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We'd hire 2x more elite AI talent if US immigration wasn't broken: Mercor CEO
short by Vaishnavi Mishra / on Sunday, 19 July, 2026
Mercor AI CEO Brendan Foody criticised US immigration policies and said, "Government is actively sabotaging American AI." "We could hire 2x as many elite AI researchers today if immigration policy weren't broken," he said, adding that frontier AI labs' researchers are prevented from joining US firms. His remarks come as government tightens immigration rules, including stricter visa regulations.
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