Brendan Foody

Re-engineering Global Workforce Discovery

Brendan Foody and his co-founders Adarsh Hiremath and Surya Midha founded Mercor with an ambitious goal: eliminate the massive friction in matching elite human talent with high-impact roles globally.

Initially launched to connect top international developers with US companies, Mercor built custom AI models to automatically evaluate resume data, conduct asynchronous video interviews, and vet candidates with deep skill assessment algorithms.

The Human-in-the-Loop Engine for Frontier AI

As foundational language models matured, Mercor recognized a critical bottleneck facing top labs like OpenAI and Google DeepMind: high-quality human expertise for AI reinforcement learning and agent training.

Mercor rapidly pivoted to provide 'human-in-the-loop' data infrastructure. The platform now curates and manages tens of thousands of domain experts—ranging from doctors and lawyers to senior engineers—who train, evaluate, and refine next-generation AI models.

Hyper-Growth to $10B+ Valuation

Backed by Felicis Ventures, Benchmark, General Catalyst, and Peter Thiel, Mercor became one of the fastest-growing startups in Silicon Valley history. Scaling to over $1 billion in ARR, Brendan Foody led the company to a $10B+ valuation, establishing Mercor as the primary talent bridge between human intelligence and artificial intelligence.