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The Expert Network Behind Handshake AI’s Model Training w/ Garrett Lord & Mamoon Hamid
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Guests: Garrett Lord, co-founder and CEO of Handshake; and Mamoon Hamid, partner at Kleiner Perkins. Handshake set out to democratize career opportunity. In the process, it unlocked something more: a high-trust expert network built on verified talent and earned trust. This week on Grit , Garrett… More on the show's page
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Meta Taps Nat Friedman & Daniel Gross for AI Push, Starship Rocket Explodes | Mike Knoop, David Cahn, Walden Yan, Eoghan McCabe, Jeff Weinstein, Garrett Lord, Tanay Tandon
WithDavid CahnGarrett LordJeff WeinsteinNat Friedman
MentionsEoghan McCabeCoatueSequoia Capital
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(04:10) - Meta Eyes Nat Friedman & Daniel Gross for AI Push (37:47) - Lakers Sold to Mark Walter (43:39) - Surge Hits $1B+ in Capital Without Outside Revenue (56:20) - Mike Knoop, co-founder of Zapier and CEO of Ndea, discusses the evolving landscape of AI reasoning models, highlighting… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageCo-Founder & CEO Handshake, Garrett Lord: The Billion-Dollar Question That Changed College Recruiting
WithGarrett Lord
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Handshake CEO and co-founder Garrett Lord was amazed when he first learned that Silicon Valley firms like Google recruited on college campuses ... just not his, Michigan Technical University. But after excelling in the competitive Palantir internship program, he started asking himself, “How come… More on the show's page
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The Grittiest Conversations of 2025: AI, Business & Beyond
MentionsAidan GomezBen ChestnutDavid RubensteinEvan SpiegelGarrett LordYamini Rangan
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In this recap episode, we highlight the best moments from our 2025 interviews and reflect on the ideas that defined the year. Featuring: David Rubenstein (co-founder of Carlyle) Yamini Rangan (CEO of HubSpot) Ben Chestnut (co-founder of Mailchimp) Winston Weinberg (co-founder and CEO of… More on the show's page
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Sleeping in Parking Lots to $250M+ Revenue: How Handshake Built Gen Z's Career Platform, Inside its Fast Growing AI Data Labeling Business, Scaling a Three-Sided Marketplace, How AI Changes Hiring
MentionsGarrett LordIlir SelaJames Alcorn
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Garrett Lord is the Co-founder and CEO of Handshake, the career and social network for Gen Z, connecting a million employers, 1,600 universities, and 18 million students and alumni. We talk through the explosive growth in Handshake’s human AI data labeling business, how AI is changing the job… More on the show's page
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