Ni Biashara · Train AI

Train AI. Get paid like an expert.

The labs building AI have a problem money solves: their models need real expertise — clinical judgment, engineering depth, legal reasoning, a writer's ear, a native speaker's instinct. Mercor is the marketplace that hires credentialed experts to supply it, on contract, from wherever you live. If you trained for years to know what you know, this is the room where that knowledge is the product.

Expert bands listed by Mercor run $60–$200+/hr — top experts to $450/hr. Source: Mercor pool listings and offers · as of Oct 23, 2026.

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What this is

Mercor runs expert pools for AI labs. You apply once, take a ~20-minute AI interview, and sit in a pool. When a lab needs your expertise — rating model answers in your field, writing the hard cases, checking the model's work against reality — you get matched to paid contract projects. Mercor says it pays its expert bench more than $1.5M every day (the company's own figure). This page is Ni Biashara's door into those pools, built for the credentialed diaspora: clinicians, engineers, writers, finance professionals, lawyers, and language experts.

Pick your pool

One application per pool. All eight pools are live below — pick yours and apply. Questions first? Call or text Nia at +1 254-328-1824.

Medical · Live

Medical Expert Pool

Clinicians, nurses, public-health and epidemiology experts: review clinical AI output, write the cases that teach models medicine as it is actually practised.

$80–$175/hr typical expert band Apply to this pool →
Source: Mercor Medical Expert pool · as of Oct 23, 2026 · Ni Biashara referral link
AI / Machine Learning · Live

Machine Learning Expert Pool

ML engineers, data scientists, AI researchers: build evaluations, grade model reasoning, and stress-test systems in your specialty.

$70–$100/hr on this pool's listing Apply to this pool →
Source: Mercor Machine Learning Expert pool listing · as of Oct 23, 2026 · Ni Biashara referral link
Humanities · Live

Humanities Expert Pool

Writers, editors, literature and humanities scholars: Mercor's writing-intensive pool — writing the hard questions from your field and grading the model's interpretation and argument.

$60/hr on a current live offer Apply to this pool →
Source: Mercor Humanities Expert pool · as of Oct 23, 2026 · Ni Biashara referral link
Engineering · Live

Software Engineering Expert Pool

Frontend, backend, full-stack, mobile, DevOps, QA and security engineers: build evaluations and grade model output against real-world engineering standards.

$70–$150/hr on this pool's listing Apply to this pool →
Source: Mercor expert pool listing · as of Oct 23, 2026 · Ni Biashara referral link
Finance · Live

Finance Expert Pool

Accountants, analysts, bankers, insurance and actuarial professionals: financial reasoning, modelling and compliance judgment for AI systems.

$60–$180/hr on this pool's listing Apply to this pool →
Source: Mercor expert pool listing · as of Oct 23, 2026 · Ni Biashara referral link
Legal · Live

Legal Expert Pool

Lawyers and legal scholars: contract reasoning, jurisdictional nuance, and the difference between what a model says the law is and what it is.

$60–$150/hr on this pool's listing Apply to this pool →
Source: Mercor expert pool listing · as of Oct 23, 2026 · Ni Biashara referral link
Language · Live

Language & Audio Expert Pool

Linguists, translators, interpreters and audio professionals — Spanish, Arabic, French, Portuguese, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Italian and more: translation judgment, idiom, register.

$35–$50/hr on this pool's listing Apply to this pool →
Source: Mercor expert pool listing · as of Oct 23, 2026 · Ni Biashara referral link
General · Live

Generalist Expert Pool

Mercor's broadest pool — for deep knowledge that does not fit a specialist box. Strong general reasoning in your field is the entry ticket.

$40–$70/hr on this pool's listing Apply to this pool →
Source: Mercor expert pool listing · as of Oct 23, 2026 · Ni Biashara referral link

How it works

  1. Apply through your pool link above. One application — your credentials, your field, your evidence of expertise.
  2. Take the AI interview. About 20 minutes, with an AI interviewer, in your domain. It is a real filter: this is why the rates are what they are.
  3. Get matched. When a lab's project fits your profile, you are offered contract work — scope and rate up front, your call to accept.
  4. Get paid. Mercor pays experts via Stripe or Wise, on the project's terms.

Source: Mercor expert application flow · as of Oct 23, 2026.

The rates, in plain numbers

  • $80–$175/hr — the typical band for domain experts across Mercor's pools.
  • Up to $450/hr — the top of the expert range, for scarce specialisms.
  • $70–$100/hr — the published rate on the Machine Learning Expert pool listing above.
  • $60/hr — a writing contract offered live this week through these pools.
  • $1.5M+ per day — what Mercor says it pays its whole expert bench (the company's own claim).

Source: Mercor pool listings and offers · as of Oct 23, 2026. Rates are per-project and set by Mercor and the lab — Ni Biashara does not set them and cannot promise a match.

The honest part: our referral share

The pool links on this page are Ni Biashara referral links. If you are hired through one, Mercor pays Ni Biashara a referral share — 20% of what you earn, up to a cap — for having brought you in.

Your pay is not reduced by a single cent. The referral share is paid by Mercor, on Mercor's side of the ledger, on top of your rate — the same way a recruiter is paid by the employer, never out of your pocket. We print this here, at full size.

Source: Mercor referral program terms · as of Oct 23, 2026.

Questions, answered straight

Does the referral cut my pay?

No. Your rate is set between you, Mercor and the lab. Ni Biashara's referral share is paid separately by Mercor and never comes out of your earnings.

What does it cost me to apply?

Nothing. Applying and interviewing are free. Anyone charging you a fee to "get into Mercor" is not us and not Mercor.

Who is this actually for?

People with verifiable, credentialed expertise: licensed clinicians, engineers, published writers, finance and legal professionals, academics, and native-level language experts. The interview checks that the expertise is real.

Is a match guaranteed?

No — and anyone who guarantees one is lying to you. You apply, you interview, and labs pick from the pool. What is real: the pools are hiring, the rates above are from live listings and offers, and one strong application puts you in front of every lab using that pool.

How and when do I get paid?

Mercor pays experts via Stripe or Wise, per the terms of each project you accept.

Questions about the pools? Call or text Nia: +1 254-328-1824.
Looking for DFW openings instead? The jobs board carries local roles checked against the employer's posting — and the expert pools above are pinned at its top.