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Artificial intelligence could soon replace even the work of top programmers, with models able to reproduce everything he has written within the next five years, Scale AI co-founder Alexandr Wang warned.

Mercor, a startup connecting domain experts to technology giants like OpenAI, Meta (NASDAQ:META), and Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA), is in discussions with investors for a Series C round that could value the company at more than $10 billion, according to TechCrunch.

San Francisco is investigating Scale AI's labor practices just months after Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) bought nearly half of the artificial intelligence startup in a $14 billion deal, casting new attention on how tech's fastest-growing firms treat the workers powering their models.

Lucy Guo, the 30-year-old billionaire who co-founded Scale AI with Alexandr Wang, is now focusing her energy on a new business in the crowded creator subscription market.

Mercor, founded by three Thiel Fellows who dropped out of Harvard, is reportedly pursuing a Series C funding round targeting a $10 billion valuation amid surging demand from artificial intelligence companies for specialized training experts.

The Toronto startup wants to prove it’s more than a national champion. With former Meta AI exec Joelle Pineau on board and a $7 billion valuation, Cohere is betting that the future of AI is enterprise ROI—not sci-fi 'superintelligence.'

Website design platform Framer announced on Aug. 28 a $100 million Series D funding round led by existing investors Meritech and Atomico, valuing the company at $2 billion. The professional website builder has quietly captured major brands including Perplexity, Scale AI, Miro, Bilt, Zapier, and Mixpanel.

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