Mercor — Startup Profile
Organizing human intelligence to power the AI economy
HQ: San Francisco, CA | Founded: 2023 | Employees: Not publicly disclosed | Stage: Growth-stage, venture-backed | Website: https://www.mercor.com
About
Mercor began as an AI recruiting product and expanded into sourcing, evaluating, and coordinating human expertise for advanced AI research, benchmarks, and agent training.
The Take
Mercor is repositioning recruiting systems as an system for supplying data and experts to AI companies. Its advantage is a network connecting both sides of a market and day-to-day ability to source specialized experts quickly.
Its challenge is maintaining quality, worker trust, and lasting advantage as advanced AI labs build more internal data programs.
Key Metrics
- Founded: 2023
- Founders: Brendan Foody; Adarsh Hiremath; Surya Midha
- Latest reported round: $350M Series C
- Latest reported valuation: $10B
Funding Rounds
- Round: $350M (2025-10) — Felicis
- Round: $100M (2025-02) — Not fully disclosed in cited source
Key People
- Co-founder (name unconfirmed)
- Co-founder (name unconfirmed)
- Co-founder (name unconfirmed)
Key Competitors
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Timeline Highlights
- 2026-04: Bloomberg Profile Coverage
- 2025-10: Series C — $350M at $10B valuation
- 2025-09: $450M Run-Rate Reported
- 2025-02: Series B — $100M at $2B valuation
- 2023: Company Founded
Recent News
- Mercor, the $10B AI Startup, Recruiting White-Collar Workers to Train AI (2026-04-29)
- Mercor Quintuples Valuation to $10B with $350M Series C (2025-10-27)
- AI Training Startup Mercor Eyes $10B Valuation on $450M Run-Rate (2025-09-09)
- Mercor, Founded by 21-Year-Old Thiel Fellows, Raises $100M at $2B Valuation (2025-02-20)
- AI Company Hiring on LinkedIn Wants to Train Your Replacement at Work (2026-04-16)
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