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AI Companies: Are They Raking in Sky-High Priced Training Data? Uncovering the Truth Behind AI Data Costs

Oct 26, 2026
36Kr (English)
36Kr's English edition examines the booming AI training-data market and reports, citing The Information, that Mercor generated $614 million in revenue in the first half of 2026, about 91% of it from foundation-model labs such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind, while detailing its expert contractor pay scale.
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