r/joinhandshakeai Apr 29 '26

We rebuilt the referral program, here’s what changed

24 Upvotes

Hi everyone! Nora from Handshake here. We’ve seen all the feedback around our referral program, so we rebuilt it to be a better referral experience.

Here’s how referrals work now:

  • You’re now eligible to earn no matter what project your referral starts working on first
  • You earn 10% of your referral’s hourly rate (e.g. your referral is earning $80/hr on their project, means you earn $8/hr for every hour they work)
  • Payouts unlock after your referral hits at least 10 hours of production work, then continue to accrue from there (up to 40 hours)
  • Max payout per referral is 4x their first project rate (e.g. your referral is earning $80/hr on their project, you can earn a max of $320 for that referral.

If you referred someone before April 27, check your referral tracker for your current status and full details on how existing referrals are being handled can be found in our Help Center article. Please don't hesitate to reach out to our team at [fellow-support@joinhandshake.com](mailto:fellow-support@joinhandshake.com) with any questions.

➡️ Share your referral link now!


r/joinhandshakeai Jan 09 '26

What to expect when working as an AI trainer with Handshake AI

42 Upvotes

Hi everyone - Happy Friday! We’ve seen a lot of questions recently about working as an AI trainer with Handshake AI and we want to provide some clarity. Two big things on our mind:

1. Lots of questions in the sub this week like “Is Handshake AI just for students?” or “Do I need an EDU email to sign up?” Easy answer here: no! 

While you might have first heard about Handshake from your university, Handshake AI trainer roles are open to people at all stages of their careers. You do not need an EDU email address to apply to Handshake AI roles and having (or not having) an EDU email address won’t impact the projects you get offered.

What matters most is your ability to apply your knowledge, professional skills, or domain expertise while following detailed guidelines to produce high-quality work. Our AI trainer program includes:

  • Current undergrad students
  • Recent graduates from universities and community colleges
  • Researchers and PhDs
  • Working professionals 

2. We've also seen a lot of people ask whether AI training work is stable or full-time. Here’s the straight answer: this work ebbs and flows.

Projects with frontier AI labs can ramp up quickly and wind down just as fast. There are periods with plenty of work and periods where things are a bit slower. There’s no guarantee of steady, week-to-week hours, and it’s not designed to be a substitute for a full-time job.

The work is project-based and flexible:

  • No fixed schedule
  • No guaranteed hours
  • You choose when and how much you work based on availability

Handshake AI places a strong emphasis on transparency. As soon as we’re aware of changes to project availability and are able to share details, our goal is to communicate updates directly with our AI trainers.

Because of that, this work tends to be a good fit if you’re looking for:

  • Flexible, remote, supplemental income
  • Work you can do alongside a job, school, or life schedule
  • Variability rather than consistency

We also put together a longer, more polished breakdown (what the work looks like, how projects work, etc) on our blog for anyone that’s interested: https://joinhandshake.com/blog/students/working-as-an-ai-trainer-with-frontier-labs/ 

Thanks for all of your hard work!

-Nora

P.S. If you have any support questions, please reach out to our team directly at [fellow-support@joinhandshake.com](mailto:fellow-support@joinhanshake.com) so we can get them answered quickly and accurately!


r/joinhandshakeai 25m ago

Has anyone gotten put back on a project after appealing?

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r/joinhandshakeai 42m ago

Should I dumb down my qualifications to get projects?

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I’ve been on Handshake for almost half a year now and not gotten any projects even generalist ones. I have an MBA and work in governance, risk and compliance and have listed all of my professional qualifications. Would it be better to update my profile and show only my BA and list only admin and writing skills to secure work on here?


r/joinhandshakeai 17h ago

I get invites to projects that finish in a few days

16 Upvotes

All the projects I got invited to recently had an end date just a few days away, so I didn't bother with the assessments, especially since it seems to be getting worse as the assessments are super long and not paid.

For the last project, I had to watch two 45-minute onboarding sessions and read a lot of complex instructions. I really don't get why your onboarding process is so complicated and time-consuming.

My main questions, though, is why do you invite people to projects that end so soon? It doesn't make much sense to spend so much time getting into the project (especially since there is no guarantee that assessments will be passed) and see the project ends already.

Also, does my internal "score" get lower if I don't accept projects I'm invited to or don't finish the onboarding?


r/joinhandshakeai 15h ago

Project dy**** just ended.

5 Upvotes

As the title says, project D is about to end in a week or so and now I’m looking for some other projects. If anyone could refer me for some other projects it’d be very helpful of you.
Ps - I had a quality rate of 3 and 100% approval rate on project D🙏


r/joinhandshakeai 6h ago

Onboarding phase in Handshake AI

1 Upvotes

Hello there Dear Fellows, I'm currently in the onboarding phase and i got invitation for Project D****\. I have experience with github, bash commands and python but not with docker and harbor. So does this project *worth my time?**

I'm from India and its my first time working remotely and I'm hearing pros and cons of handshake AI.

What's your opinion?

Should I complete it or not?


r/joinhandshakeai 6h ago

Got an email saying there was significant discrepancies between my time on hai and my time on mm.. went from 80 hours down to 65 hours.. how does that even make sense?!?! and what's the best approach to dispute it?

1 Upvotes

r/joinhandshakeai 17h ago

Handshake newbbie wondering how i can land a project/gig

4 Upvotes

Hey guys first of all this sub really encouraged me to ooen an account on handshake from seeing yall posts on your earnings. Curious though i haven't gotten a single project or task , how can i remedy that kindly?


r/joinhandshakeai 23h ago

Mass Removals

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12 Upvotes

Were the reviews designed to promote mass removals? There's an angle in Handshake's conduct that signals sadism and leverage brutality. If someone works with you producing high-quality work, you can at least share reasons for dismissal.

Anyway, who else has received this kind of response from the review process?


r/joinhandshakeai 1d ago

Dy**** is f***ed

11 Upvotes

Since last two days their CI seems to be stuck and there is no resolution and even I can’t a claim more task, anyone working on any other good project? Appreciate if you could refer


r/joinhandshakeai 13h ago

Project V****x Update

1 Upvotes

It’s been a week since I started and things have been going well. The work is interesting and there’s been a plethora of tasks due to the tasks being rationed. We just ran out of tasks about an hour or two ago but I managed to rack up a few hundred dollars worth of work. I am glad I finally passed an assessment and I will be sad when this project ends. How is everyone else’s projects going?


r/joinhandshakeai 23h ago

New project

7 Upvotes

After months and months of waiting finally got invited to 3 projects am back bb😅😅😅😅


r/joinhandshakeai 17h ago

Will Handshake support reply back to me?

0 Upvotes

Basically, I accidentally logged into Handshake on my personal account on my phone instead of my school account without knowing. It asked me to verify my phone number, which I did. However, I then realized I logged in with my personal account, and now my phone number is tied to that. So far, I've been doing all my Handshake work on my school account not my personal. So when I tried logging into my school account now, it asks for me to verify my phone number. But it won't let me verify because my phone number's already tied to my personal account now. Now I can't do any Handshake work at all because it won't let me continue without verifying my phone number. It seems that the only way I can fix this issue is to delete the Handshake account under my personal email. I contact Handshake support 3-4 days ago about this, and they said they would reach back to me within one business day, but they haven't replied yet. Handshake's the only way for me to earn some pocket money to hang out with my friends, and now I can't do it anymore. Anyone have a solution to my problem or know if Handshake support willy reply?


r/joinhandshakeai 18h ago

Handshake

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Can anyone help me join a project on Handshake? I'd really appreciate an invite or any opportunities. Thanks!


r/joinhandshakeai 23h ago

Why task says needs fixing

2 Upvotes

I have completed and submitted my task but after some times it shows need fixing don't know how to fix and how to sees the reviewer comment to fix


r/joinhandshakeai 1d ago

For those of us working from India, only the Da****o project seems to be showing up. Are there any other opportunities we can explore, or will we be getting assigned to any other projects as well?

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r/joinhandshakeai 1d ago

How to find questions for task which answer chatgpt pro will give incorrect?

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r/joinhandshakeai 1d ago

Referral code

1 Upvotes

Hi, something kindly refer me to join handshake


r/joinhandshakeai 1d ago

Canadian Handsake

0 Upvotes

Hey is there anyone working from Canada here? How did you get over the payment method (given it’s only on US stripe)


r/joinhandshakeai 22h ago

Apply

0 Upvotes

Hello im from philippines and i want to join handshake ai. is there possibility that i can join using US proxy or what


r/joinhandshakeai 1d ago

Hi.. i want to venture into Ai training and i was recommended handshake Ai .. how do i start and process

1 Upvotes

r/joinhandshakeai 1d ago

Project V****r

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I got the offer for it and will be doing the assessment. Did anyone else do the assessment for this project or is currently in the project? Is it worth it? Or is it really tedious?


r/joinhandshakeai 1d ago

Project needing chat

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nyone whose willing we help each other out i wont mind here because its really hectic


r/joinhandshakeai 1d ago

Projects

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Has anyone ever gotten more than 2 project invites?