# How Handshake uses Daytona

**1K+** Docker images maintained across workloads

As published on [daytona.io](https://www.daytona.io/customers/handshake). Captured by usedby on 2026-10-27.

- Company: [Handshake](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/handshake.md)
- Tool: [Daytona](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/daytona.md)
- Industry: [EdTech & E-learning](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/industry/edtech-e-learning.md)
- Teams: Engineering, AI Strategy and Innovation

## The use case: how Handshake deploys Daytona

Handshake uses Daytona's sandbox infrastructure to run reinforcement learning environments for frontier AI labs, provisioning isolated sandboxes on demand for models to attempt expert-created tasks. Snapshots and SSH access let the team reproduce runs and inspect model trajectories.

Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Daytona and Handshake, not ours.

> By partnering with Daytona, Handshake launched and scaled its RLE platform without the overhead of managing sandbox infrastructure in-house.

> With Daytona, we can effortlessly scale to thousands of sandboxes, and each starts fast, regardless of the image complexity. Our experts see tasks running within seconds of submitting them, which is critical for us.
>
> Punit Arani, Senior Software Engineer at Handshake

Source: [daytona.io](https://www.daytona.io/customers/handshake), captured 2026-10-27.

## Other AI tools used by Handshake

- [Anyscale](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/anyscale.md) — Confirmed
- [Arize AI](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/arize-ai.md) — Confirmed
- [Writer](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/writer.md) — Confirmed
- [Cursor](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/cursor.md) — Observed
- [Figma](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/figma.md) — Signal
- [Nooks](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/nooks.md) — Signal

## Other companies using Daytona

- [AfterQuery](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/afterquery.md) — Confirmed
- [Asteroid](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/asteroid.md) — Confirmed
- [BenchFlow](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/benchflow.md) — Confirmed
- [Capy](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/capy.md) — Confirmed
- [Laude Institute](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/laude-institute.md) — Confirmed
- [Martian](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/martian.md) — Confirmed

## What usedby checked

We compared the story with its live page on 2026-10-27.

- Checked: the figure 1K+ is on the page; its label is our wording.
- Checked: the passage quoted above is copied word for word from the page, near the name of Handshake.
- Checked: Handshake uses Daytona. Confirmed line. Latest check across sources: 2026-10-27.
- Not checked: the result itself. We quote it; we did not measure it.

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