Organizing human intelligence to power the AI economy
How Mercor’s Brendan Foody and Adarsh Hiremath are building the network for knowledge
Matt Quinn
Mercor Enterprise, AI
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Felicis led Mercor's $100 million Series B in February 2025, and returned eight months later to lead its $350 million Series C.
Founders
- Brendan Foody — CEO and Co-Founder
- Adarsh Hiremath — CTO and Co-Founder
- Surya Midha — Co-Founder
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Stage
Series B
Domains
- Enterprise
- AI
Status
Current
About Mercor
Mercor is a marketplace and data platform that organizes human intelligence to power the AI economy, powering frontier research, RLHF data, and AI agent training at scale for top AI labs and enterprises. It connects domain experts — from doctors and engineers to consultants and scientists — with AI labs that need specialized human expertise to train and evaluate frontier models, spanning fields like medicine, law, engineering, and finance. Mercor also publishes APEX, a benchmark tracking AI productivity and capability across real-world professional tasks.
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