# Braintrust | The First User-Owned Talent Network

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## What Jamie wrote

Here is a super-interesting example of a business, being run as a DAO. They [raised $18M](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2020/10/01/braintrust-raises-18m-to-bring-defi-thinking-to-the-gig-economy/) and are using DeFi technology to operate. Interestingly enough, the actual payments are all with USD. I love that, as it challenges this recurring meme of crypto **versus** something else and highlights how crypto structures can live in harmony alongside existing ones. This is what Web3 businesses could look like.

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- [WT201: Weekly Thing #201 / Collecting, Smart, Stupid](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/201/), Notable

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