Impact startupOtherSeries C+
Mercor
Mercor is a startup that builds AI systems from human expertise, using a network of more than five million experts to evaluate and post-train models.
Co-Founder and Co-CEO
Founders
Founded
2023
Leadership
Brendan Foody, Co-Founder and Co-CEO. Brendan Foody is co-founder and co-CEO of Mercor, an AI data company founded in 2023 and headquartered in San Francisco.
Who it reaches
Frontier AI labs, big tech companies, AI startups and Fortune 500 companies that evaluate and post-train AI models with a network of more than five million experts.
Key facts
- Round name
- Series D, as the company's November 10, 2026 release names itsource
- Valuation after the Series D
- $20 billionsource
- Valuation before the Series D
- About $10 billion, after raising $350 million in October 2025source
- Expert network
- More than five million expertssource
- Backers
- Benchmark, Felicis, General Catalyst, Menlo Ventures, NVIDIA and Salesforcesource
WYDE coverage of Mercor
WYDE Newsroom has published one article about Mercor, on Nov 13, 2026. Mercor is the subject of 1 story. The most recent is Mercor's Valuation Has Roughly Doubled Since October 2025 to $20 Billion.
Reported alongside Mercor
- Adarsh Hiremath · in 1 story with Mercor
- Brendan Foody · in 1 story with Mercor
Sources
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