Anysphere

The Verge map of the AI data economy shows Mercor's rapid rise as an automated data-labelling staffing alternative, massive funding and valuations for peers like Scale AI and Surge AI, and growing regulatory/legal risk from wage-theft and misclassification lawsuits, all underscoring a highly concentrated, data-driven profit engine with meaningful investment risk.

Anysphere CEO Michael Truell, after hitting $1B in annualized revenue, says the startup will focus on building key features and that competition from OpenAI and Anthropic won't crush them.