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Handshake

Handshake supplies frontier AI developers with expert-created training and evaluation data, reinforcement-learning environments, and licensed, de-identified operational records from real companies.

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What they do

Data handling and security

Where it runs

Checked Sep 29, 2026
Vendor-hosted
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In some cases, we host the human data expertise projects on the Handshake platform; in other cases, AI Labs may host their own environments for the same purpose.

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Data sources

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Licensed real-world data, Expert or contractor-created
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Licensed real-world data
We purchase data directly from employers—data that reflects how real organizations actually operate.
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Expert or contractor-created
The experts train large language models using their academic expertise—developing domain-specific prompts, assessing responses, and judging output quality across disciplines from law and finance to virology and music theory.
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Confidentiality practices

Checked Sep 29, 2026
Company data is de-identified and handled under contract; access is limited to authorized teams, and datasets are delivered to labs under confidentiality without identifying partner companies. Handshake also states that employees are screened, sign confidentiality agreements, and receive least-privilege access.
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