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Micro1
AI recruiter that interviews and vets engineers, and supplies experts for AI training.
NOT REALLY
why this verdict
Keep it — OpenAI has not replaced it
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the HR & recruiting job, so this one is still worth keeping open.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- Mercor and expert marketplaces competing for the same AI training and vetted talent supply. OpenAI, November 11, 2025 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers not the job editorial call
- Parts of it. The job still needs the tool to get finished.
- Is there a free way to do it? paid only
- 3 replacements listed, all paid.
- What the call is worth nothing to cancel
- No paid entry tier tracked, so there is no subscription to cancel.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked missing: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- OpenAI
- Since
- November 11, 2025
- List price
- free
- Per year
- —
The backstory
Micro1 built an AI interviewer that conducts technical screens at a scale no human team could match, then pivoted much of that capability toward supplying vetted experts to AI labs for training data, which is where the money moved. Both halves depend on the same asset: a large pool of assessed talent with reliable skill signals. It competes directly with Mercor for that supply, and the labs' appetite for expert data has kept growing.