Metavesco, Inc. (OTC: MVCO) announced that its wholly owned staffing subsidiary, Epic Labor, Inc., generated topline revenue of $419,111 in the first quarter of 2026, a 37.2% increase compared to $305,488 in the same period of 2025. The growth comes as the company re-evaluates its expansion roadmap amid rapidly evolving artificial intelligence capabilities.
In April 2025, Metavesco published its Epic Labor Expansion Roadmap targeting 98 branches and $125-$135 million in run-rate revenue by 2029, a capital-intensive strategy built around de novo branch launches and bolt-on acquisitions. However, the company is now reassessing whether that path remains the highest-value use of its resources given the changing operating environment.
That reassessment is informed in part by the company's experience with its AI-powered virtual staffing pilot, announced in June 2025 in Gainesville, Georgia. The pilot aimed to leverage machine-learning algorithms and generative AI to source, screen, dispatch, and manage qualified labor in real time without the overhead of a traditional physical office. While the initiative did not advance to full deployment due to projected start-up costs, it generated meaningful insights into which components of the staffing model are viable candidates for AI-driven execution. Those learnings, combined with the company's more recent hands-on experience building Vesco Ventures, its Zero Human Company initiative, and I.R.A., its AI-powered Investor Relations Agent and the flagship product of Metavesco's OTCfi ecosystem, have meaningfully sharpened management's view of where AI can create durable operational leverage within Epic Labor's business model.
"Epic Labor's fundamentals are strong, and this quarter proves the model works," said Ryan Schadel, CEO of Metavesco. "But I'd be doing our co-owners a disservice if I ignored what's happening around us. AI is fundamentally changing what's possible in staffing and across every industry. The Gainesville pilot didn't scale the way we planned due to the up-front capital requirements, but it taught us something important: certain parts of this business can absolutely be run by AI. Between what we learned in Gainesville, what we’re building with Vesco Ventures, and what we've proven with I.R.A., we now have a clearer picture of what that looks like in practice. The question isn't whether we grow Epic Labor. The question is whether the highest-velocity path to value is opening branches one by one, or whether AI-native operating models unlock something much bigger, much faster. We're conducting a full strategic review of our entire portfolio with that lens. That review will identify where we double down, where we find partners or buyers, and where we make the hard call to move on."
The company expects to provide additional detail on the strategic review and any resulting actions as they develop. More information about Metavesco can be found at metavesco.com. Additional filings are available on otcmarkets.com.
