Data research shop that built RL environments, hard reasoning benchmarks and expert-run data projects, especially in the sciences; now part of Mercor.
Acquired by Mercor (Feb 2026, terms undisclosed).
- orrick.com · Acquisition announcement (vendor site offline since acquisition)
- linkedin.com · Mercor announcement
2026-10-16
Public / acquired
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