Handshake AI: data licensing terms
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Handshake AI is listed as an AI data company in the established tier. It publishes a range of $100K to $4M+ (published by the company, not an offer). Minimum size: 20+ full-time employees and 3+ years in operation. It publishes no seller fee.
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The record
- Type
- AI data company
- Tier
- Established. Stryder Corp. d/b/a Handshake named in Handshake AI terms; co-founder and CEO Garrett Lord named on joinhandshake.com; domain registered 2014-02-16; program announced 2026-04-23. No completed company data deals published for this program.
- Legal entity
- Stryder Corp. d/b/a Handshake
- Domain first registered
- 2014-02-16
- Payout model
- Not published
- Published range
- $100K to $4M+ (published by the company, not verified by us)
- Seller fee
- Not published
- Minimum size
- 20+ full-time employees and 3+ years in operation
- Data types
- Email (Gmail, Outlook), Slack, Files (Google Drive, Dropbox), Work tools (Notion, Monday.com), Finance and payroll (NetSuite, QuickBooks, Paychex), Design and engineering files (AutoCAD, Figma), Field service records (ServiceTitan)
- Geography
- Not published
- Ingestion
- Not published
- End buyers named
- Not published
- Referral program
- $10K per referred company, paid when the deal closes; processing starts once the referred company is completed and accepted and can take up to 30 days. Only the first introducer qualifies.
- Pays us
- None
- Notes
- Handshake states it purchases data directly from companies and uses it to build environments for AI model training, and that it partners with all of the leading frontier AI labs without naming them. Payment terms are tied to defined delivery milestones. Transfer options listed: remote, in-person and physical. The site's "$250M Paid out to partners" figure is self-reported and not broken out by program.
- Last checked
Sources
- 1.
“We purchase data directly from companies”
https://joinhandshake.com/blog/our-team/handshake-ai-employer-data-program/ Accessed .
- 2.
“Qualified partnerships typically range from $100K to $4M depending on the data”
https://joinhandshake.com/blog/our-team/handshake-ai-employer-data-program/ Accessed .
- 3.
“Earn $100K to $4M+”
- 4.
“Handshake connects millions of people with jobs. Now we’re expanding that work by connecting businesses with AI labs to help shape how AI understands real-world work.”
- 5.
“We partner with all of the leading frontier AI labs developing the next generation of models.”
- 6.
“Licensed data is used to train and evaluate private AI models.”
- 7.
“Payment terms are negotiated as part of your agreement and tied to defined delivery milestones.”
- 8.
“We offer remote, in-person, and physical transfer options and help determine the best approach based on where your data is stored and what you’ve agreed to share.”
- 9.
“Once the referred company has been completed and accepted, we’ll begin processing your $10K referral payment. Processing can take up to 30 days.”
- 10.
“We’re looking for companies with 20+ full time employees & 3+ years in operation”
https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/license/ Accessed .
- 11.
“Examples of sources we buy AutoCAD Dropbox Figma Gmail Google Drive Outlook Monday.com NetSuite Notion Paychex Quickbooks ServiceTitan Slack +1K more”
https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/license/ Accessed .
- 12.
“Your $10K bonus is paid when their deal closes”
https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/referral/ Accessed .
- 13.
“These Terms of Service apply to your use of the Services offered by Stryder Corp. d/b/a Handshake”
- 14.
“Garrett Lord Co-Founder & CEO”
https://joinhandshake.com/about/ Accessed .
- 15.
“{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2014-02-16T05:06:24Z"}”
https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/joinhandshake.com Accessed .
- 16.
“$250M Paid out to partners”
https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/license/ Accessed .
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