Funding
Mercor raises $750M at $20B valuation to take AI agent evaluation to enterprises (opens siliconangle.com)
Mercor supplies human experts to train and evaluate AI models, drawing on a network of more than 5 million domain experts.
NewsReported
Sequoia hits rewind, undoing 20 years of expansion
Context: Sequoia is consolidating into a smaller Bay Area-centered firm, shutting programs and offices from its 20-year expansion while announcing about $10B in new funds.
From TechCrunch: Sequoia is consolidating into a smaller, Bay Area–centered firm, shutting down the programs and offices it built during a 20-year expansion while announcing roughly $10 billion in new funds.
- Source
- TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
- Published
- First seen here
- Edition
- Wednesday, November 4, 2026, ranked 27
- Status
- A publication reported this; the company may not have confirmed it.
- Why it’s here
- A defining move for the top VC firm; the heuristic underrated it.
- Topics
- Venture capital
