Improv Arena: pay, who can join and open jobs
Improv Arena is a voice-acting web app from Luvu, Inc., an a16z speedrun startup in San Francisco founded by former Duolingo staff (it also makes the iOS app TinyStage). You act out short scripted scenes with set emotions in your own language, and the recordings are licensed to AI labs to train voice models. You earn coins (1,000 coins = 1 USD), up to about $40/hr in the US and less elsewhere, cashed out via PayPal, Venmo or gift cards from a few dollars, with daily caps. Risks: it is new, earnings are small and capped, recordings count as biometric data and cannot be withdrawn once sold, and there are few independent payout reviews.
Who Improv Arena is hiring right now
Who can join Improv Arena: 100+ languages; invites can be closed in some regions.. Source
1 of 135 jobs don't name a country and are shown as “Worldwide (presumed)”. A job can be open in several countries, so shares can add up to more than 100%.
Hourly pay by platform: lowest, median and highest
Based on open jobs with hourly pay listed on aitrainer.jobs. The bar runs from the lowest to the highest rate; the dot is the median.
- Scale AI Human Frontier Collective$100–$300
- Respondent.io$150–$200
- Alpheva$90–$300
- Fleet AI$75–$200
- HUMXN$40–$300
- G2i$50–$200
- Halluminate$100–$250
- 10x Team$25–$375
- Stellar AI$25–$200
- mpathic$30–$200
- Workbolt$20–$250
- Workada$17–$130
- Rex.Zone$15–$150
- Patronus AI$40–$150
- RealTrainAI$48–$140
- Mercor$14–$450
- Sovrano AI$35–$125
- Aura One$6–$500
- Afterquery$20–$200
- Ethos$35–$350
- Mindrift$35–$100
- Micro1$6–$400
- Invisible$6–$150
- Alignerr$10–$400
- Visora$5–$90
- TransPerfect$29–$50
- Anyone AI$7–$150
- HumanSignal$13–$80
- BrainTrust$5–$150
- Appen$24–$100
- xAI$35–$35
- Lionbridge AI$20–$35
- SuperAnnotate$5–$33
- Volga Partners$5–$60
- HALO by Arise$5–$100
- YPAI$11.5–$250
- LXT$20–$25
- Lifted (Upwork)$10–$110
- Welocalize$5–$105
- CloudFactory$17.5–$25
- RWS$5–$36
- Turing$15–$150
- Claru$5–$100
- TELUS$11–$14
- TSMG$13–$75
- Pasiflora AI$10–$40
How to get accepted at Improv Arena
Application steps, the assessment and tips from people who got in.
Application steps
- Open the invite link and sign in with Google
- Record the short voice check so the app knows your voice
- Pick scenes in your language and act them out with the requested emotion
- Recordings are reviewed; accepted ones earn coins
- Cash out coins via PayPal, Venmo or gift card once you reach the minimum
The assessment
An automated microphone and voice check; each recording is reviewed for quality and the requested emotion.
Requirements
18+, a quiet room and a decent microphone (some projects need a USB or studio mic), native or fluent speaker of the language.
Tips to get accepted
- Use a quiet room and keep the same distance from the mic
- Act the emotion clearly but naturally
- Start small and confirm your first cash-out
- Read the voice license: recordings are licensed to AI labs and cannot be withdrawn after sale
- Check the daily earning cap before planning hours
How long it takes
You can start recording the same day after the voice check.
Latest Improv Arena jobs
Zulu Speaker: Voice Acting for AI (South Africa) New
Zazaki Speaker: Voice Acting for AI (Turkey) New
Xhosa Speaker: Voice Acting for AI (South Africa) New
Wolof Speaker: Voice Acting for AI (Senegal) New
Welsh Speaker: Voice Acting for AI (United Kingdom) New
Uzbek Speaker: Voice Acting for AI (Uzbekistan) New
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