Updated 8 Nov 2026
Handshake AI valuation: $3.5B (Jan 2022).
Handshake AI's newest valuation on record is $3.5B (Series F), up to 2.3 times in 8 months from over $1.5B (May 2021, Series E). It is #5 of the 16 AI data companies with a valuation on record.
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Handshake AI's valuation over time
Every completed valuation on record, newest first, each bar linked to the record and the article it comes from.
- Jan 2022, Series F$3.5B
- May 2021, Series Eover $1.5B
Where it stands
The AI data companies nearest Handshake AI by newest valuation on record.
| # | Company | Valuation | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Mercor | $10B | Oct 2025 |
| 4 | micro1 | $4B | Oct 2026 |
| 5 | Handshake AI | $3.5B | Jan 2022 |
| 6 | Snorkel AI | $3.5B | Sep 2026 |
| 7 | AfterQuery | $3.2B | Sep 2026 |
Handshake AI's revenue over time. Handshake AI and all its competitors, ranked. Head to head: Mercor vs Handshake AI, micro1 vs Handshake AI, Snorkel AI vs Handshake AI.
Handshake AI's funding rounds
Every disclosed round, investment and valuation on record, newest first.
- 19 Jan 2022Series F, $200M, at a valuation of $3.5B
- 12 May 2021Series E, $80M, at a valuation of over $1.5B
- 20 Oct 2020Series D, $80M
- 31 Oct 2018Series C, $40M
- 17 Nov 2016Series B, $20M
- 3 Feb 2016Series A, $10.5M
The questions people ask
- What is Handshake AI's valuation?
- $3.5B, its newest valuation on record (Jan 2022, Series F). Handshake AI is #5 of the 16 AI data companies with a valuation on record.
- How has Handshake AI's valuation changed over time?
- Up to 2.3 times in 8 months: over $1.5B (May 2021, Series E), then $3.5B (Jan 2022, Series F).
- How much money has Handshake AI raised?
- $431M in disclosed rounds and investments on record.
- Which AI data companies are valued highest?
- By newest valuation on record: #1 Scale AI at $29B (Jun 2025), #2 Applied Intuition at $15B (Jun 2025), #3 Mercor at $10B (Oct 2025). Handshake AI is #5.
- Where the figures come from.
- Each valuation is a record: what Handshake AI or its investors announced, or what a named outlet reported, with the page it was read on. A valuation a company was only in talks to raise at is not its valuation here, and an estimate site's figure is never a record.
- Valuation and revenue.
- A valuation is what investors paid per share times all the shares, often with terms that favour the newest investors; set against revenue it shows what the market pays for each dollar of it, not what the company would sell for.
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