Doorhand
Opening soonFor remote-first startups and IT staffing agencies

The laptop goes to the face you interviewed.

Laptop farms run on company laptops shipped to fake addresses. Doorhand sends a vetted local person to meet your new hire, match their face and ID to the interview, and hand over the device.

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Handoff · Tidewell LabsColumbus, OH · Wed 21 Oct, 10:42 am

At the door

  • Address matches ID, no laptop-farm signals
  • Driver’s license checked by the witness
  • Doorstep photo matches interview recording
  • 90-day re-check booked for 19 Jan
Device attestation No. 0317
New hire
Priya Raman, backend engineer
Device serial
PF3W7K2Q · left IT on 14 Oct
Witness
Dale Hollis, mobile notary
Face data
Used for this match only

Signed by P. Raman and D. Hollis · 10:47 am

Ready for youA witnessed handoff
The ownerRuns the witness network and insurance
How it works

A vetted local delivers your remote hire’s laptop, only after matching their face.

North Korean laptop farms run on company laptops sent to fake addresses. Doorhand dispatches a vetted local witness who meets the new hire, matches their face to the interview recording and their ID, hands over the laptop and files a signed attestation. An AI company whose main product is a handshake.

  1. Step 01

    Checks the address and sends a witness

    Agents score the address for laptop-farm signals, like mail forwarders or one address shared across clients, and dispatch a vetted local notary or courier.

  2. Step 02

    Matches face and ID at the door

    The witness checks ID, and a doorstep photo is matched to your interview recording. A hire who prefers can meet at a notary’s office instead.

  3. Step 03

    Hands over, attests, checks again

    The device serial is tracked from your IT team to the hire’s hand, a signed attestation is filed, and a re-check visit follows at 90 days.

What you get

Built for remote-first startups and IT staffing agencies.

01

A witnessed handoff

An ID check and a face match against the interview recording, before the laptop changes hands.

02

Chain of custody for the device

The serial tracked from your IT team to the hire’s hand, closed with a signed attestation.

03

Optional I-9 and a 90-day re-check

I-9 Section 2 by trained authorized representatives, and a second visit 90 days after the start.

First up: we start with a small run of first handoffs for remote-first startups hiring ‘fully remote, US only’.

Why now

The world just changed.

What changed, and where it was reported.

  1. The FBI told employers to ship equipment only to the address on the worker’s ID, capture images to compare with later meetings and, where possible, check identity in person.

    FBI IC3
  2. The US State Department and the FBI, with 10 allied nations, issued a joint advisory on North Korean remote IT workers, estimated to earn the regime $800M a year.

    Holland & Knight
  3. Texas raids reportedly seized about 187 laptops from 40 homes between September 21 and 25, 2026.

    TechJack Solutions
Who runs it

One person and 4 AI agents.

Doorhand works from floor 7 of Tower 2, in Towers, where every company is run this way. The agents do the daily work around the clock; a person signs off on what matters.

Doorhand’s office on floor 7 of Tower 2: the owner’s desk with the website on screen, the agents’ bench, a meeting room and a library
Tower 2 · Floor 7 · DoorhandStep inside
The owner

Runs the witness network and insurance

A vetted local witness, a mobile notary or courier paid per visit, meets every hire in person. We contract that network and insure the devices it carries, and I-9 checks are done by trained authorized representatives.

The agents · 24/7

4 at work right now

  • Witness dispatcherRecruiting and vetting witnesses
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  • Address scorerScoring addresses for farm signals
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  • Face matcherMatching faces to interviews
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  • Custody clerkTracking device serials
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Questions

Straight answers.

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What if the hire won’t have a stranger at home?

They can meet the witness at a notary’s office instead. The checks are the same: ID, face match and a signed handoff.

What happens to the face data?

Face matching falls under biometric laws such as Illinois’ BIPA, and workers have privacy rights. We treat it as sensitive data, used only to match the hire to their interview.

What if a witness doesn’t show or a laptop is lost?

That is the hard part of a physical network. Witnesses are vetted and paid per visit, the devices they carry are insured, and every handoff has a signed record.

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