Mercor offers up to $100K for companies willing to license data to AI labs
CEO Brendan Foody's October 23rd post offers a referral bounty of up to $100,000 and targets firms with 100 or more employees; Foody says Mercor has already partnered with more than 500 companies.
By Ryan Merket · Published · Updated
Primary source: X
Why it matters
Mercor is paying for introductions to a potential new supply of AI training data: company workflows. Mercor's 500-plus partner figure is Foody's claim.

Mercor CEO Brendan Foody (@BrendanFoody) offered a referral bounty of up to $100,000 for each introduction that leads a company to license its data to AI developers, widening Mercor's effort to source records from inside businesses. In an October 23rd post on X, Foody said Mercor had partnered with more than 500 companies and sought introductions to firms with at least 100 employees in software, gaming, manufacturing, healthcare or professional services.…
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