Handshake

3 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Feb 2, 2018 by Andy Pflaum · said 33 times in 12 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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brought up most by Harry Stebbings (17), Glen Coates (11), Andy Pflaum (1)

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2026 5 mentions in 4 episodes 1 per episode

Arena CEO: There Will be a $100BN US Open-Source Model & Data is a Trillion Dollar Market Aug 2, 2026 · 2 mentions · from 43:29
Anthropic's $30T Assumption & OpenAI Confirms IPO | Why Customer Service & Robotics are Overinflated Aug 27, 2026 · 1 mention · from 21:21
Mercor CEO: Why Application Layer Companies Have No Moat & The Cost of Hiring AI Researchers · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Jun 1, 2026 · 1 mention · from 8:25
OpenAI Buys TBPN & Their Management Team Reboot | Mercor Hack & Why Now is the Time for Cyber · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Apr 9, 2026 · 1 mention · from 1:15:57
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2025 13 mentions in 5 episodes 3 per episode

Chime IPO: Are IPOs Hotter Than Ever? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Jun 19, 2025 · 8 mentions · from 0:48
Figma’s IPO: The Full Breakdown & Why Melio’s $2.5BN Acquisition is “Discouraging” · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Jul 3, 2025 · 2 mentions · from 1:01:13
Cerebras CEO, Andrew Feldman on Why Raise $1BN and Delay the IPO & Why NVIDIA’s Worried About Growth · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Oct 6, 2025 · 1 mention · from 1:10:42
Mercor CEO & Co-Founder, Brendan Foody: How They Grew from $1M to $500M in 17 Months · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Sep 15, 2025 · 1 mention · from 12:23
Surge CEO & Co-Founder, Edwin Chen: Scaling to $1BN+ in Revenue with NO Funding · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Jul 21, 2025 · 1 mention · from 36:01
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2023 12 mentions in 1 episode

Glen Coates: Why Shopify Will Dominate Amazon; How Microsoft Made Smartest Move of 2023 | E986 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Mar 8, 2023 · 12 mentions · from 1:51
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2022 2 mentions in 1 episode

20VC: The Memo: What is a Sales Playbook? Does the Founder Need to Create It? Should the First Sales Hire Be a Leader or a Rep? Jul 27, 2022 · 2 mentions · from 1:18
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2018 1 mention in 1 episode

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Everything said about Handshake, oldest first

Feb 2, 2018 positive

Disclosure

Astro sourced its last two hires via Hired.com and Handshake

“Hiring services like hired.com and handshake. Our last two hires each came from those two services that previously we would have had to work through recruiter under a different and more expensive paid model.”

Andy Pflaum Feb 2, 2018 ▶ 14:10 20VC: The Biggest Growth Opportunities for Young People in Tech Today, Why Distributed Workforces Are The Secret To Beating Incumbents & Why It Has Never Been Easier To Operate A Company Than Today with Andy Pflaum, Founder & CEO @ Astro

Jun 1, 2026 negative

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Foody: Handshake did not gain revenue from Meta shifting spend from Mercor

“That's not true.”

Brendan Foody Jun 1, 2026 ▶ 8:33 Mercor CEO: Why Application Layer Companies Have No Moat & The Cost of Hiring AI Researchers · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

Aug 2, 2026 bullish

Assertion Supported

Stebbings: AI data providers Handshake, Mercor, and Surge each surpass $1B revenue

“There's so many providers at a billion dollars plus in revenue. Handshake's over a billion. McCaw's over a billion. Serge is over a billion.”

Harry Stebbings Aug 2, 2026 ▶ 43:26 Arena CEO: There Will be a $100BN US Open-Source Model & Data is a Trillion Dollar Market

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