Mercor is in talks for a $20B valuation
A new $20 billion valuation would be a giant step up from the $10 billion valuation it reached in October.
These AI startups are growing revenue at faster and faster rates
There are a lot of fast-growing AI startups, but some are growing even faster, they say.
Mercor’s Brendan Foody calls out Sequoia over ‘dual-pricing’ valuation tricks
Sequoia is just one of the top firms that sells same equity at two different prices.
Mercor’s Brendan Foody calls out Sequoia over ‘dual-pricing’ valuation tricks
Sequoia is just one of the top firms that sells same equity at two different prices.
Wirestock raises $23M to supply creative multi-modal data to AI labs
Wirestock has over 700,000 creators on its platform, which supplies photos, videos and 3D content to AI labs.
After data breach, $10B valued startup Mercor is having a month
After falling victim to a hacker, Mercor is facing lawsuits and reportedly losing big-name customers.
Mercor says it was hit by cyberattack tied to compromise of open-source LiteLLM project
The AI recruiting startup confirmed a security incident after an extortion hacking crew took credit for stealing data from the company’s systems.
Google’s new Gemini Pro model has record benchmark scores—again
Gemini 3.1 Pro promises a Google LLM capable of handling more complex forms of work.
Maybe AI agents can be lawyers after all
This week’s release of Opus 4.6 shook up the agentic AI leaderboards.
Discord and Mercor investor Niko Bonatsos departs General Catalyst, plans new VC firm
Bonatsos spent 15 years at GC, and until last year led the firm’s seed investing strategy.