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Brendan FoodyBrendan Foody

Brendan Foody

CEO, Co-Founder / Mercor

Brendan Foody is the Co-founder and CEO of Mercor, an artificial intelligence-powered recruiting startup based in San Francisco. He is a serial entrepreneur obsessed with AI's potential to solve labor misallocation. Foody is also a Thiel Fellow and was previously the CEO and Founder of Seros. He is noted for co-founding Mercor with high-school friends, turning a hackathon project into one of the fastest-scaling startups, reportedly going from $1M to $500M in revenue in just 17 months.

Bachelor's, Georgetown University
United States
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TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceEntrepreneurshipRecruiting
$500M
Revenue Growth (17 mos)
46.4K
LinkedIn Followers
2.9K
Instagram Followers
3
Companies Founded
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Work Experience

MercorMercor
Mercor

CEO, Co-Founder

Jan 2023 - Present
Responsibilities
Assembling the Mercor Mafia
Thiel CapitalThiel Capital
Thiel Capital

Thiel Fellow

Mar 2024 - Present
Position
Thiel Fellow
SerosSeros
Seros

CEO, Founder

Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Responsibilities
Globalizing access to compute
StealthStealth
Stealth

CEO, Founder

Jun 2020 - Dec 2022
Responsibilities
We built a cloud consulting business arbitraging AWS promotions. I worked with hundreds of corporate clients saving millions of dollars for my customers.

Education

ProdProd
Prod

Cohort 2.0

Field of Study
Cohort 2.0
Georgetown UniversityGeorgetown University
Georgetown University

Business Administration - BBA

2021 - 2023
Field of Study
Business Administration - BBA - Economics

Skills & Expertise

Brendan Foody's expertise spans high-growth startup leadership, deep technical knowledge in cloud and AI infrastructure, and a strong background in business strategy and competitive debate.

Leadership & Strategy
CEOCo-FounderEntrepreneurshipBusiness StrategyHigh Standards
Technology & Infrastructure
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Cloud ComputingVirtual MachinesMicrosoft AzureSoftware Development

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