# Bad Influence story: Mercor raises $750M Series D at $20B valuation to expand AI agent evaluation

Active · 2 articles · 2 sources · First reported 11-10 17:45. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/35b84e0c-fcda-46d4-b4e4-90a7f7331ad5

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Latest update (11-11 04:34): Mercor raises $750M Series D at $20B valuation, reports $3B run rate

Overview: Mercor, an AI training data company, has raised $750 million in Series D funding at a $20 billion valuation, according to the company. Mercor says it will use the money to bring expert-driven evaluation to enterprises, building custom benchmarks for each customer, and to fund research and more enterprise environments. Nvidia, Salesforce and Zoom joined returning investors Benchmark, Felicis and General Catalyst in the round.

Mercor also reports 5 million experts and a $3 billion annualized run rate, up from $1 billion in February and $2 billion in June, according to a later report citing the company's founder. The company says it spends three times as much on inference as on employee salaries. Mercor has not said how much of the round goes to an employee tender offer.

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1. 11-11 04:34 · Latent Space · [Mercor raises $750M Series D at $20B valuation, reports $3B run rate](https://badinfluence.news/items/i3vezo0jjba5fwgdou9khd3os)
2. 11-10 17:45 · SiliconANGLE · AI · [Mercor raises $750M at $20B valuation to expand AI agent evaluation to enterprises](https://badinfluence.news/items/tbjqdlgps45f9uvzbbw4h99ux)
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