The top AI laboratories such as Openai and Google Deepmind declined on the AI scale after investing $ 14 billion in the data supplier and hired its CEO. But AI Labs still need data – leaving an opening for other newly established businesses that can supply it.
The key players and factors in the AI data market are changing. Lately, it seems that Mercor – a AI recruitment platform that sells data services to AI Labs – can be one of the biggest benefactors of this shift.
Today with the equity, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha and I (Max Zeff) have delivered deeper to how the AI data market changes.
Mercor, who founded three years ago, seems to be fun from investors for a C 10 billion -billion valuation, TechCrunch’s Marina Temkin said earlier this week. The bids are rolling, some of which Mercor says it is reduced, just seven months after the announcement of a $ 2 billion -billion valuation investment.
Mercor has told investors that it is on the right track to hit $ 500 million in ARR faster than Anysphere, the start of the cursor, which is famous for the landmark about a year after the start of its basic product.
Surge, another competitor for the scaling of AI that is larger than Mercor, seems to be the current pioneer in the AI data race. Surge reportedly crossed the revenue of $ 1 billion in 2024 without supporting VC – and now they are in talks with investors to increase A to A Valuation of $ 25 billion.
However, the rapid development of Mercor can threaten to increase, scale AI and any start -up trying to sell data to AI Labs.
In addition to the traditional data labeling service setting the AI scale on the map, Mercor also offers products to help AI Labs create training environments for AI agents. These environments quickly become the next battlefield for the newly established AI companies.
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