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Mercor supplies human experts to train and evaluate AI models, drawing on a network of more than 5 million domain experts.
Context: Path automates industrial welding; Georgian led, joined by a consortium including Yamaha Motor's venture arm.
From SiliconANGLE: Path Robotics Inc., a startup working to automate industrial welding workflows, today announced that it has raised $300 million in funding. Georgian led the Series E round. It was joined by a consortium that included the venture capital arms of Yamaha Motor Co.
Path Robotics · Series E · $300M · with Georgian, Yamaha Motor Co.As stated by SiliconANGLE.
Mercor supplies human experts to train and evaluate AI models, drawing on a network of more than 5 million domain experts.
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