. >> the startup was launched in early 2016 by casey edwards and becca cla ba richter they met at the university of santa barbara, california where they launched university sitters. today they i have 8,000 clients and plans to expand into chicago and new york this year sitter rates begin at $25 an hour and the company works to fulfill on demand requests helpers 350 sitters also go through extensive vetting. >> we do an interview process that includes an inperson interview. we check professional references, day care, camps, wherever they may have been. we check for cpr certification, social media review, as well as a background check. >> they're working with a dozen companies including snap to offer child care services as a benefit to employees >> we're seeing not a lot of paid maternity leave and sick leave and we triering to push culture into the space of working into all of those working parent conditions. >> it will become a greater part of overall benefits packages in the future as the benefit of paid parental needs continues to heat up. >> there are times you can definitely be in