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AI unicorn Mercor acquires Deeptune after founder Brendan Foody backed the startup | Fortune

Brendan Foody started Mercor when he was 19 years old. Now he’s 23, worth billions on paper, and running one of the fastest-growing companies in AI history. On Thursday, his $10 billion business acquired startup Deeptune, a company Foody quietly helped fund months before buying it, Fortune learned exclusively. Deeptune, an Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup, builds simulation environments where AI agents practice real-world tasks before touching production systems—think a flight simulator, but f...

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