Vendors · Data vendor
Mercor
Expert marketplace (doctors, lawyers, bankers, engineers). OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta (paused after breach)
Research as of Oct 7, 2026.
- Revenue / run rate
- >$2B gross run-rate (Jun 2026); H1 2026 gross ~$614M; net est. $600–800M
- Valuation
- $10B Series C (Oct 2025); talks at $20B/$500M (Jul 2026), not confirmed closed
- Worker pay range
- $20–200/hr, reported avg $95, top specialty $375; Meta project cut from $21 to $16/hr
Pay range above is from company pages, listings, and reporting — not from worker submissions on this site.
Sources
- 1Dealroom
https://dealroom.co/news/137121-mercor-doubles-to-2b-gross-revenue-run-rate-as-ai-labs-buy-expert-data/
- 2Investing.com
https://ca.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/mercor-valuation-doubles-to-20b-on-revenue-growth--bloomberg-93CH-4727819
- 3Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardnieva/2026/07/09/mercor-fundraise/
- 4ValueAdd VC
https://valueaddvc.com/blog/how-does-mercor-make-money-2b-arr-20b-valuation-and-the-expert-data-marketplace-explained
- 5AI Weekly
https://aiweekly.co/alerts/mercor-books-614m-in-h1-2026-leaning-on-openai-anthropic
- 6The Inference
https://theinference.org/article/mercor-s-career-of-the-future-pays-95-an-hour-and-the-hours-are-in-dispute
- 7Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/mercor-cuts-contractors-meta-project-less-money-musen-nova-ai-2025-11
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