Handshake AI out-earned its parent company’s entire decade of revenue in just two years. The surprise? This came not from Handshake’s core career platform, but from an unexpected pivot to data annotation. Back in 2023, CEO Garret Lord realized their real asset was the deep expertise embedded within its vast network of 1,500+ universities and over a million employers. That same strength, he saw, could power something bigger: the data behind AI. 
Handshake AI out-earned its parent company’s entire decade of revenue in just two years. The surprise? This came not from Handshake’s core career platform, but from an unexpected pivot to data annotation. Back in 2023, CEO Garret Lord realized their real asset was the deep expertise embedded within its vast network of 1,500+ universities and over a million employers. That same strength, he saw, could power something bigger: the data behind AI.