# Mercor AI Safety Fund Grants at Mercor

- Company: Mercor
- Status: Open
- Workplace: On-site
- Location: San Francisco · Mexico | Mexico City · New York City · London
- Level: Senior
- Discipline: AI & ML
- Employment: Full-time
- Posted: 2026-09-15
- Skills: Research
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/mercor/1d59ce50-4207-4d95-b7fd-5a01e90b0897

## Description

ABOUT MERCOR



Mercor's mission is to organize human intelligence to power the AI economy. We're a leading AI data company, building the layer between human expertise and frontier models. Millions of domain experts on the platform are paid over $4 million per day to train frontier AI models. Mercor's APEX benchmark family measures AI's real-world impact on professional work. Mercor Enterprise brings this same infrastructure to Fortune 500 companies: helping companies capture how their best people actually work, translating that expertise directly back into agents.

 

Mercor is creating a new category of work where expertise powers AI advancement. Achieving this requires an ambitious, fast-paced and deeply committed team. You’ll work alongside researchers, operators, and AI companies at the forefront of shaping the systems that are redefining society. Mercor is a profitable Series C company valued at $10 billion. We work in-person five days a week in our San Francisco, NYC, or London offices.



Mercor Safety Research Grants $5M

One of the biggest challenges the industry faces today is addressing whether frontier AI is safe enough to deploy. A model can pass safety checks and still act differently in production. This is why investing today in safety research, evals and verification is critical.

Mercor is committing $5 million to fund safety research. Award size and mix depend on the project. The grant supports:

 - Researcher hours

 - API costs

 - Stipends for event and conference attendance

 - The time of experts from Mercor's platform

This is separate from the Merc

More Mercor roles: https://deviantjobs.com/companies/mercor