Mercor hit $614M in H1 2026 revenue, mostly from OpenAI and Anthropic, validating the AI training market that decentralized crypto projects aim

Mercor, a three-year-old data startup whose army of contractors teaches AI to give better answers, is growing fast but relies heavily on revenue from AI foundation model…

Before we get to today’s column, check out our story from earlier today about Mercor. My colleague Cory and I reported that Mercor generated $614 million in gross revenue in the…