Docs: AI data startup Mercor had $614M in gross revenue in H1 2026, up 70% from all of 2025, with ~91% from foundation model makers like OpenAI and Anthropic (The Information)
Mercor’s revenue surged to $614M in H1 2026, showing foundation labs’ heavy spending on AI training data operations.
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<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/mercors-fast-growth-relies-biggest-ai-companies-documents-show">Docs: AI data startup Mercor had $614M in gross revenue in H1 2026, up 70% from all of 2025, with ~91% from foundation model makers like OpenAI and Anthropic</a></b></span> — Mercor, a three-year-old data startup whose army of contractors teaches AI to give better answers, is growing fast but relies heavily … </p>
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