Investor: Mercor's data and evals now core to nearly every frontier AI lab
marcbhargava · x · 2026-11-11
An early Mercor investor notes the company is now working with nearly everyone building their own AI models, with its data and evals described as core to frontier progress and enterprise sovereignty — a striking rise since the 2023 seed round led by the poster.
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