Firecrawl Seeks AI Agents for $5,000/Month

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9 hours ago

Summary

Firecrawl seeks AI agents for SEO content creation, customer support, and junior developer roles. The startup wants the agents to autonomously produce high-quality blog posts, tutorials, and respond to customer issues within two minutes.

Key Points

The company is looking for a content creation agent that can autonomously produce SEO-pleasing blog posts and tutorials
A customer support engineer agent will be tasked with crafting an AI workflow that responds to customer issues within two minutes
A junior developer agent will prioritize incoming Github issues, write documentation, and write code in TypeScript and Go

Why It Matters

The hiring spree highlights the growing demand for AI agents in the industry and raises questions about whether AI can replace humans.

Author

Julie Bort

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