{"id":7252,"date":"2025-11-01T21:53:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T21:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsmakers.com.pk\/en\/?p=7252"},"modified":"2025-11-02T21:11:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T21:11:25","slug":"22-year-old-ai-billionaires-make-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsmakers.com.pk\/en\/international\/22-year-old-ai-billionaires-make-history\/7252\/","title":{"rendered":"22-Year-Old AI Billionaires Make History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Sunday, 2 November 2025 | Web Desk<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A group of three 22-year-old billionaires from the United States has made history with their artificial intelligence company, Mercor, surpassing the record once held by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 2023 in San Francisco, Mercor has quickly risen to prominence, now valued at an astonishing <strong>$10 billion<\/strong>. The company\u2019s annual revenue is growing rapidly, currently at a run rate of $500 million per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three young founders \u2014 Brandon Fodey, Aadarsh Hirematt, and Surya Madha \u2014 are officially the world\u2019s youngest billionaires. Their company recently raised $350 million in a funding round led by <strong>Felicis Ventures<\/strong>, pushing its valuation into the ten-billion-dollar range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>High school friends and participants in Peter Thiel\u2019s Thiel Fellowship \u2014 a program that supports young entrepreneurs who choose to skip college to build businesses \u2014 the trio started Mercor as a platform connecting Indian engineers with U.S. companies. Over time, Mercor evolved into a major player in <strong>data labeling and AI model training<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmakers.com.pk\/en\/international\/openai-launches-pulse\/7157\/\">OpenAI Launches \u201cPulse\u201d \u2013 AI Personal Assistant for Users<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the company faces a lawsuit from competitor <strong>Scale AI<\/strong>, accusing it of stealing trade secrets, Mercor\u2019s founders insist their focus remains firmly on innovation and growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, all three founders come from families of software engineers and grew up surrounded by technology. 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