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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch · 2025-09-15 · 61 min · 11,374 words

20VC: Mercor: From $1M to $500M in 17 Months: The Fastest Growing Company in the World | How to Think About Margins and Revenue Sustainability in AI | Why Evaluation Benchmarks in AI are BS Today with Brendan Foody

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We were already at a nine figure revenue run rate. And the company quadruple. since the the scale acquisition. We scaled the business from one to five hundred million in revenue run rate in the last 17 months, which is the fastest revenue growth of all time, one month faster than cursor's time from one to five hundred. We have the demand to like double overnight if we can meet capacity, RL environments will subsume the entire economy.

This is 20 VC with me, Harry Stebbings, and today we have the fastest growing company in history on the show. So they've scaled revenue from 1 million to 500 million in just 17 months. Their business has quadrupled since scale was acquired. This is an insane story, and I'm thrilled to welcome Brandon Fudi, co-founder and CEO of McCoy. core to the hot seat. Now I did not pull any punches in this show. Brandon was amazing answering some very direct questions here. This one was fantastic. But before we dive into the show's day, I love seeing the team come together to make this show happen. What I don't love is trying to keep track of all the information, the data, and the projects that we're working on across dozens of platforms, products, and tools. That's why we use Coda, the all in one collaborative workspace that's helped 50,000 teams all over the world get. on the same page, offering the flexibility of docs, with the structure of spreadsheets, Coda facilitates deeper teamwork and quicker creativity. And their turnkey AI solution, the intelligence of Coda Brain, is a game changer. Powered by Grammarly, Coda is entering a new phase of innovation and expansion, aiming to redefine productivity for the AI. era. Whether you're a startup looking to organize the chaos while staying nimble, or an enterprise organization looking for better alignment, Coda matches your working style. Its seamless work space connects to hundreds of your favorite tools, including Salesforce, Jira, Asana and Figma, helping your teams transform their rituals and do more faster.

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