The logical next frontier for BaaS companies is AI hiring platforms, or what Mercor is actually supposed to be. With technical talent becoming more of an outbound endeavor, companies often know the types of candidates they are targeting.

AI hiring platforms enable companies to maintain their preferred hiring practices while claiming the AI hiring black box made objective decisions.

In reality, every single AI hiring platform will suffer from the same adverse selection present in marketplaces from LinkedIn to Opendoor. The best candidates never hit the market because they are recruited directly or through warm networks.

— Human Invariant, Blame as a Service (BaaS), 2025