# microagi's Shift offers free apartment cleaning if AI can watch

> Source: <https://runtimewire.com/article/microagi-shift-free-cleaning-robotics-data>
> Published: 2026-06-04 14:04:22+00:00

Bercan Kilic (@bercankilic), Yoan Iliev and Anton Poletaev's German AI lab microagi is using Shift Robotics to offer $0 apartment cleanings in New York City in exchange for first person video of the work, Business Insider reported. The bargain is simple and unusually literal: Shift cleaners wear head mounted cameras while doing dishes, mopping floors and folding laundry. Shift then turns that footage into training data for AI labs and robotics companies, according to Business Insider. The con...