# Bad Influence story: Handshake AI details its finance, biology and coding training environments for frontier models

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-09 12:15. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/f091abd4-8fe2-4929-8898-604eca322610

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Latest update (11-09 12:15): Handshake AI shows how its finance, bio and coding training environments test frontier models

Overview: In a Latent Space deep dive, Handshake AI demonstrates its finance, life sciences and coding evaluation environments for testing frontier models. The demos include a simulated bank task in which an agent carries a goodwill figure into Python and subtracts it, and the VIALS benchmark, which asks models to interpret scientific images such as gel bands and brain-tissue slides.

Garrett Lord and the Handshake team say the business grew to $1 billion in gross annualized revenue roughly a year after launch. The source reports these figures without independent verification.

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1. 11-09 12:15 · Latent Space · [Handshake AI shows how its finance, bio and coding training environments test frontier models](https://badinfluence.news/items/st0bi6s1t4682cv0tdud65pia)
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