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Why experts writing AI evals is creating the fastest-growing companies in history | Brendan Foody

Brendan Foody, CEO and co-founder of Mercor, explains how his company grew from $1 million to $400 million in revenue in 16 months by connecting AI labs with vetted experts who write evals and rubrics to measure and improve model capabilities. He discusses why evals are becoming the core bottleneck to AI progress, which jobs will remain valuable as demand becomes more elastic, and the company's hiring philosophy of can-do attitude, high standards, and intensity.