Trust & Safety
Whether you are applying to work on our platform as an expert or for a full-time role at Surge AI, we never ask you to pay us. Unfortunately, people have used the Surge AI name to run recruiting scams: fake job offers, fake contractor agreements, and requests for money or personal information. This page explains how to tell a real Surge AI message from an impersonation, and what to do if you are not sure.
What we will never ask you for
Surge AI never asks platform experts, contractors, or job candidates to pay anything: no fees, deposits, platform credits or coins, training costs, or equipment purchases. If anyone claiming to represent Surge AI asks you to send money or buy something to proceed, it is a scam.
Check the sender's domain
Email from Surge AI comes from an address ending in @surgehq.ai. A message from any other domain, from a personal email account, or from a lookalike address is not from us, even if it uses our name or logo, or comes with a contractor agreement bearing the Surge AI name.
Where to apply
- Expert work: surgehq.ai/workforce
- Software engineering work: surgehq.ai/swe
- Full-time roles: surgehq.ai/careers
- DataAnnotation: dataannotation.tech. The only way to apply is its own sign-up flow, and it never asks for payment either. See DataAnnotation's Trust & Safety page.
Applications submitted any other way, including through freelance platforms, are not processed. If an offer did not start from one of these pages, treat it as unverified until you have confirmed it with us.
Our official pages
Before you sign anything or share personal details, forward the message, including the sender's full email address, to talent@surgehq.ai and we will confirm whether it is real.