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Kleiner Perkins hosts a conversation with Garrett Lord, Handshake’s CEO and co-founder, and Mamoon Hamid about how Handshake’s verified specialist network evolved from a student career platform into infrastructure for training and evaluating AI systems. Lord recounts the company’s origins, scaling to millions of users, and a COVID-era pivot that led to positioning verified domain experts as a long-term strategic asset.
The discussion focuses on how owning a high-trust roster of verified talent lets Handshake work directly with labs and customers to produce expert-labeled data and model feedback, reducing reliance on intermediaries. Practical topics include approaches to sourcing and structuring expert contributions, operational scaling, and how that capability shapes Handshake’s hiring and business strategy.
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