Apply to join — ATELIERR

step one · the bar

One test. Show us real shipped work.

not a resume

We don't read PDFs.

No CV, no case-study deck, no LinkedIn-import. None of that survives first contact with a real brief. We don't waste your time reading it.

not a pitch

We don't read pitches.

Everyone in AI has a pitch. If your pitch were load-bearing, you'd already be full. It isn't, and you aren't — so show us the thing.

proof of craft

One agent you've shipped, in any form.

A paragraph about what you built and for whom. Plus, optionally, any proof that form actually takes — a 60-second Loom, a GitHub repo, a case study post, a client reference, a phone number to call, a public URL if you happen to have one. We don't care about the medium. We care that it's real.

step two · what you get

What a seat on the team is worth.

01 Qualified briefs, not bidding warsClients describe their problem in plain English. We match them to one of you. You either take the work or pass. No auction, no race to the bottom, no "15 other people applied." Your lane only
02 You set your own termsYour rates. Your timeline. Your milestone structure. Your payment methods. We don't standardise builders — the whole point is that each of you runs your own practice. You control
03 We never touch the moneyClient pays you directly — however you want (wire, Stripe, check, crypto). ATELIERR is not an escrow, not a marketplace, not a payment processor. We're a directory. 0% take rate on every deal. Ever. 0% cut
04 Your profile, your voiceEach operator's page reflects how they actually work — their pricing, their pitch, their embedded agent. We don't force a template. We edit for consistency, not for conformity. You write
05 Leave whenever, no penaltyCancel your membership any time. We'll mark your page "Not accepting briefs" for 30 days so you can finish active work, then remove it. No lock-in

step three · what it costs

Flat, small, predictable. No percentage.

First closed project Free · you pay nothing until a client pays you

Standard membership $200 / month or $2,000 / year (save $400)

Take rate on deals 0% · client pays you direct, we never see it

Quarters with no deal Free · you pay nothing that quarter

Cancel Any time · no penalty · 30-day handover window

Why this model: the platform should be paid by the side it serves, and we serve builders — not clients. If we took a percentage of every deal, our incentive would be to shove you into more deals, not better ones. A flat membership keeps us honest.

The math is straightforward. One $8,000 project pays your membership for 40 months. If you can't clear that in a year on our briefs, we shouldn't be charging you — so for your first closed project, we don't.

submit your application

Describe your work. Proof is optional but helps.

Your name*

Email*

Your lane*

Where are you based?

What you've shipped*

Proof* · a link, or your description above + a file attached below

— OR — attach a file Screenshot, short Loom export, PDF of a case study — up to 3 MB.

Anything else

We reply within 7 days. If your lane is already covered and we're not opening another seat in it, we'll tell you directly. No ghosting.

common questions

Actually common ones. No filler.

My agent doesn't have a public URL.

Fine. Most don't — voice agents live on phone numbers, internal agents run inside n8n or Slack or a client's SaaS, confidential work has no shareable link. Describe what you shipped in the work-description field. Attach a Loom, a repo, a case study, or nothing. The form is the thing we judge, not a URL.

Everything I've built is under NDA.

Redact and describe. "Built a voice agent for a 14-office dental group that confirms appointments in four languages, reduced no-shows by 30% over six weeks" tells us what we need even without the client's name. If we need a reference, we'll ask you for one privately.

How do I actually get paid?

However you want. Client pays you directly — invoice, Stripe, wire, whatever you already use. We don't see the transaction. For your protection, most operators use fixed-price milestone contracts (40/30/30 or similar).

What if there's a payment dispute?

You handle it with the client, like you would on any direct contract. We'll sometimes mediate informally — but we're not an escrow service, and we don't pretend to offer protection we can't actually deliver.

Why only ten seats?

So the signal stays high. A client browsing the team shouldn't need to scroll past 400 profiles to find the right lane. Ten people, one per clear lane, each with a live agent.

Can I be on ATELIERR and Upwork and Contra at the same time?

Yes. We're not exclusive. We just ask you reply to ATELIERR briefs within your stated reply window.

My lane isn't in the dropdown.

Pick "something else" and describe it. We regularly open new lanes — the dropdown is just the current bench.

Apply to join the team.