TaskUs, Inc.

What does TaskUs, Inc. own?

It owns the TaskUs brand and its three service lines: Digital Customer Experience, Trust and Safety, and Artificial Intelligence Services. It is a single-brand business with no separate subsidiary brands.

Is TaskUs publicly traded?

Yes. TaskUs trades on the Nasdaq under ticker TASK. It went public in June 2021 and stayed public after shareholders rejected a take-private proposal in October 2025.

Who founded TaskUs?

Bryce Maddock and Jaspar Weir founded the company in 2008. Both remain in leadership as CEO and president and hold significant ownership stakes.

Where is TaskUs headquartered?

TaskUs is headquartered in New Braunfels, Texas, USA. Its delivery workforce is concentrated in the Philippines and India.

How many brands does TaskUs own?

One. TaskUs operates a single masterbrand covering all of its service offerings.

Who owns TaskUs?

Public shareholders, with Blackstone as the largest shareholder and founders Bryce Maddock and Jaspar Weir holding substantial stakes. Class B shares held by the founders and Blackstone carry enhanced voting rights, concentrating voting control.

What is TaskUs' revenue?

$1.18 billion in fiscal 2025 ended December 31, 2025, with $249.1 million in adjusted EBITDA. It was a record year for the company.

Bryce Maddock and Jaspar Weir founded TaskUs in 2008, beginning operations in the Philippines as a small outsourcing shop for startups. The early positioning was deliberate: rather than chase large enterprise contracts, it offered high-touch, flexible support to fast-growing technology companies whose needs traditional BPOs treated as too small or too volatile.

The model worked because its early clients became giants. As social media, on-demand, and e-commerce companies scaled through the 2010s, TaskUs scaled with them, building large delivery centers in the Philippines and expanding to India, Mexico, Colombia, and other locations.

Blackstone acquired a majority stake in 2018, supplying capital for expansion and setting up a public listing. The company reorganized under the TaskUs name in 2020 and went public on the Nasdaq in June 2021 under ticker TASK.

The public market experience was turbulent. Post-pandemic client spending cuts flattened revenue through 2022 and 2023, and content moderation work drew sustained scrutiny over worker conditions. By 2024 the new growth engine was clear: AI Services, covering data labeling and model evaluation, which grew rapidly as foundation model labs and enterprises needed human input for training.

In May 2025 the co-founders and Blackstone proposed taking the company private at $16.50 per share, valuing it around $1.62 billion. Shareholders rejected the deal at an October 8, 2025 special meeting, and the transaction was terminated with no break fee. Fiscal 2025 closed with record results: $1.18 billion in revenue and $249.1 million in adjusted EBITDA. In March 2026 the company paid a $3.65 per share special dividend financed by a $500 million term loan, taking on modest leverage for the first time.

The most serious documented issue is content moderation working conditions. TaskUs has faced lawsuits and sustained reporting alleging inadequate mental health support for workers reviewing harmful content for major social media clients, part of industry-wide scrutiny of the trust and safety sector.

The 2025 take-private became a governance controversy when the founders and Blackstone, who together control the voting majority, offered to buy out public shareholders at $16.50 per share. Proxy advisers questioned whether a controlled company could run a fair process, and shareholders ultimately rejected the deal, an unusual rebuke in a controlled company.

No regulatory fines or product liability events are on record. The controversies are labor-practice and governance matters rather than legal findings against the company.