Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth

Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth

Inside the expert network training every frontier AI model | Garrett Lord (Handshake CEO)

Aug 24, 2025 · 1h 9m

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✨ AI Summary

Garrett Lord reveals Handshake's role in training AI models.
Handshake sits on a vast network of academic experts.
This network generated $50 million in revenue in four months.

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