Working on Handshake AI
Handshake AI has no projects for you: why, and what to do
Handshake publishes no timeline. It reviews applications on a rolling basis, and timelines for project invitations vary because each project is different; some projects add evaluations, training exercises or portfolio reviews before selection. Handshake says not hearing back right away does not necessarily mean you were declined.
While you wait, the same kinds of work are open elsewhere today: sites like Handshake AI.
What to do
- Engage quickly once tasks open: availability changes fast, and fellows who stay inactive for long stretches while tasks are available may have project access reassigned.
- Apply to more than one platform: each one hires for its own projects. The sites like Handshake AI page lists the platforms hiring for the same kinds of work, with how many roles each has open today.
- See the Handshake AI roles open today: a role of its own you apply to is a way onto its projects.
What workers report
If Handshake decides you broke a rule (outside AI tools, inflated task times, working abroad, credential mismatches), it can remove you and refuse pay for that work. You can now appeal, but reviewers say appeals hide what was flagged.
- Workers say accounts or projects were ended over alleged rule breaks such as AI use (the latest in October 2026), with pay withheld and appeals that never showed what was flagged.
- Some finish sign-up, ID checks and unpaid training or assessments, then get no project.
- Business Insider reported on 4 March 2026 that five contractors on OpenAI projects had their Handshake accounts suspended without warning between late December and January, and four were not paid for completed work. Handshake cited credential discrepancies, task times far above benchmarks or working outside the US, and told one there was no appeal process.
Handshake AI no projects: questions
Where else can I find work while Handshake AI has no projects for me?
The sites like Handshake AI page lists the platforms hiring for the same kinds of work, with how many roles each has open today.
From our Handshake AI guide and review, researched 2026-11-08. Some links on AITraining.jobs are referral links. If you sign up through one, AITraining.jobs may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. It never changes what a platform pays you.