SpeakUp AI's answer

SpeakUp is the first AI-powered, two-sided speaker booking marketplace. No speaker bureau or call-for-speakers tool offers AI matching — SpeakUp does, learning from real booking outcomes. What makes it unique:

• AI speaker matching — connects organizers, podcasters and journalists with verified speakers, podcast guests and expert sources in hours
• Native iOS + Android apps — bureaus and CFS tools have none
• Two-sided verified ratings — organizers and speakers rate each other
• 13 types of speaking gigs in one platform
• Zero commission — pure subscription, no cut of speaker fees
• Built-in Growth Marketplace — member discounts on PR, venues, production and coaching

Handler's answer:

Handler is built specifically for app marketers who want to find what is already working on TikTok. Instead of guessing content ideas, Handler helps teams discover outlier TikToks, understand winning patterns, and decide what to test next.

SpeakUp AI's answer

Speaker bureaus charge 10–30% commission and show a few hundred speakers. SpeakUp gives you 100,000+ verified speakers across 28+ countries and 9 languages with zero commission — the price you agree with the speaker is what you pay.

• vs Bureaus (eSpeakers, SpeakerHub, BigSpeak): they have no AI and no mobile app; SpeakUp has both
• vs Call-for-Speakers (Sessionize, Papercall): desktop-only, no discovery; SpeakUp adds AI matching + mobile
• vs LinkedIn / manual search: no pipeline or filters; SpeakUp ranks matches automatically

Faster (matches in 1 hours, not weeks 3), cheaper and broader - plus AI discovery inside ChatGPT and Claude via MCP.

Handler's answer:

Handler is focused on TikTok research for app growth, not generic social media management. It helps marketers move faster from “what should we post?” to clear creative direction based on real winning TikToks.

SpeakUp AI's answer

SpeakUp serves six audiences from one platform:

• Event organizers & conference planners — find keynote and panel speakers
• Podcasters — find podcast guests
• Journalists & media — find expert sources and opinions
• Speakers & experts — get booked, commission-free
• Service vendors — reach organizers via the Growth Marketplace
• Corporate L&D teams — source trainers and presenters

The core buyers are organizers, podcasters and journalists who need the right speaker fast, and speakers who want consistent worldwide opportunities.

Handler's answer:

Handler is made for app founders, growth marketers, mobile app teams, indie app builders, and agencies that use TikTok to grow consumer apps.

SpeakUp AI's answer

SpeakUp was founded in 2025 by Helen Kareva and Nick Zhuchkov to fix how the world finds speakers.

Booking a speaker used to mean paying bureaus 10–30% commission, waiting weeks, or doing endless manual search on LinkedIn. SpeakUp replaced that with an AI matching app: organizers post a request and get ranked, verified speakers in hours — no agencies, no commissions.

SpeakUp was featured on OSN's The Final Pitch: Dubai, where it became the only startup that season to secure a live investment agreement.

Handler's answer:

Handler was created because app teams spend too much time manually scrolling TikTok trying to understand what content works. We built it to make TikTok research faster, clearer, and more repeatable for app marketers.

Handler's answer:

Handler uses AI analysis, TikTok content research, video metadata extraction, creative pattern detection, and a web-based dashboard to help app marketers find and understand winning TikToks.

Handler's answer:

Handler is currently early, so we are not publishing customer names yet. The product is built for app founders, consumer app teams, growth marketers, and agencies working on TikTok-based app growth.