Mercor raises $750M at $20B valuation to take AI agent evaluation to enterprises
Artificial intelligence training data company Mercor.io Corp. today revealed that it has raised $750 million in new funding at a $20 billion valuation. Mercor provides the human expertise used to train and evaluate AI models, drawing on a network of more than 5 million domain experts. Most of that work so far has been for […] The post Mercor raises $750M at $20B valuation to take AI agent…
Artificial intelligence training data firm Mercor has secured $750 million in funding at a $20 billion valuation, expanding its reach from frontier AI labs to enterprise customers across all industries. The company's mission is to help businesses measure the trustworthiness of AI agents by creating custom benchmarks tailored to each enterprise's unique standards.
Mercor's network of over 5 million domain experts provided human expertise for training and evaluating AI models, with a significant portion of that work completed for frontier AI labs. Recent growth in the lab business has been rapid, with annualized revenue surpassing $2 billion in June. The new funding will be utilized for research and evaluation infrastructure to support enterprise customers and was led by investors including Nvidia, Salesforce, and Zoom Communications, as well as returning investors Benchmark Capital, Felicis, and General Catalyst.
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