Mercor

Mercor is an AI-driven talent platform founded in 2023 and based in San Francisco, California. It connects highly skilled remote experts, such as engineers, consultants, lawyers, and scientists, with leading AI labs for specialized tasks like data labeling and model evaluation. The platform operates as a two-sided marketplace, featuring a network of over 30,000 domain experts globally, often from developing countries, and offers high-paying remote AI roles with hourly rates ranging from $60 to $200. Mercor automates the recruitment workflow to streamline expert sourcing and screening, using AI for resume indexing and skill evaluation. The platform allows AI labs to submit projects, and Mercor assigns experts while providing tools for progress monitoring and performance tracking. It focuses on high-skill labor for post-training AI needs and has established partnerships with notable AI labs such as OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Meta. Mercor is positioned in the recruiting AI agents market and is approaching a $2 billion annual run-rate revenue by late 2025.