Mercor

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Spirit Airlines' last asset went on the block: the inbox of everyone who worked there

The bankrupt airline's 80,000 email accounts, 500 million internal messages and a million time cards drew a $10 million Google bid and a $12.5 million counter. The flight attendants' union and more than 100 members of Congress are still trying to stop the sale of the workers' own records.

November 8, 2026three-minute read

Deals

Anthropic could list as soon as November 16, and Robinhood's CFO says it could reprice his AI portfolio

Robinhood CFO Shiv Verma read Anthropic's prospectus on camera and said its reception could reprice every private mark in his fund, Mercor included. Robinhood Ventures Fund I is the only listed way to hold that book, and the debut could come as soon as November 16.

October 29, 2026three-minute read

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Forbes says Edwin Chen is worth $18 billion. No one has ever priced Surge AI.

Forbes' 2026 list values Edwin Chen's 75% of Surge AI at $18 billion, implying the bootstrapped data-labeler is worth about $24 billion. Rival marks at Scale AI and Mercor were set by cash; Surge's traces to funding talks that never closed.

October 26, 2026three-minute read

Secondary market

Spirit Airlines' last asset went on the block: the inbox of everyone who worked there

Anthropic could list as soon as November 16, and Robinhood's CFO says it could reprice his AI portfolio

Forbes says Edwin Chen is worth $18 billion. No one has ever priced Surge AI.

Baseten's $13 billion tranche prices a company that cuts its own rates every 15 days

Undergrads Skip Class to Grade AI for $1,300 a Week. The Startup Behind Them Is Reportedly Worth $3.2 Billion