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 shutting down its Scouts program marks the end of an era
From TechCrunch: Sequoia pioneered the scouts model and many VC firms followed suit, but a consensus now seems to be forming that the model has reached limits in its current form.
- Source
- TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
- Published
- First seen here
- Edition
- Saturday, November 7, 2026, ranked 24
- Status
- A publication reported this; the company may not have confirmed it.
- Why it’s here
- A pioneering VC program ends; the scout model may be fading.
- Topics
- Venture capital
