"When the model for the company was curated at a hackathon in São Paulo, Foody knew that he, Adarsh Hiremath and Surya Midha had built something that couldn't be replicated in classrooms. Its AI-powered hiring platform automates aspects of the hiring process, such as resume screening, candidate matching and AI-powered interviews. Within nine months, he and his co-founders had turned the idea into a company with a $1 million revenue run rate, which they claim is one of the fastest-scaling startups of the AI era."
"Their fortune was minted from a recent $350 million funding round led by Felicis Ventures, and backed with participation from Benchmark, General Catalyst, and new investor Robinhood Ventures, bringing them to decacorn status with a $10 billion valuation. After dropping out of college at Georgetown to go all in on Mercor-Foody's days aren't packed with coffee chats and luxury downtime."
Brendan Foody, 22, and co-founders Adarsh Hiremath and Surya Midha built Mercor, an AI recruiting startup that automates resume screening, candidate matching and AI-powered interviews. The company’s model was curated at a hackathon in São Paulo and scaled to a $1 million revenue run rate within nine months. Mercor raised $350 million in a funding round led by Felicis Ventures with participation from Benchmark, General Catalyst and Robinhood Ventures, resulting in a $10 billion valuation. Foody dropped out of Georgetown to focus on the company. He reports long weeks of meetings but prefers days spent writing documents and curating ideas.
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