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Mercor’s Brendan Foody breaks down AI’s impact on hiring at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Mercor co-founder and CEO Brendan Foody explains how AI is changing not just how we work, but who gets to work, at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. Register now.
Backed by names like Peter Thiel and Jack Dorsey, Mercor has gone from $1 to $500 million in revenue run rate in just 17 months — a staggering pace that reflects how quickly AI is changing the labor landscape. Foody will share how his team is using AI to match companies with elite technical talent, what it takes to build a truly distributed hiring model, and why upskilling is becoming mission-critical in today’s global economy. In his session, Foody will also explore how startups and enterprise leaders alike can harness AI to unlock new talent pools, eliminate bias in hiring, and build workforces equipped for what’s next — not just what’s now.
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