
Artificial Intelligence
Mercor
San Francisco, CAFounded 2023150+ employeesmercor.com
An AI-driven talent marketplace matching experts to frontier model work.
Mercor in the news.
AI training startup Mercor discusses $20 billion valuation
Mercor is in talks to raise ~$500M at a $20B valuation, doubling its worth in under a year, with Nvidia reportedly weighing participation.
Mercor raises $350M Series C at $10 billion valuation
Led by Felicis with Benchmark, General Catalyst, and Robinhood Ventures, the round valued Mercor at 5x its prior mark as revenue crossed $500M run-rate.
Mercor's annualized revenue crosses $2 billion, doubling in four months
Mercor's gross revenue run-rate jumped from $1B to $2B in just four months, powered by demand from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google.
Position
PWRL Position
Fair Value
$19.99M1
Allocation
2.85%2
Cost of Investment
$21.03M3
Gross MOIC
0.95×4
Gross ARR Run-Rate
$2B5
Domain Experts
30,000+6
- Unaudited fair value of such investments as of June 30, 2026, in accordance with the Fund's valuation policies and procedures.
- Allocation is calculated based on the Portfolio Company's fair value as a percentage of the Fund's net assets as of June 30, 2026.
- Cost basis includes investment cost and transaction expenses and excludes fund-level management fees and operating expenses.
- Gross MOIC is calculated as the fair value of the Fund’s position divided by its cost basis as of June 30, 2026 (unaudited). Gross MOIC is a single-position, gross-of-fees measure and is not comparable to the Fund’s net NAV/share return, which reflects all fund-level fees and expenses, realized positions, and cash. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
- Mercor’s $2B figure is a gross annualized revenue run rate reported for June 2026, up from roughly half that in April, while the company remains profitable on a free-cash-flow basis (The Information). The gross figure reflects total customer spend before contractor payouts, which independent research estimates at 60–70% of revenue (Sacra).
- TechCrunch, 'Mercor Quintuples Valuation to $10B With $350M Series C,' Oct. 27, 2025.
Why it sits in PWRL.
Mercor matches skilled experts with the AI labs training the next generation of models. It's a quiet but critical supplier in the AI gold rush.
- Company operating data is sourced from internal investment memoranda and may include estimates and forward-looking information.