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I’ve spoken with over 200 universities about the impact Handshake AI is having on graduate students. Bloomberg shared a few of their experiences. As federal funding tightens and traditional research roles shrink, our education partners are encouraging students to explore new, flexible ways to apply their expertise. Through our MOVE fellowship, more than 1,000 advanced-degree holders have already worked with top AI labs to use their domain expertise to improve AI models. We’ve connected music students, educators, chemists, and more with meaningful, well-paid work—earning up to $160 an hour. To our Handshake EDU partners, if you want to learn more about how your highly skilled, highly educated students can do this work, happy to chat. Read more here: https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.pbit.ly/4f5JfPd #students #graduatestudents #universities #AI

Meet Aayush, our software engineering intern who's proving that the best days mix deep learning with serious fun. His day is filled with morning code sessions, an eye-opening AI fellowship talk at Notable Capital (where he learned that in fintech, trust beats tech every time), then biking through Crissy Field with the Golden Gate Bridge stealing the show. The day's finale? The Fort Mason night market with fellow interns, swapping stories over street food and realizing that sometimes the conversations happening outside the office are just as valuable as the ones inside. When talented interns are given real opportunities in a city like this, magic seems to happen both in and out of the office.

AI can’t reach its full potential without real human expertise behind it. That’s why we created Handshake AI: to connect our network of PhDs, grad students, and subject matter experts with roles that help train the next generation of AI tools. In just six months, more than 1,000 experts have worked with AI labs through our MOVE Fellowship—earning up to $160/hour to challenge and strengthen AI reasoning in fields like chemistry, music theory, and finance. The next generation of technology should be built WITH the next generation of talent. Thank you Bloomberg for sharing our story: http://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.pbit.ly/4f5JfPd 

🎧🍌 New podcast out today with Garrett Lord, Co-founder and CEO of Handshake Handshake came out of nowhere this year to be a serious player in the AI data labeling race. Garrett talks through how they built a Seal Team Six to help the frontier labs, plus the early days of building Handshake's $250m+ revenue business, driving across the US to land customers, sleeping in McDonald's parking lots, and crashing on couches for seven months raising their first round. Thanks to Ramp for supporting this episode, and to Jeff Richards, James Alcorn, Ilir Sela, and Ben Christensen for helping brainstorm topics for Garrett. Link to full episode in the comments!

The next gains in AI are from domain experts, people like Guga Gogia who have spent months refining and furthering AI models.

From day one, Handshake has been about connecting students to opportunity. Now, we’re building on that mission with Handshake AI—equipping the next generation to lead in a world shaped by AI. Our CEO, Garrett Lord, sat down with Mamoon Hamid and Joubin Mirzadegan on the Kleiner Perkins Grit Podcast to talk about where we started, and where we’re headed.

We’re upskilling and training the future workforce of the AI economy. Our Handshake AI Model Validation Expert (MOVE) fellowship and credentialing program is just the beginning. MOVE is a trusted research community of MAs, PhDs, and post-docs across all fields who are interested in challenging and improving the validity of future models while bringing their expertise to AI development. Our specialty courses on prompt writing and model validation techniques provide students and experts with new AI skills—and earn Credly by Pearson credentials in the process.  Learn more about the MOVE fellowship: https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/gPmtb2ag

Your brand is more than a logo, it’s the stories people remember. Now on Handshake, spotlight your best brand content where it matters most. Whether it’s a Day in the life moment, an intern story, or a message from your CEO, you decide what gets the spotlight to reflect your values, culture, and career opportunities.    🎯 Highlight the content that matters most to your company 🌟 Make your values and culture impossible to miss 🤝 More connection with the talent you want to hire We’re building tools that help employers shape a brand that’s not just seen—but felt—across every touchpoint. And we’re just getting started. Interested in building the future of Gen Z employer branding? Come join us  👉 https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/eyeG3VRT

When you build a platform that helps millions launch careers, the rise of AI isn’t a threat, but an opportunity. For Garrett Lord, co-founder of Handshake, it’s a chance to open even more doors. He joins Joubin Mirzadegan and Mamoon Hamid to explore how Handshake was built to give every student an equal shot, and how they’re now using AI to better match talent with opportunity at scale.

Handshake AI is hiring across engineering, product, operations, and support. Help us build the future workforce of the AI economy 🚀 Apply now ➡️ https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/eyeG3VRT.