# Adarsh Hiremath

> Adarsh Hiremath is a Mercor co-founder and co-CEO who helped turn a college-era business placing Indian engineers into a platform for sourcing and assessing experts who train and evaluate AI. A former Bellarmine policy debater and Harvard computer science student, he leads engineering, product and the company’s enterprise AI work.

- **Role:** Co-founder and co-CEO, Mercor
- **Organizations:** Mercor, Bellarmine College Preparatory, Harvard University
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** High school diploma, Bellarmine College Preparatory, Computer science and mathematics studies; leave of absence, Harvard University
- **Known for:** With debate partner Surya Midha, became the first team to win all three major national policy debate tournaments in one year., Co-founded Mercor and helped build its automated screening, interviewing and matching infrastructure., Received a Thiel Fellowship alongside his co-founders.

## Career timeline

- **2021** — Graduated from Bellarmine College Preparatory after competing in policy debate with Surya Midha.
- **2023** — Co-founded Mercor with Brendan Foody and Surya Midha; the first business matched engineers in India with US startup projects.
- **2024** — Mercor announced $3.6 million in funding and its automated assessment and hiring platform.
- **2025** — Appeared on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list with his co-founders; Mercor raised funding at a $10 billion valuation in October.
- **2026** — Became Mercor co-CEO and led its enterprise AI business; authored its March enterprise AI announcement.

## Achievements

- With debate partner Surya Midha, became the first team to win all three major national policy debate tournaments in one year.
- Co-founded Mercor and helped build its automated screening, interviewing and matching infrastructure.
- Received a Thiel Fellowship alongside his co-founders.
- Listed with his co-founders in Forbes 30 Under 30 for 2025.
- Mercor reached a reported $2 billion annualized revenue run rate by June 2026, according to investor Felicis.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Felicis published a profile confirming Hiremath and Foody serve as Mercor co-CEOs and describing Hiremath’s enterprise focus.
- **2026-03** — Hiremath published Mercor’s enterprise AI announcement as co-CEO.
- **2025-10** — Mercor raised $350 million at a reported $10 billion valuation.

## Links

- Website: https://www.mercor.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adarsh-h-623941204/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/adarsh_exe
- GitHub: https://github.com/adarsh-hiremath/

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Last updated: 2026-09-29