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December 4, 2025
Micro1, a Scale AI competitor, touts crossing $100M ARR
Micro1 started the year with roughly $7 million ARR. Now, it claims to have surpassed $100 million in ARR, double what it reported in September.

TL;DR
- Micro1's annual recurring revenue (ARR) has grown from $7 million to over $100 million in less than a year.
- The company specializes in recruiting and managing human experts for AI training data.
- Micro1 is expanding into new markets, including AI agents for enterprise workflows and robotics pre-training.
- The AI data training market is projected to grow from $10-15 billion to nearly $100 billion within two years.
- Competitors like Mercor and Surge have significantly higher ARR, but Micro1 focuses on rapid recruitment and evaluation of domain experts.
- The company manages thousands of experts across diverse fields, paying them up to $100 per hour.
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