Solo
Bend, US Β· Founded 2020 Β· 44 employees on LinkedIn Β· 5 known investors
Solo is a mobile app for gig workers that consolidates income and mileage tracking, expense logging, and scheduling across multiple platforms like Uber, DoorDash, and Instacart. It offers pay predictions with a pay guarantee, city-level market insights, and integrated tax filing for freelance and gig earners.
Also known as Solo Technologies Β· Solo: Your Gig Business App Β· WorkSolo
Founders & leadership
Solo was founded in 2020 by Bryce Bennett and Keith Ng.
Investors Β· 5
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Solo (operating as WorkSolo, also referenced as Solo Technologies) offers an iOS and Android app that links a gig worker's accounts on multiple platforms β DoorDash, UberEats, Grubhub, Uber, Lyft, Shipt, Roadie, Instacart, Amazon Flex, Spark and Favor β into a single dashboard. Core features include income tracking across earnings sources, automatic mileage tracking for tax deductions, expense logs, estimated tax projections, an earnings leaderboard, and a "Marketplace" view showing hourly rates and weekly trends for gig jobs in a user's city.
The product's distinguishing feature is pay prediction with a Pay Guarantee: Solo aggregates community earnings data to generate hour-by-hour and job-by-job pay predictions, and for users who schedule work through its Smart Schedule in eligible metro areas, it guarantees the predicted daily pay and pays the difference if actual earnings fall short. Guarantees are purchased through an in-app credit system (priced at $0.25/credit on the homepage and $0.40/credit on the FAQ page). Income dashboards, mileage tracking and tax projections are available anywhere in the United States, while Smart Schedule and the Pay Guarantee are limited to a growing list of metro areas.
Solo has extended into adjacent financial services for independent workers: tax filing inside the app powered by April, using income and expense data already tracked in Solo (federal and state included, with accuracy and maximum-refund guarantees), and a healthcare initiative with River Health. In 2026 the company introduced Sherpa, described as an AI assistant for gig workers and "Solopreneurs" built on $6B of gig earnings data, and published city-level earnings research on rideshare and food delivery pay across 15-17 US metros.
Business model
Freemium mobile subscription. The app is free to download with monthly, quarterly and annual tiers (including Pro and Pro+), each with a 7-day trial; non-subscribers are downgraded to a Limited plan. Subscriptions are billed through the Apple App Store and Google Play. Additional revenue comes from pay-guarantee credits and tax filing fees.
Subscription fees (monthly/quarterly/annual Pro and Pro+ plans billed via app stores), per-credit charges for scheduling guaranteed pay ($0.25-$0.40 per credit depending on page), and tax filing fees: free for annual Pro/Pro+ members; $75 DIY or $175 Expert Assist for other subscribers; $125 DIY or $175 Expert Assist for non-subscribers.
Traction
The website claims more than 1 million gig workers served, a 4.7-star App Store rating across about 13,000 ratings, $25M+ guaranteed via Solo's pay predictions, and $7B of income data powering predictions (a July 2026 post cites $6B of gig earnings behind Sherpa).
Latest developments
In 2026 Solo declared the "Year of the Solopreneur," launched Sherpa, an AI assistant for gig workers, announced a healthcare partnership with River Health, rolled out in-app 2025 tax filing powered by April, and published city-level gig earnings research for 2025 and early 2026. The FAQ notes work toward supporting additional gig platforms in 2025.
βΈFull profile β market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, risks & controversies
Market position
Solo positions itself as a neutral tool for workers rather than a competitor to rideshare or delivery marketplaces, arguing that platforms retain earnings intelligence that workers lack. It publishes cross-platform, city-level earnings research (with RSG) as part of that positioning.
Combines multi-platform earnings aggregation with pay predictions that are financially backed by a Pay Guarantee β paying users the difference if scheduled work earns less than predicted β plus integrated, auto-filled tax filing using data already captured in the app.
Technology
Account-linking technology that securely transmits encrypted user credentials directly to the source gig platform to retrieve trip and earnings data without Solo storing login information; automatic background mileage tracking that matches location to gig working time; statistical pay-prediction models trained on aggregated, anonymized community earnings data used to produce city-level benchmarks and hourly/job-level forecasts; and Sherpa, an AI assistant built on $6B of gig earnings data. Tax filing is delivered through a partnership with April.", "go_to_market">
Go-to-market
US app-based gig and 1099 workers β rideshare drivers, food, grocery and parcel delivery couriers, and freelancers β including those working across several platforms simultaneously; the company frames its market as the 70+ million Americans juggling multiple gigs and 12+ million gig platform workers.
Geography
United States. Income dashboards, mileage tracking and tax projections work nationwide; Smart Schedule and Pay Guarantee are offered in a growing set of metro areas. Company research covers metros including Seattle, Miami, Denver, Houston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Austin, Dallas, Las Vegas, Phoenix, San Diego and Washington, DC.
Risks & controversies
App Store reviews include a detailed March 2025 complaint alleging the Pay Guarantee is misleading, that time and pay tracking failed to log correctly, that support denied claims on undisclosed technicalities and issued credits instead of owed payouts; the developer responded citing a small team and the costs behind its subscription model. The product also depends on users sharing gig platform login credentials and on continued access to third-party platform data, and Solo states its tax figures are projections only and that it is not a financial advisor.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources β announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed β not independently audited.
Timeline Β· 6
launches, deals, and filingsSolo introduced Sherpa, described as the first AI built for gig workers and Solopreneurs, built on $6B of real gig earnings data to help users earn more and manage taxes and finances.
Solo published that it is working with River Health to close the healthcare coverage gap for independent workers.
Solo published a three-year analysis of rideshare and food delivery earnings across 17 major US metros, reporting an early-2026 recovery in earnings alongside pressure on worker profits.
Solo Technologies and RSG released analysis of 2024-to-2025 hourly earnings shifts for rideshare and food delivery workers across 15 major US metros.
A company post by Bryce Bennett framed 2026 as the Year of the Solopreneur, targeting the 70+ million Americans juggling multiple gigs with new AI tools and services for income, taxes and finances.
Solo added tax filing inside its app using users' tracked income and expense data, with auto-filled forms, federal and state filing, DIY and Expert Assist options, and free filing for Annual Pro and Pro+ members.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
βΈResearch sources Β· 8
primary sources listed
- Soloworksolo.com Β· web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Solo do?
- Solo is a mobile app that unifies income, mileage, tax and schedule management across gig work platforms for US gig workers.
- Who founded Solo?
- Solo was founded by Bryce Bennett, Keith Ng in 2020.
- Who are Solo's investors?
- Solo's investors include Ascend Venture Capital, Bow Capital, Expa, FUSE, Red Sea Ventures.
- Where is Solo headquartered?
- Solo is headquartered in Bend, US.