Australian police arrest two over TeamPCP hacks targeting Mercor, OpenAI, and others |

Australian police have arrested two people in Perth accused of being members of TeamPCP, a prolific hacking group blamed for high-profile hacks against big tech…

Mercor is in talks for a $20B valuation |

In Brief Posted: 11:42 AM PDT · July 9, 2026 AI training startup Mercor is reportedly in talks to raise a round at a $20…

After data breach, $10B-valued startup Mercor is having a month |

Six months ago, Mercor was flying high after raising a massive $350 million Series C that valued the AI data training startup at $10 billion.…

Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk

Meta has paused all its work with the data contracting firm Mercor while it investigates a major security breach that impacted the startup, two sources…

Mercor says it was hit by cyberattack tied to compromise of open source LiteLLM project |

6:42 PM PDT · March 31, 2026 Mercor, a popular AI recruiting startup, has confirmed a security incident linked to a supply chain attack involving…

Mercor competitor Deccan AI raises $25M, sources experts from India |

As demand grows for training and refining AI models, Deccan AI — a startup supplying post-training data and evaluation work — has raised $25 million…

Discord and Mercor investor Niko Bonatsos departs General Catalyst, plans new VC firm |

3:31 PM PST · January 7, 2026 After leading General Catalyst’s seed strategy for years, Niko Bonatsos has departed the firm. Known for backing an…

How AI labs use Mercor to get the data companies won’t share |

Instead of signing expensive contracts with companies for their data, AI labs these days are trying a new tack: tapping former senior employees from those…

Mercor quintuples valuation to $10B with $350M Series C | TechCrunch

8:53 AM PDT · October 27, 2025 Mercor, which connects AI labs with domain experts for training their foundational AI models, has raised $350 million…

Mercor CEO explains how AI affects who gets hired next |

8:30 AM PDT · September 23, 2025 The future of work is no longer on the horizon — it’s being redefined in real time. On…