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Mercor

Mercor

Private
San Francisco, CaliforniaEnterprise Softwarehttps://www.mercor.com/

Last Round

Series D

Aug 19, 2026

Est. Valuation

$20B

Total Funding Raised

$483.6M

Momentum

Top 1%

of companies Caplight tracks

Company Overview

Mercor is an artificial intelligence company that operates a labor marketplace connecting domain experts with AI labs and enterprises for model training and evaluation tasks.

Sector

Enterprise Software

Verticals

HR, NLP & Conversational AI, Workflow Automation

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Marketplace Commission, Subscription SaaS, Payment Processing Fee

AI Layer

Infrastructure

Keywords

ai recruitingtalent marketplaceai labor marketplaceautomated hiringai agent trainingreinforcement learningRLrecruitment-as-a-servicecandidate screeningai vettingsimulation infrastructureai hiring platformtalent margindata breachai security

Price History

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Delayed data

Caplight MarketPrice™

$695.47

per share, as of May 2026

-19.1%

7-month change

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Mercor Comparables

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Mercor Funding Rounds

Historical fundraising activity

Data table
RoundDateAmount RaisedValuationInvestorsSources
Series DAug 19, 2026
Series COct 27, 2025
Series BFeb 20, 2025
Series ASep 19, 2024
SeedJan 15, 2024

Key People

Founding team and executive leadership

Brendan Foody

CEO, Co-Founder, CEO, Co-Founder

Founding Team

Kevin Shiau

Chief Financial Officer

Executive Team

Mercor Investors

Notable investors and investment history

Mercor investors
InvestorRounds
Link VenturesSeed
Benchmark CapitalSeries B, Series C, Series A
DST GlobalSeries B
2.12 AngelsSeed
General CatalystSeries A, Series B, Series C, Seed, Series D
Soma CapitalSeed
Menlo VenturesSeries B

Market signals

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  • Aug 17, 2026

    Grew 36% QoQ, from 7,154 to 9,753 employees.

  • Jul 24, 2026

    Grew 46% QoQ, from 6,241 to 9,105 employees.

Mercor Filings

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
Employee Range6,832
Year Founded2023
Last FundingAug 19, 2026

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