Mercor Acquires Sepal AI

Mercor.io Corporation, an AI-driven recruiting and talent platform, has acquired Sepal AI, Inc., a data research company with a mission to advance human knowledge & capabilities through safe AI.

Orrick advised Mercor on the transaction.

THE COMPANIES

Mercor is an AI-driven recruiting and talent platform that connects specialized professionals with companies, with a focus on training AI models for leading AI labs.

Sepal AI is a data development platform specializing in creating high-quality training data, evaluation benchmarks, and Reinforcement Learning (RL) environments for frontier Large Language Models (LLMs).

THE IMPACT

"Sepal is an exceptional team working at the intersection of human data, reinforcement learning environments, and specialized research projects. They have already proven to be a trusted partner to frontier AI labs and early enterprise teams, setting a high bar for quality, speed, and technical ambition," Mercor said in an announcement. "Now, as part of Mercor, Sepal's talent and technology will strengthen what we're doing to advance long-horizon research and train AI models against the most complex tasks that humans perform."

THE TEAM

The Orrick team is led by Mark Seneca and John Harrison and includes Jamie Kamen Baroff, Dean Corrado, Harris Quraishi, Kristen Salas Mationg, Mike Yang, Keith Tidwell, Patricia E. Anglin, Karen Cannon, Sharon Zhou, Steve Malvey, Peter Elias, Ryan Selis, Julia Foley, Andrew Barlow, Daniel Yost, Jose Lamarque, Shannon Yavorsky, Matthew Coleman, David Curtis, Carly Owens, Anna Suh, Brianna Pomatico, Alexandra Kleeman and Jeanine P. McGuinness.

LEARN MORE

• Mercor's Announcement
• Read More Orrick Client Results