Brendan Foody
CEO of Mercor, a startup that connects highly skilled former industry professionals with AI labs to produce training data and help build AI agents, and a founder who scaled the company rapidly from college beginnings.
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Jan 7, 2026 • 1h 1min
Brendan Foody on Teaching AI and the Future of Knowledge Work
Brendan Foody, founder and CEO of Mercor, discusses his groundbreaking AI marketplace that hires experts from various fields, including poets earning $150 an hour. He emphasizes the importance of rubrics over raw data for training AI, predicting that knowledge work will shift towards creating reinforcement learning environments. Brendan shares lessons from his early donut venture and explores how dyslexia can foster unique entrepreneurial strengths. He also highlights the challenges of hiring and the need for cultural empathy in a global workforce. Fascinating insights abound!
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Jan 2, 2026 • 25min
How AI is reshaping work and who gets to do it, according to Mercor's CEO
Brendan Foody, CEO of Mercor, shares his entrepreneurial journey from dorm-room startup to a pivotal player in AI training. He discusses how Mercor connects top industry experts with AI labs, emphasizing high pay and a referral-driven hiring model. Brendan explores the debate on job displacement versus creation, asserting that automation boosts demand for skilled roles. With an eye on the future, he envisions collaboration between humans and AI, driving unprecedented productivity growth in the workforce.
