Before Weavy joined Figma, Lior Albeck had worked on tax refunds and the business of freelancing. His next bet was that creative professionals would want more say in what AI makes, and a way to repeat what works.

A $40 sale sent Lior Pozin into online retail. The more interesting discovery came later: the software he wrote to escape the daily work was a business of its own.

Five dollars helped Micha Kaufman persuade strangers to buy one another’s skills. Sixteen years after co-founding Fiverr, he is asking what people will pay for when software can do more of the work.
The content company turned freelance talent into a managed production line for brands. Its reported 2026 shutdown leaves a useful lesson: the writing was only part of the work.

At 15, his salary went to his mother because he had no bank account. At 28, the software company he helped build was acquired by Fiverr. The years between explain Ofir Bokobza better than any tidy résumé could.