AI TRAINING BOOM LIFTS HANDSHAKE REVENUE NEARLY 1B
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Handshake, a 12-year-old job platform, has seen AI training revenue surge to nearly $1 billion annually, up from $550 million in January, as AI companies demand human contractors to grade model outputs.
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