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Brendan Foody

Co-founder and co-CEO of Mercor

Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Mercor

Background

Brendan Foody is co-founder and co-CEO of Mercor, an AI data company founded in 2023 and headquartered in San Francisco.

About Mercor

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.

Key facts

Title: Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Mercor, as named in the company's November 10, 2026 releasesource
Stated on the Series D: Said Mercor spent the last two years building infrastructure with the frontier labs to train and evaluate AI agents, and is now bringing it to enterprisessource
Reported as co-CEO: Reuters identified him as co-CEO when reporting the $750 million Series Dsource

WYDE coverage of Brendan Foody

WYDE Newsroom has published one article about Brendan Foody, on Nov 13, 2026. Brendan Foody is a named leader in 1 story. The most recent is Mercor's Valuation Has Roughly Doubled Since October 2025 to $20 Billion.

Mercor's Valuation Has Roughly Doubled Since October 2025 to $20 Billion

Mercor said on November 10, 2026, that it raised $750 million in a Series D round. Reuters reported the company was valued at about $10 billion after a $350 million round in October 2025.

Nov 13, 2026 · 4 min read · Quoted or named as leader

Reported alongside Brendan Foody

Mercor · in 1 story with Brendan Foody
Adarsh Hiremath · in 1 story with Brendan Foody

Sources

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