Mercor

Data vendor, HQ United States, founded 2023. Expert-data firm (US$10B, Oct 2025) now runs a robotics programme paying hands-on businesses for wearable-camera footage of staff at work, licensed to AI and robotics companies. Sued by Scale AI over trade secrets (Sep 2025); March 2026 LiteLLM-linked breach led to five contractor lawsuits and Meta pausing work.

Data it collects

Known buyers

Scale

• US$350M Series C at a US$10B valuation (2025-10-27)
• More than 30,000 experts on roster; paying over US$1.5M per day to contractors; on track for US$500M ARR (2025-10-27)

Pay

• Robotics programme pays partner businesses (not individual workers directly) a set rate per approved hour of wearable-camera footage, paid bi-weekly; no figure published

Sources

• Mercor pays businesses recurring revenue for wearable-camera video of their team at work. That footage helps train next-generation robots.mercor.com ↗ Company claim 2026-10-05 (accessed; page undated)
• We license the footage to AI and robotics companies.mercor.com ↗ Company claim 2026-10-05 (accessed; page undated)
• A set rate for every approved hour, paid bi-weekly.mercor.com ↗ Company claim 2026-10-05 (accessed; page undated)
• San Francisco, CAmercor.com ↗ Company claim 2026-10-05 (accessed; page undated)
• Since we founded Mercor almost three years agotechcrunch.com ↗ Major outlet 2025-10-27
• more than 30,000 experts on its roster, who earn over $85 per hour on averagetechcrunch.com ↗ Major outlet 2025-10-27
• paying more than $1.5 million per day to its contractorstechcrunch.com ↗ Major outlet 2025-10-27
• a $10 billion valuationtechcrunch.com ↗ Major outlet 2025-10-27

Every row links to its source, and hovering a link shows the quote it rests on. Research compiled 2026-10-05. Method