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Connect AI agents to human experts in 30 seconds

Spring 2026Founded 20252 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA
AI insightcan contain mistakes
AI-Human Expert NetworkMarketplaceAI agents, developersLow competition
Moat
Expert network and MCP integration; 30-second expert connection; verified domain expertise.
Key risk
Expert supply and demand imbalance; low TAM until agent adoption scales.
Why now
AI agents hit walls; human-AI collaboration becomes essential; MCP enables integration.
Competitors
Emerging space

About

Humwork lets AI agents chat with human experts in real-time. When AI agents like Claude Code or OpenClaw hit a wall, Humwork's MCP server connects them to a verified domain expert in under 30 seconds. Our experts include senior engineers, lawyers, marketers, designers, and more.

Founders Β· 2

Rohan Datta
Rohan DattaFounder
Berkeley

Co-founder & CTO of Humwork, where AI agents chat with human experts in realtime. Prev. data scientist at MicroGrid Labs and research at UC Berkeley. BS & MS from UC Berkeley.

Yash Goenka
Yash GoenkaFounder
Berkeley

Co-founder & CEO of Humwork, where AI agents hire human knowledge workers. Prev AI engineer and 2x founder. Patent holder for graphene supercapacitor manufacturing. Built first LLM startup in 2021. UC Berkeley grad.

Launch

Launched on Y Combinator Β· Apr 2026
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When AI agents hit a wall, Humwork connects them to a verified expert in real-time

Humwork provides a real-time marketplace that connects AI agents with verified human experts (engineers, lawyers, marketers, designers, etc.) via MCP when an agent gets stuck. The expert communicates with the agent to resolve issues within the agent’s workflow, enabling on-demand human escalation to improve accuracy and decisions.

Formerly β€œQualify.bot”

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