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2 weeks agoAfter data breach, $10B valued startup Mercor is having a month | TechCrunch
Mercor faces significant challenges after a data breach, with hackers claiming to have stolen 4TB of sensitive data.
She learned that experts across fields-from physics and finance to healthcare and law-were now being paid to help train AI models to think, reason, and problem-solve like domain specialists. She applied, was accepted, and now logs about 50 hours a week providing data for Mercor, a platform that connects AI labs with domain experts. Ruane is part of a fast-growing cohort of professionals who are shaping how AI models learn.