A profile of Mercor, a Scale AI rival valued at $2B in February, which hires domain experts to train models; it had a $100M run rate in March and $6M H1 profit
Mercor, debuting on the Forbes Cloud 100 list, built an AI recruiter to interview job candidates. X: @richardjnieva . LinkedIn: Sundeep Peechu and Peter Fenton . Bluesky: @dannygroner X: Richard Nieva / @richardjnieva : I profiled Mercor, which is gunning to make a move in AI data training, especially after Meta's deal with Scale AI. “It just doesn't happen too often in startups where your biggest competitor gets torpedoed overnight,” Mercor's cofounder says. https://www.forbes.com/... LinkedIn: Sundeep Peechu : A big day for Mercor! They are one of the newest additions to the Forbes Cloud 100. — Mercor is reshaping the future of work by helping connect people … Peter Fenton : The meteoric rise of @mercor_ai all makes sense when you meet the founders. I'm excited to announce that I've joined their board … Bluesky: Danny Groner / @dannygroner : “Mercor's longer term goal is to be able to match every person with an appropriate job for them. In the future, the company wants to be able to place lawyers at law firms and doctors at hospitals.” — This isn't really how doctors find jobs. I suspect they'd say that the way doctors do is inefficient. …