Throughout history, many of humanity’s great minds took a while to find their calling. Jeff Bezos started as a hedge fund investor. Walt Disney was fired as a newspaper editor for “lacking creativity.” Before becoming a priest, Pope Francis worked as a nightclub bouncer. (Yes, really.) In each case, greatness was unlocked by the right person ending up in the right place at the right time. But, tragically, many never do.

The labor market has consistently been the largest, most inefficient market in the world. That unsolved problem becomes immediate and urgent now as we face the advent of AGI and prepare for the most transformative and challenging period in how human talent is allocated.

AI will change and even displace many traditional careers. At the same time, in other professions, AI will actually create much more need and opportunity for human ability.

We’re not the first to recognize these changes. But we’re the first to build a scalable solution. Bringing the right talent to these roles — defining “skilled labor” in the AI era — is where we focus our efforts.

Our current focus is on hiring experts to help advance the frontier of AI, but our sights are on every sector.

Mercor is two years old and growing more than 51% month over month. Our team includes the former Head of Human Data Operations at OpenAI and the previous Head of Growth at Scale. Over half of us are former founders, and our median age is 22.

Our latest round was led by Felicis, with participation from General Catalyst, DST Global, Benchmark, and Menlo Ventures — and it will accelerate our ability to match billions of people with their calling, applying human talent to its highest potential.

If this mission resonates with you, we are looking for exceptional individuals — elite engineers, seasoned operators, and former founders — to join us. Because it takes talent to recognize talent. Reach out: careers@mercor.com.