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The $10 Billion “Echo”: Why Paying Experts to Train AI Might Be a Bridge to Nowhere
There’s a new giant in Silicon Valley called Mercor. Valued at a staggering $10 billion (a massive jump from its $2 billion valuation just months ago), their business model is simple: they pay doctors, lawyers, and engineers to sit down and teach AI how to do their jobs. By early 2026, the company is reportedly paying out over $1.5 million daily to a network of 30,000+ experts.
On the surface, it might look like a savvy way for tech
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Tagged ai, AI scraping, content scraping, entry-level jobs, Google AI, google ai overviews, Mercor, pizza glue, scraping, silicon valley, start-up, teach ai
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