Brendan (can/do) @BrendanFoody Twitter profile

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Brendan (can/do)

3 months

I'm honored to receive the Thiel Fellowship alongside my legendary cofounders @adarsh_exe and @suryamidha This marks one of the few times in history that an entire cofounding team has received the fellowship. We couldn't be more proud of @mercor_ai

Thiel Fellowship

@thielfellowship

3 months

Welcome to the Fellowship!

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

3 months

Excited to announce that Mercor matched over 500 people with jobs in the last month alone, supplying talent to leading AI labs.

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

2 months

It was fun to speak at MIT yesterday on the same stage as @AravSrinivas and @YLeCun The energy in the ecosystem is ecstatic.

Aravind Srinivas

@AravSrinivas

2 months

Boston is breathing AI

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

1 month

Applications close today at 5pm for the Unleashed Hackathon that we're co-hosting this weekend at Mercor offices with @cognition_labs and @etched_inc . Prizes are insane and participants get Devin access. Apply here:

Unleashed Hackathon: 5/3 - 5/5

Mercor, Etched, and Cognition encourage you to apply to their intimate hackathon Friday May 3rd (7PM PST) - Sunday May 5th (12PM PST) at a secret location in San Francisco, California. We will have...

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

5 months

When we dropped out, Mercor was just getting started. I couldn't be more proud of the team for what we've built it to today and all that is to come.

Mercor

@mercor_ai

5 months

Today, we're announcing $3.6M in funding and the launch of our platform, which uses AI to assess and match talent with companies. Our round is led by @generalcatalyst and includes participation from @ScottDSandell (CEO of NEA), @Soma_Capital , @Link_Ventures , and others.

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

3 months

Hiring angel investors is under rated. So far, @mercor_ai has hired 2 angel investors and we’re actively hiring another 2

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

3 months

I will not stop until India is 25% of global GDP

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

4 months

On average people in India work so much harder than people in the US. It blows my mind that they aren’t given more opportunities.

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

4 months

creating thousands of jobs this month alone feels awesome. i'm starting to understand the profound impact that labor aggregation will have on real people's lives

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

5 months

Couldn't be more thrilled to work with @bonatsos and @max_rimpel

General Catalyst

@generalcatalyst

5 months

How can AI simplify & expedite the hiring process? Enter @mercor_ai , the platform that finds, vets, & pays skilled workers. We're thrilled to lead its $3.6M round & welcome, @BrendanFoody , @adarsh_exe , @suryamidha , & team to the GC family! Explore ↓

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

5 months

Startup outcomes scale exponentially while dilution scales linearly. Founders optimize too much for ownership and too little for building legendary companies.

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

2 months

It was fun to discuss the technology we're building to solve labor matching. Thank you for the time @0FJAKE

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@0FJAKE

2 months

New episode: #170 - BRENDAN FOODY ( @BrendanFoody ) A 2024 Thiel Fellow, Brendan and his cofounders @adarsh_exe and @suryamidha (both also Thiel Fellows) are building a global labor market that uses AI to find optimal matches between people and work opportunities. It's called…

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

28 days

Build something useful for the leading indicators of the global economy

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

2 months

Apps used to be written with code. Now they’re written with data.

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

5 months

It’s ridiculous how many companies will become commoditized as AI tools make developers 1000x more productive. Companies like Notion, Slack, and Docusign will be cloned and become worthless.

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

3 months

Writing my first check to @josephsemrai

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

3 months

Everyone under estimates how large their secondary networks are. Asking close friends for help of their close friends expands surface area by at least an order of magnitude.

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

3 months

@thielfellowship excited to join the reformation!

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

2 months

Companies will soon iterate on their post training data sets just like they’d iterate on their codebase. It will be a years long process to refine their core IP.

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

4 months

75 comments in the first 10 minutes. Go apply!

Brendan Foody on LinkedIn: I need to hire 300 remote software engineers this week for Mercor....

I need to hire 300 remote software engineers this week for Mercor. Please comment your email and I'll send you an interview link. We'll send the links to your… | 6,300 comments on LinkedIn

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

4 months

You should use an AI interviewer @nick_linck

Nick Linck

@nick_linck

4 months

interviews go brrrr next week

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

3 months

Great founders are obsessive, not disciplined

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

4 months

Wayne Gretzky gave the best business advice I've ever heard: "Skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been."

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

5 months

Mercor loves VectorShift. Checkout the new pod!

Albert Mao

@mao_albert89810

5 months

On the @VectorShiftAI podcast, I got a chance to sit down with @BrendanFoody , CEO of @mercor_ai . Mercor is an AI-powered platform that sources, vets, and pays your employees. They just announced their $3.6M seed funding round.

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

5 months

i had such a hard time sleeping last night because i kept thinking about the economic value labor aggregation creates

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

3 months

@mercor_ai has users in 123 unique countries 🤯

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

1 month

Listen to my talk at MIT about AI breakthroughs and the roles humans will play in teaching the next generation of models

✂️ Breakthroughs in AI Self Improvement

48 seconds · Clipped by Brendan Foody · Original video "How The Next Breakthroughs In AI That Will Affect The Public?" by Forbes

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

4 months

elon saying agi in two years is so based. that's what i call a can-do attitude

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

5 months

I try to give constructive product feedback

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

4 months

when I was in school I felt like so many people struggled to balance what they were passionate about with impact with what would make the most money. I wish more people realized that startups are the most impactful, the most exciting, and the most lucrative by far

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

4 months

The more humans I meet, the more bullish I become on AGI

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

5 months

@unusual_whales Few people understand the effect that AI is going to have on labor aggregation. Super proud to be at the forefront of this at @mercor_ai

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

4 months

250,000 impressions in under 24 hours 🤯

Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

4 months

75 comments in the first 10 minutes. Go apply!

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

5 months

Many claim AGI may bring near perfect software, but the physical world will lag far behind. I often wonder how true this is.

Aravind Srinivas

@AravSrinivas

5 months

Laundry Buddy is real!

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

4 months

very few people understand how different work will be in 5 years

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

4 months

Congratulations to Ravichandran Ashwin on becoming the first Indian to claim 100 wickets against England

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

4 months

Averaging 10 interviews a minute and Google can’t keep up with our rate limits 😬

viroot (can/do)

@_viroot_

4 months

have you ever hit your daily speech to text quota, anon?

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

4 months

not sure if I'm missing out on 8d mind games but they keep sending us cold emails then not joining meetings

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

7 months

I’m going to miss capitalism when we’re in a post AGI world

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

3 months

The economics of angel investment seem more incentive aligned with adding value than VC. Angels collect 100% of upside while venture partners collect a small fraction.

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

4 years

Buying, selling, and renting legit check below. Please comment if we've done a deal - Thanks!

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

4 months

I underestimated the impact of culture before I founded @mercor_ai . Culture is what people do when no one is watching and no one is watching the vast majority of the time.

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

11 months

@stanine This is exactly what does. We use language models to analyze resumes, evaluate GitHubs, and even interview candidates. I’m happy to give you free access to tools if that would be helpful?

Onboard your global team in seconds.

Mercor is a better way to hire. We're an AI-powered platform that sources, vets, and pays your next employees.

mercor.com

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

3 months

@JiffSlater @ronawang sooner than most people think

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@BrendanFoody

3 months

The top characteristic of people I like to hire is that others call them “unhireable”

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

8 months

LinkedIn is the worst product I use everyday 😪

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

5 months

Repeated demonstrations of the efficacy of synthetic data should remove any skepticism about rapid advancements in LLMs.

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@saranormous

5 months

Synthetic data for the win 🥇 And it is the season of AI for math/science

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

3 months

What are the odds GPT-5 comes out on March 14th?

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

8 months

unions are my favorite monopolies

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

5 months

legend

viroot (can/do)

@_viroot_

5 months

Absolutely stoked to be joining the team @mercor_ai . I’ve spent the past year getting to know @BrendanFoody @adarsh_exe and @suryamidha , and they are incredible founders. They’ve built an incredible product to solve a huge problem. And we’re just getting started 🚀

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

4 months

If more US companies offered their non-technical employees the ability to work with remote Indian engineers, it would have an incredible impact on productivity

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@BrendanFoody

2 months

@omlondhe2133 ❤️

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@BrendanFoody

3 months

@julianweisser This isn't true. Many people on the list have not raised yet.

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

2 months

@robertwachen @adarsh_exe @mercor_ai Might be Q1 2025

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

5 months

Companies that lean into network effects will win.

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@BrendanFoody

5 months

@annembrandes @adarsh_exe @suryamidha Queen of Prod 👑

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

6 months

@tjack hiring is about to change forever

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

3 months

@kodjima33 @Humane @southpkcommons @OpenAI @hackwithzach @huzaifaxahmad @ustelbay @Fateen_Anam @shaiunterslak King

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

1 month

Devin made this coin at the Mercor Hackathon this weekend 🚀

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

6 months

@cstanley What’s been lost in the US market has been more than replaced in global talent. Teams in India often show higher output at a fraction of the price.

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

1 month

@bonatsos It can also be dangerous

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

4 months

Creating high volumes of high paying jobs is the most profoundly impactful thing we could do. So proud of the entire Mercor team ❤️

surya

@suryamidha

4 months

just called an engineer @mercor_ai placed from rome. he had a 11-month old newborn, was unemployed, and went through our AI recruiting process on a whim. he now earns more than he ever anticipated. it's incredible to see the tangible impacts our platform has on people's lives.

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

5 months

@leonardtang_ The cult of prod

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

3 years

@relationthots legit 🤝

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@BrendanFoody

7 months

@rajatsuri @garrytan @paulg Your work is admirable

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@BrendanFoody

3 years

@iamdehshuchef Legit 🤝

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@BrendanFoody

3 years

@huilo1234 legit!

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@BrendanFoody

3 months

@walden_yan @thielfellowship beast

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@BrendanFoody

4 years

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3 years

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5 months

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@BrendanFoody

4 years

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4 years

@chefbashey Legit as it gets

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@BrendanFoody

4 years

@Cybersole Hands down best bot 🤑

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@BrendanFoody

4 years

@Li1Reagan 100% legit. There was a small problem with the first license and he took a bunch of extra time to sort it out and send a new license. Don't bother with a MM

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4 years

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4 years

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11 months

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3 years

@frankcao001 Legit!

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

4 years

@ManualLMatt a pleasure to do business with

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@BrendanFoody

4 months

@sobhan_nejad some successful startups may start doing this as they assemble the resources to build a more durable moat

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

4 years

@ColbyKing22 Super legit and chill!

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

7 months

@AviSchiffmann Everyone is in the mindset of a unidirectional relationship between humans and AI, with humans giving AI tasks. It will soon become bidirectional with AI leveraging human APIs to manage teams and build companies.

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

4 years

@TristanCoetzee6 Legit 🤝

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@BrendanFoody

4 years

@felixvanengelen Legit 🤝

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

3 months

@AbhayVenkatesh1 @mercor_ai 🚀

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@BrendanFoody

3 years

@Young_King_27 Legit as it gets

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@BrendanFoody

4 years

@katadoki Legit 🤝

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@BrendanFoody

4 years

@FattyeXtension You could restock and donate the proceeds

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

1 year

@luke_d1m @sama The FDIC can announce things on the weekend… even if people can’t withdraw until Monday, the sooner the FDIC signal’s that it’s securing SVB deposits over 250k, the sooner we squash panic and further bank runs.

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

22 days

@omlondhe2133 @mercor_ai @suryamidha @adarsh_exe let's goooo

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Brendan (can/do)

@BrendanFoody

3 years