers currently spend significant time searching across job boards, marketplaces, and social media, with the average freelancer wasting at least six hours per week. This fragmented process can result in losses of up to £10,000 per year, while platform fees can be prohibitive, particularly for smaller gigs. Shoutt.ai is designed to reduce this time and cost burden by aggregating opportunities into a single, personalised feed.

Launched by Saleem Yaqub and Jonathan Eadie, Shoutt.ai operates a freemium model with a clear and affordable pricing structure and no hidden fees. Free accounts surface all potential matches, with freelancers only upgrading when they choose to pitch for specific opportunities. The investment will enable the company to deepen its service and scale to serve more participants in the growing global freelance marketplace.

Too many freelance platforms are designed to keep people dependent, distracted, and paying fees just to stay visible. We built Shoutt to flip that dynamic. Our goal is to give freelancers back control over their time, their income, and the work they choose to take on. This funding, which we are delighted to have secured, lets us keep building the infrastructure freelancers actually need to run independent, sustainable businesses on their own terms.

Saleem Yaqub, Co-founder & CEO

We're excited to back Saleem and Jonathan as they tackle a real problem for freelancers. Their AI-driven approach saves gig workers valuable time and money, and we look forward to seeing Shoutt.ai's impact as the freelance market continues to grow.

Ed Stevenson, Investor at SFC Capital

Despite the rapid growth of the freelance economy, the infrastructure supporting it has traditionally been fragmented and inefficient. Freelancers are expected to monitor multiple platforms, with different rules, fees, and algorithms, just to stay in the game. Shoutt.ai was built to solve that fragmentation by acting as an intelligent layer across the entire market constantly scanning, filtering, and structuring live opportunities into a single, personalised feed. This investment allows us to deepen the intelligence behind that system, expand the range of sources we analyse, and build for freelancers who want clarity, speed, and autonomy.

Jonathan Eadie, Co-founder & CTO

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