Mechanical Turk

Mercor, an AI labor marketplace founded by Brendan Foody, hit a $2 billion gross annualized revenue run rate in June 2026, doubling its pace earlier in the year. The growth comes as Amazon phases out …

Amazon Web Services is shutting down Mechanical Turk, its crowdsourcing platform launched in 2005 as the original 'Artificial Artificial Intelligence,' to new customers starting July 30, 2026. The ser…