Mercor

We use AI to understand human ability and match talent with the opportunities they're best suited for.

mercor.com

Mercor

We use AI to understand human ability and match talent with the opportunities they're best suited for.

mercor.com

HQUS

Team Size4975

Open Jobs11244

Total Funding-

Latest FundraiseUnknown

TL;DR

What they do: AI-driven hiring platform that understands human ability and matches talent to opportunities

Founded: January 2023

Founders / leadership: Brendan Foody (CEO), Adarsh Hiremath (CTO), Surya Midha (COO)

Notable funding: Series B $100M (Feb 2025) at $2B valuation; Series A and seed prior

Industry / scale: Software development / recruiting; reported employee count 4,880

Company Overview

Problem Domain

Hiring and talent matching / recruiting automation

Founded

2023

Industry

Software Development

Funding Track Record

Seed- 2023

Reported seed in 2023 (amount not specified in provided evidence)

Series A- 2024

$32M

Reported Series A in 2024 (reported ~$32M)

Series B- 2025-02-20

$100M

Announced Feb 20, 2025; reported valuation $2B

Series C- 2025-10-27

$350M

Reported Oct 27, 2025; reported valuation $10B

Investor Signal

“Includes participation from top-tier VCs such as Felicis, Benchmark, General Catalyst, DST Global, and Menlo Ventures; individual backers reported include Peter Thiel and Jack Dorsey.”

Founders

What we do

TL;DR

Company Overview

Funding Track Record

Founders

What we do

Mercor

We use AI to understand human ability and match talent with the opportunities they're best suited for.

mercor.com

Mercor

We use AI to understand human ability and match talent with the opportunities they're best suited for.

mercor.com

HQUS

Team Size4975

Open Jobs11244

Total Funding-

Latest FundraiseUnknown

TL;DR

What they do: AI-driven hiring platform that understands human ability and matches talent to opportunities

Founded: January 2023

Founders / leadership: Brendan Foody (CEO), Adarsh Hiremath (CTO), Surya Midha (COO)

Notable funding: Series B $100M (Feb 2025) at $2B valuation; Series A and seed prior

Industry / scale: Software development / recruiting; reported employee count 4,880

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Company Overview

Problem Domain

Hiring and talent matching / recruiting automation

Founded

2023

Industry

Software Development

Funding Track Record

Seed- 2023

Reported seed in 2023 (amount not specified in provided evidence)

Series A- 2024

$32M

Reported Series A in 2024 (reported ~$32M)

Series B- 2025-02-20

$100M

Announced Feb 20, 2025; reported valuation $2B

Series C- 2025-10-27

$350M

Reported Oct 27, 2025; reported valuation $10B

Investor Signal

“Includes participation from top-tier VCs such as Felicis, Benchmark, General Catalyst, DST Global, and Menlo Ventures; individual backers reported include Peter Thiel and Jack Dorsey.”

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What we do

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Join the Team

Research Associate, Biological Sciences

RemoteGB

Remote • GB

About The Job Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Teeming tracks opportunities at over 24,000 AI startups, then works with you to find (and land) the one you'll love.

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Position: AI Research Collaborator

Type: Contractor Compensation: $20–$30/hour Location: Remote Commitment: 20 hours/week Role Responsibilities

Evaluate scientific correctness, conceptual rigor, and depth of LLM-generated responses across biology and biomedical domains.
Review outputs involving experimental design, data interpretation, and theoretical frameworks in biological sciences.
Identify factual inaccuracies, reasoning errors, and conceptual misunderstandings in model outputs.
Benchmark model performance on advanced biological and interdisciplinary research problems.
Work independently and asynchronously using proprietary evaluation tools.

Qualifications Must-Have

PhD (candidate/recipient) or Master’s degree in Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, or a closely related field.
Strong command of graduate-level biological concepts, experimental reasoning, and data interpretation.
Excellent written communication and analytical abilities.
Ability to work independently in a remote, asynchronous setting.

Compensation & Legal

Contractor position via Mercor
Weekly payments through Stripe Connect

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

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Resources & Support

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