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Mercor Stock (MERO)
Mercor is an AI-based hiring platform designed to improve the recruitment process for both job seekers and companies.
About Mercor Stock
Founded
2023
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, US
Total Funding
581M
Industries
Software, Data and Analytics, Professional Services
Mercor is an AI-powered talent platform that connects technology companies and AI labs with specialized domain experts for tasks such as foundational AI model training, data labeling, and reinforcement learning workflows. The company operates a global network of over 30,000 highly skilled professionals, including scientists, doctors, lawyers, and software engineers. The company states it utilizes an AI-powered vetting process to assess candidates from a global pool.
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Not a 'Zombie Company': Scale AI's CFO Says People 'Mischaracterize' Deal That Sparked Founder Joining Meta, Boasts Misunderstood Trajectory
benzinga • Nov 12, 2025
Move Over Zuckerberg: Three 22-Year-Olds Just Became The Youngest Self-Made Billionaires In History — Thanks To An AI Hiring Startup
benzinga • Nov 10, 2025
A profile of Mercor CEO Brendan Foody, who says Mercor is creating a new category of work; Mercor hit $500M ARR in September and pays contractors $1.5M daily (Rya Jetha/The San Francisco Standard)
techmeme • Nov 10, 2025
Kingspan maintains profit guidance as sales grow to €6.8bn
irishtimes • Nov 10, 2025
Dutch Startup 10x Emerges from Stealth with Ai Recruiter
techrseries • Nov 05, 2025
Mercor Management
Leadership team at Mercor
Co-founder and CEO
Brendan Foody
Co-founder and CTO
Adarsh Hiremath
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Mercor Key Facts
- Market position: Mercor raised a Series C funding round at a $10 billion valuation. This round, led by Felicis Ventures with participation from Benchmark, General Catalyst, and Robinhood Ventures, represents a fivefold valuation jump from its February 2025 round and signals strong investor confidence in Mercor’s model of connecting AI labs with specialized human experts for model training.
- Operational performance: Ongoing high operating spend on human contractors for AI training, with the CEO noting daily outlays around $1.5 million. This underscores Mercor’s scalable human-in-the-loop workforce model, which remains central to its value proposition in reinforcement learning and model fine-tuning.
- Growth prospects: Mercor’s expanded investor base and $10B valuation suggest strong growth expectations, particularly as AI labs seek specialized, domain-expert support for state-of-the-art models. The firm’s emphasis on reinforcement learning infrastructure and a broader network of experts may enable entry into adjacent verticals (healthcare, legal, engineering) and potential international expansion, contingent on governance and talent availability. Coverage aligns Mercor with broader market dynamics of 2025, including high demand for human-in-the-loop training partners.
- Scale AI dispute and customer-poaching claims: Scale AI sued Mercor over trade secrets and customer poaching, highlighting intensified competitive tensions in data labeling and AI training markets (lawsuit filed in federal court, September 2025). This litigation raises potential disruption risks to Mercor’s sales pipeline and could necessitate resource allocation to legal defenses or settlement efforts, affecting near-term profitability and client concentration dynamics.
- Broad industry espionage and talent-movement concerns: Public concerns about intellectual property and employee mobility in the AI services sector have intensified, with multiple outlets reporting on related industry actions and high-profile disputes during 2025. The broader backdrop of espionage claims and enforcement actions may heighten due diligence requirements for Mercor’s enterprise customers and investors, potentially affecting contract negotiations and pricing leverage.
- Potential regulatory or data-handling constraints: Heightened regulatory and competitive risks around data handling and proprietary information in AI workflows could lead to stricter oversight or consolidation pressures. If enforcement actions or settlements emerge, Mercor may face constraints on customer engagements or requirements to alter data-sharing practices, which could slow expansion in key verticals like healthcare, finance, and legal services.
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