get paid for doing what you already do - yapping too much with your friends
call your mum. get paid for it
You already spend hours on the phone with the same few people. Make those calls through Yap Room instead, and we'll pay you for every hour. Nothing about the conversation changes - it just earns now.
- replaces your calling app
- private and secure
yap just like you would normally
No script, no topic list, no homework. Talk about whatever you'd talk about anyway. Every yap gets anonymized before it goes anywhere, so it stays yours.
- anonymized yaps
- no scripts, no staging
$10 an hour. both of you
You each earn $10 for every clear hour of yap. No points to redeem, no waiting around - payouts go out every Sunday via PayPal or bank transfer.
- cash, not points
- paid out every Sunday
why we pay you to yap with your friends
AI can write you a sonnet but still can't hold a phone call. The missing ingredient? People like you, on the phone, being normal.
you yap with your friends
Call your friends like you always do. Talk about whatever - from wherever. That's it - that's the job.
we build anonymized datasets
Names, numbers, anything personal is stripped out. Your yap is a tiny piece of a very big dataset.
your yaps help train AI
Your yaps help train the AI voices you'll talk to one day - reading your audiobooks, answering your calls, sounding less like a robot.
get paid $10/hour
for yapping
Look, we know how this sounds. $10 an hour for talking to your friends has the general shape of a thing that isn't real. But your friend earns $10 too - a clear hour of yap is $20 between you. Sunday rolls around, money turns up.
- $10/hr for you
- $10/hr for your friend
- paid out every Sunday
somewhere right now, two people are laughing at nothing
That recording will help an AI learn what a real laugh sounds like. And both of them just got paid for it.
yes, it's
actually private
"We anonymize everything" is the sort of sentence companies say right before they don't. So here's the actual list: country, age range, gender. That's the lot. No name, no number, no email - and if you accidentally say any of that out loud, it gets stripped before the recording goes anywhere.
no names, numbers, or emails - everpersonal info stripped automaticallyten minutes between meetings. an hour on the walk home. a whole sunday afternoon
hi :)
We're Matias and Christian. AI is about to talk to everyone, and right now it's bad at it. The only way to fix that is real people, on real phone calls, sounding like themselves. That's the part we can't do without you. We're building Yap Room with you - if you have any feedback, questions, or concerns, email us at hello@yap-room.com.
frequently asked questions
okay but is this real?
Yes. We're a real company, the AI labs buying the data are names you've heard of, and you get $10 for every clear hour of yap. Still not sure? Email hello@yap-room.com and ask us anything.
how much do you pay?
$10 for every clear hour of yap, to each of you. A one-hour catch-up is $20 between the two of you. The rate you see before a yap starts is the rate you get for it.
when do you pay?
Every Sunday, by PayPal or bank transfer. You're paid for that week's yaps once your balance is $5 or more - anything under rolls over to the next Sunday.
who hears my yaps?
Nobody you know. Yaps go to AI labs and the companies building voice assistants, anonymized, as one conversation among thousands. Your boss doesn't hear them. Your mum definitely doesn't.
who can sign up?
Yap Room is for native American English speakers living in the US, aged 18 or over. We're not open in Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Texas or Washington yet. Sign-ups are paused right now. Join the waitlist and we'll email you the moment they reopen.
join the waitlistdoes my friend need an account too?
Yes - you both need to be on Yap Room for a yap to start. They earn $10 an hour too, so you're not asking for a favor, you're offering them a job.
what do we talk about?
Whatever you'd talk about anyway. The weekend. The group chat. Whether the new café is any good. No topics, no script - the whole point is that nothing is staged.
what's the audio for?
Voice AI sounds a bit off because it learned from people reading scripts, not people talking. We're building the missing piece: real conversations between real people, so AI can learn how humans actually sound.
what if I say my address or someone's full name?
Happens. That stuff is stripped out automatically before the yap goes anywhere, so you don't have to be careful.
can I delete a yap if I change my mind?
Email hello@yap-room.com and we'll take care of it.
how much can I yap?
As much or as little as you like. No cap, no quota, no commitment - an hour a week with your mum and twenty hours across half your contacts pay the same per hour.
do I need a fancy microphone?
No. The mic in your phone or laptop is great - we want it to sound like a normal call, because that's what it is. You do need headphones, though. Any pair.
are there quality standards?
Yes - only clear yaps earn. We give every yap a listen, and a clear one goes like this: 1. You're in a quiet room with the door closed. No TV, no music, nobody else around. 2. Your friend is somewhere else. In the same room, each mic picks up both voices. 3. You wear headphones the whole time, so your friend doesn't echo through your speaker. 4. Your mic is uncovered and close to you, and you don't touch or brush it. 5. Yap Room stays open on your screen. Closing the browser or locking your phone stops the recording. 6. You end with the in-yap button and let the upload finish. 7. It's a real conversation. No scripts, no staging, no scrolling or gaming on the side. If a yap isn't clear, we'll tell you why.
how do I start?
Sign up, do a 30-second mic check, call a friend. That's it.
so, shall we?
Sign up, call your mum, get paid Sunday. That's the whole thing.