# Mercor passes $2B ARR, and its engineers use Devin for long-running tasks

> Original title: Founded by three 22-year-olds in 2023, @mercor crossed $2B ARR in June, only 4 months after hitting $1B.

- Source: Cognition
- Published: 2026-10-28T17:00:01.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/gh872jdc3634tpjzxmgcafyc2
- Original: https://x.com/cognition/status/2115488769306673267

## Summary

Cognition says Mercor, founded in 2023 by three 22-year-olds, crossed $2B in annual recurring revenue in June, four months after reaching $1B. Mercor's engineers give Devin long-running tasks and return to tested features and pull requests ready to merge.

## Post

Founded by three 22-year-olds in 2023, @mercor crossed $2B ARR in June, only 4 months after hitting $1B.

Today, millions of experts on the platform bring their knowledge of medicine, law, engineering, and beyond to frontier AI - helping models take on increasingly complex and consequential work in the real world.

Mercor's engineers move at extraordinary speed.

They give Devin long-running tasks before bed, during meetings, or on their way to the gym. They come back to tested features and PRs ready to merge.

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