Updated 8 Nov 2026
Handshake AI competitors in 2026, ranked by revenue.
The largest companies that sell what Handshake AI sells, by the money on record: Mercor ($2B, run rate, Jun 2026), Surge AI ($1.2B, FY2024), micro1 ($1B, run rate, Oct 2026), Scale AI ($870M, FY2024) and Prolific ($500M, run rate, May 2026). Handshake AI itself is #3 of 57, on $1B (run rate, Aug 2026).
133 companies on our register sell at least two of what Handshake AI sells (RL environments, evaluations and benchmarks, expert and human data and annotation), read on their own pages. 56 have revenue, a valuation or funding on record and are ranked below with Handshake AI, every figure linked to the filing or article it comes from.
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Handshake AI, head to head
The comparisons people search, each side by side on revenue, valuation, funding and what each sells.
Handshake AI and its 56 ranked competitors
2 of them rank above Handshake AI. Each company is ranked on the first of these it has on record: its revenue over twelve months (a run rate or a year as published, or its last four quarters added up; an AI segment where the rest of its business is not AI data), then its newest valuation, then the money it disclosed raising. No company pays for a place.
| # | Company | Ranked on | Measure | Valuation | Sells | Pays companies for data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercor | $2B | Revenue, run rate, Jun 2026 | $10B | RL environments, Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks | Through our introductions |
| 2 | Surge AI | $1.2B | Revenue, FY2024 | RL environments, Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks | ||
| 3 | Handshake AI | $1B | Revenue, run rate, Aug 2026 | $3.5B | RL environments, Evaluations and benchmarks, Expert and human data, Annotation | Through our introductions |
| 4 | micro1 | $1B | Revenue, run rate, Oct 2026 | $4B | RL environments, Evaluations and benchmarks, Expert and human data, Datasets | Through our introductions |
| 5 | Scale AI | $870M | Revenue, FY2024 | $29B | Labeling software, RL environments, Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation, Simulation | Through our introductions |
| 6 | Prolific | $500M | Revenue, run rate, May 2026 | Evaluations and benchmarks, Expert and human data, Datasets, Annotation | ||
| 7 | Snorkel AI | $375M | Revenue, run rate, Sep 2026 | $3.5B | Datasets, RL environments, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | |
| 8 | Innodata | $350M | Revenue, 12 months to Sep 2026 | Labeling software, RL environments, Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | ||
| 9 | Turing | $300M | Revenue, run rate, Mar 2025 | $2.2B | RL environments, Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks | Through our introductions |
| 10 | TaskUs | $250M | Revenue, 12 months to Sep 2026 (AI Services) | Annotation, Expert and human data, Datasets | ||
| 11 | Appen | $249M | Revenue, 12 months to Jun 2026 | Labeling software, Datasets, Expert and human data, RL environments, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | Its own programme | |
| 12 | Invisible Technologies | $134M | Revenue, FY2024 | $2B | RL environments, Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | |
| 13 | AfterQuery | $100M | Revenue, run rate, Apr 2026 | $3.2B | RL environments, Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks | Through our introductions |
| 14 | Mecka | $100M | Revenue, run rate, Jun 2026 | $500M | Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks | |
| 15 | Toloka | $26.4M | Revenue, FY2024 | RL environments, Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | ||
| 16 | Eigent AI | $12M | Revenue, run rate, Oct 2026 | RL environments, Datasets, Evaluations and benchmarks | ||
| 17 | Applied Intuition | $15B | Valuation, 2025 | Simulation, RL environments, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | ||
| 18 | Labelbox | $1.3B | Valuation, 2026 | RL environments, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks | Its own programme | |
| 19 | Mechanize | $500M | Valuation, 2026 | RL environments, Evaluations and benchmarks, Datasets, Simulation | ||
| 20 | Kled | $100M | Valuation, 2025 | Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | Its own programme | |
| 21 | Lightwheel | $145M | Money raised, disclosed | Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation, Simulation | ||
| 22 | Encord | $90M | Money raised, disclosed | Labeling software, Annotation, Expert and human data, Datasets, Evaluations and benchmarks | ||
| 23 | Patronus AI | $70M | Money raised, disclosed | RL environments, Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Simulation | Through our introductions | |
| 24 | Sama | $70M | Money raised, disclosed | Expert and human data, Annotation, Evaluations and benchmarks | ||
| 25 | XDOF | $70M | Money raised, disclosed | Evaluations and benchmarks, Datasets, Annotation | ||
| 26 | CloudFactory | $65M | Money raised, disclosed | Datasets, Annotation, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks | ||
| 27 | Defined.ai | $62.3M | Money raised, disclosed | Datasets, Expert and human data, Annotation, Evaluations and benchmarks | Its own programme | |
| 28 | Centific | $60M | Money raised, disclosed | RL environments, Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | Its own programme | |
| 29 | David AI | $50M | Money raised, disclosed | Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks | ||
| 30 | SuperAnnotate | $49.5M | Money raised, disclosed | Labeling software, Expert and human data, RL environments, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation, Datasets | Its own programme | |
| 31 | Bespoke Labs | $40M | Money raised, disclosed | RL environments, Evaluations and benchmarks, Datasets, Simulation | ||
| 32 | Kili Technology | $32M | Money raised, disclosed | Labeling software, Annotation, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks | ||
| 33 | Luel | $31.2M | Money raised, disclosed | Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | ||
| 34 | Halluminate | $30M | Money raised, disclosed | RL environments, Evaluations and benchmarks | Its own programme | |
| 35 | Maxinsights | $30M | Money raised, disclosed | Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation, Simulation | ||
| 36 | Deccan AI | $25M | Money raised, disclosed | RL environments, Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | ||
| 37 | HumanSignal | $25M | Money raised, disclosed | Labeling software, Annotation, Evaluations and benchmarks | ||
| 38 | iMerit | $23.5M | Money raised, disclosed | Labeling software, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation, Datasets | ||
| 39 | HUD | $16M | Money raised, disclosed | RL environments, Evaluations and benchmarks | ||
| 40 | Sapien | $15.5M | Money raised, disclosed | Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | ||
| 41 | Datacurve | $15M | Money raised, disclosed | RL environments, Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | Its own programme | |
| 42 | Midcentury | $15M | Money raised, disclosed | Datasets, Expert and human data, Simulation, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | ||
| 43 | General Reasoning | $10.9M | Money raised, disclosed | RL environments, Evaluations and benchmarks | ||
| 44 | Chakra Labs | $10.1M | Money raised, disclosed | RL environments, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Datasets | ||
| 45 | Arga Labs | $10M | Money raised, disclosed | RL environments, Evaluations and benchmarks | ||
| 46 | BioStack Platforms | $9.5M | Money raised, disclosed | RL environments, Datasets, Evaluations and benchmarks, Simulation | ||
| 47 | Idler | $9M | Money raised, disclosed | RL environments, Datasets, Evaluations and benchmarks, Simulation | Its own programme | |
| 48 | Perle AI | $9M | Money raised, disclosed | Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | ||
| 49 | Veris AI | $8.5M | Money raised, disclosed | Evaluations and benchmarks, RL environments | ||
| 50 | Human Archive | $8.2M | Money raised, disclosed | Datasets, Expert and human data, Annotation | ||
| 51 | Runloop | $7M | Money raised, disclosed | Evaluations and benchmarks, Datasets, RL environments | ||
| 52 | VisionLab AI | $6M | Money raised, disclosed | Datasets, Annotation, Expert and human data | ||
| 53 | Latch | $5M | Money raised, disclosed | Evaluations and benchmarks, Datasets, Annotation | ||
| 54 | Macrodata Labs | $4M | Money raised, disclosed | Annotation, Evaluations and benchmarks | ||
| 55 | Good Start Labs | $3.6M | Money raised, disclosed | RL environments, Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | ||
| 56 | Poindexter Labs | $2.7M | Money raised, disclosed | Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | ||
| 57 | Quesma | $2M | Money raised, disclosed | RL environments, Evaluations and benchmarks |
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- Who is a competitor.
- A company whose own pages, read word for word, say it sells at least two of the things Handshake AI sells. Not our opinion of who competes, and nobody pays to be here.
- The place.
- Each company's place among these, renumbered from its place on the whole register's ranking (/best), by the same rule.
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- "Through our introductions": it takes companies' data through AIData.Broker's introductions and pays us a referral fee when one goes ahead. That never moves its place: the order is the money on record. "Its own programme": a published programme for buying data. "Says it buys data": its own words, linked.
The latest money moves
The newest rounds, valuations and revenue figures among Handshake AI and its competitors, each linked to its record.
- 5 Nov 2026Innodata reported $350M revenue (12 months to Sep 2026)
- 4 Nov 2026TaskUs reported $250M revenue (12 months to Sep 2026, AI Services)
- 22 Oct 2026Maxinsights raised $30M
- 22 Oct 2026BioStack Platforms raised $9.5M
- 14 Oct 2026Labelbox raised $100M at a $1.3B valuation
- 12 Oct 2026micro1 was valued at $4B valuation
- 12 Oct 2026micro1 reported $1B revenue (run rate, Oct 2026)
- 9 Oct 2026Eigent AI reported $12M revenue (run rate, Oct 2026)
The questions people ask
- Who are Handshake AI's competitors?
- 133 companies on our register sell at least two of what Handshake AI sells (RL environments, evaluations and benchmarks, expert and human data and annotation). The largest by the money on record: Mercor at $2B (run rate, Jun 2026), Surge AI at $1.2B (FY2024), micro1 at $1B (run rate, Oct 2026). Handshake AI is #3 of the 57 with money on record, on $1B (run rate, Aug 2026).
- Who is Handshake AI's biggest competitor?
- Mercor, by the money on record: $2B (run rate, Jun 2026), against Handshake AI's $1B (run rate, Aug 2026). Mercor sells RL environments, evaluations and benchmarks and expert and human data, as Handshake AI does.
- Which of Handshake AI's competitors buy data from companies?
- 24 of them take data from the companies that hold it, through a published programme or in their own words: Mercor, micro1, Scale AI, Turing, Appen, AfterQuery, Labelbox, Kled and others.
Where Handshake AI ranks
Its place on each list of the market it belongs to, by the same rule.