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One AI company’s latest opening for a consultant role is anything but a standard tech job.<\/p>\n
When AI companion<\/a> company Joi AI posted a recruitment ad<\/a> for \u201cmasturbation consultants,\u201d Julie Levin, the startup\u2019s head of brand, says she expected to receive a few hundred applications. Consultants would be tasked with testing Joi AI\u2019s new Daily Guided Masturbation feature and document its effects on their stress levels, sleep quality, and mood\u2014all for $2,000 per month.<\/p>\n Two weeks later, more than 120,000 applications have rolled in, and the number keeps climbing. The original link to the application broke from the amount of responses. People can now apply via a Google Form<\/a>, and the application deadline just got extended<\/a> by another week.<\/p>\n Levin says the company is hoping to recruit 10 people of different genders, age groups, and sexual orientations. They\u2019re interested in hiring the oldest person who applies for the gig, though the team has yet to scrape through the avalanche of applications.\u00a0<\/p>\n As of now, Levin says most applicants are men in their 20s\u2014but that thousands of women have applied, too. <\/p>\n \u201cI think it started as a joke,\u201d Levin says. \u201cSo it went viral when people came to our Twitter account and started tagging their bros saying, \u2018Employment is calling your name.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Joi AI\u2019s original announcement on X now has more than 23.8 million impressions\u2014most people seemed stunned by the role, while others seemed excited to apply. (One person on X commented: \u201cThis is literally my area of specialty. Where do I apply?\u201d Another joked: \u201cParents are going to be so excited I finally got a job!\u201d)<\/p>\n While some applications seem rushed, Levin describes reviewing applications from surprisingly credentialed individuals, including stand-up comedians, sommeliers who \u201cknow how to describe things,\u201d and sex workers with years of phone sex experience.\u00a0<\/p>\n AI companionship has turned into a booming business. Last year, the AI companion market was estimated at $36.79 billion, and it is expected to reach $317.96 billion by 2033, according to Grand View Research<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Levin says Joi AI now averages 1 million visits and interactions each month. The site has seen significant growth since its April rebranding, which introduced higher-quality chats and improved image generation capabilities. The company has 70 employees around the world, Levin says. She didn\u2019t share information on Joi AI\u2019s valuation or investors, but she did mention that the company\u2019s affiliate marketing platform has received interest from potential partners since the \u201cconsultant\u201d role opened up. X has also become the platform\u2019s top revenue driver over the past few days.<\/p>\n Levin says her Joi AI colleagues have called the job \u201cthe hottest vacancy in AI right now,\u201d and have tried to refer their friends for the role. Some of Levin\u2019s personal friends have asked to be recruited. One of her colleagues’ teen sons asked if there was an age limit to apply. (For the record, applicants must be 18 to be considered.) But Levin insists there will be no favoritism in the process. \u201cWe want to make it, you know, public and as fair for everyone as possible,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n The company plans to include a social media challenge to court serious applicants, but logistics are still up in the air because the team wasn\u2019t prepared for the viral level of interest. While Levin says that Joi AI wants to leverage some of this newfound attention to promote the new product, the company also wants to be meticulous about how it chooses the finalists.<\/p>\n \u201cA lot of people actually can see it as a real opportunity for them,\u201d Levin says. \u201cThere are a lot of people with very different hard skills and expertise in different areas.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joi AI<\/a> allows users to create their own unique characters or interact with more than 300 licensed AI twins of real adult entertainment celebrities.<\/p>\n