Mercor
AI talent and expert-network platform that connects vetted domain experts with frontier AI labs and enterprises for model training, evaluation, and agent development.
September 20261
Sep 8, 2026APEX-Agents 1.1Feature update
Mercor updated APEX-Agents with revised task specifications, tooling, and environments to improve leaderboard accuracy.
July 20261
Jul 9, 2026Mercor announces acquisition of DeeptuneAnnouncedAcquisition
Mercor announced an agreement to acquire Deeptune, adding reinforcement-learning environment capabilities and its team.
March 20261
Mar 3, 2026Mercor expert network reaches four million vetted expertsUser count
Mercor reported more than four million vetted experts and more than 1.9 million referrals across its network.
January 20261
Jan 21, 2026Mercor releases APEX-AgentsBenchmark result
Mercor released the open APEX-Agents benchmark for long-horizon professional work; frontier agents completed fewer than 25% of tasks on the initial evaluation.
October 20251
Oct 27, 2025Mercor Series CFunding round
Mercor raised a $350 million Series C led by Felicis.
February 20251
Feb 20, 2025Mercor Series BFunding round
Mercor raised a $100 million Series B led by Felicis.
September 20241
Sep 19, 2024Mercor Series AFunding round
Mercor raised a $30 million Series A led by Benchmark.
January 20242
Jan 10, 2024Mercor seed fundingFunding round
Mercor announced $3.6 million in seed funding led by General Catalyst.
Jan 10, 2024Mercor launches automated AI hiring platformProduct launch
Mercor publicly launched its fully automated platform for assessing and matching talent with companies.
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