Mercor

Mercor operates an expert talent network that supplies human intelligence to AI labs and enterprises training frontier AI models. Domain experts within the network contribute knowledge, experience and context to model training and AI research support, in a process the company likens to teachers instructing students. The work sits within a broader category the firm describes as expertise powering AI advancement.

The network has grown to more than 30,000 experts, who collectively earn upwards of $1.5m per day. Mercor lists its interests as AI training data and human feedback, AI research support, labour marketplaces for AI development and machine-learning model training. It serves the frontier AI research, enterprise AI and workforce sectors.

The company is headquartered in San Francisco, where it has recently opened a new office and expects staff to work in person five days a week. It is backed to a Series C round at a $10 billion valuation and reports that it is profitable. Its stated culture is ambitious and fast-paced, with staff working alongside researchers, operators and AI companies at the forefront of model development.