Brendan Foody

CEO and co-founder of Mercor, the expert labour marketplace used by AI labs for post-training data and evals. At the time of recording, the youngest unicorn founder. Grew Mercor from $1 to $400M ARR in 16 months — claimed fastest in history — before raising $100M at a $2B valuation. Started first business (Donut Dynasty — reselling Safeway doughnuts at school) in 8th grade; met his co-founders at age 14; started Mercor at 19 in January 2023, bootstrapping to $1M ARR before dropping out of college. Grew up in the Bay Area. Dyslexic; frames this as a strength for differentiated market thinking. Based in San Francisco.

Episodes

• Brendan Foody on Evals, the Expert Labour Market, and Mercor's Rise — Lenny’s Podcast