Taro (YC S22)

Big news 🎉 Taro is getting acquired by Handshake AI to accelerate coding capabilities at AI labs. We just launched a dedicated program to have 10k software engineers contribute to frontier model development.

If you’re a software engineer in the U.S. or Canada and want to work on real AI systems while building high-signal, in-demand skills, apply here: joinhandshake.com/ai/mkt/swe?utm… Let’s build what’s next.

To celebrate this launch, we’re seeking 10,000 software engineers to work on exciting part-time AI training projects. The first 500 engineers accepted into the SWE Talent Network receive a $150 onboarding incentive.

Big news: Taro is joining @joinHandshake AI 🎉 For the past 4 years, we’ve been singularly focused on helping software engineers achieve career growth. As AI reshapes the role of engineers in fundamental ways, the trend is clear: adapt with AI or get left behind.

Huge moment for Handshake AI. Excited to welcome @rpandey1234 , @AlexChiou , and the @join_taro (YC S22) community to Handshake AI. 175,000+ engineers across 300+ top tech companies. That's the kind of community you want building the future of AI. We’re launching the Software Engineer Talent Network - connecting vetted engineers directly to leading labs for paid, flexible work on model eval, code generation, and alignment. Looking for 10,000+ engineers. First 500 accepted get a $150 onboarding bonus. Apply: joinhandshake.com/ai/mkt/swe

Grateful to @rpandey1234 , @AlexChiou , and @join_taro for the opportunity to share these ideas. 🙏 If you’d like the deeper dive — including delegation, skip-levels, and stakeholder systems — here’s the full talk (~54 min): youtube.com/watch?v=u0Tbfx…

Taro (@join_taro) is launching the first recruiting network where engineers get paid to get hired. 1000s of engineers find top jobs through Taro. Now, when they get hired, they receive an additional hiring bonus. Congrats on the launch, @rpandey1234 & @AlexChiou! joinTaro.com/get-a-job

@ycombinator @join_taro @rpandey1234 @AlexChiou Awesome launch! Engineers now get paid to get hired—congrats @rpandey1234 & @AlexChiou!

Today, we’re launching the first and only recruiting network that pays you to get hired. Unlock your hiring bonus now: joinTaro.com/get-a-job

The AI Frontier: Get Paid To Build Smarter LLMs A live conversation with the cofounder + CTO of @mercor_ai jointaro.com/event/the-ai-f…

Hiring 39 Senior SWEs in the next week to work with AI researchers from top labs. Part-time, remote-friendly work 🙋 $100-$200/hour, candidates should have expertise in Python, JS, Rust, Go, and C#, and 3+ YoE The entire interview process takes ~1 hour: work.mercor.com/jobs/list_AAAB…

@leinadpark @soham_btw @cheating_daddy sounds...somewhat familiar all these OSS guys need to chat with @jamespearce and watch his course on open source software on @join_taro (yes they're YC too) cc: @garrytan

How do Software Engineers use LLMs to write, debug, test, and document code? Which LLM performs best? Take the 3-minute survey, and we'll share the anonymized results later 📈forms.gle/xC1TCSUqTDTKEr…

Applies to getting anything done. Cant agree more on bullet point #3. @rpandey1234

Side Project Accountability Hours (June 21): jointaro.com/event/side-pro…

OpenAI valuation: $300B 📈 OpenAI revenue: $10B ARR 💰 They are hiring a lot. These roles all pay $210K - $405K salary, plus equity: - SWE, Full Stack: work.mercor.com/jobs/list_AAAB… - SWE, Infrastructure: work.mercor.com/jobs/list_AAAB… - SWE, Backend: work.mercor.com/jobs/list_AAAB…

Hiring 65 Software Engineers in the next 2 days for flexible, hourly contract work available for Software Engineers: Python experience: $45-$58/hour: work.mercor.com/jobs/list_AAAB… The only interview for this role is a discussion with an AI 😊

Master the Art of Receiving Quality Feedback, from an ex-Meta Research Scientist When you learn to process feedback effectively, you develop a professional superpower that leaders find hard to ignore. jointaro.com/event/master-t…