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AI training data sponsors side by side: Turing, Scale and Mercor, and where each one ran by quarter.
37Turing19 newsletter · 1 podcast · 17 event
25Scale1 newsletter · 1 podcast · 23 event
21Mercor13 newsletter · 6 podcast · 2 event
Where they ran Newsletter and podcast placements by lane and quarter.
Lanes come from each newsletter’s topic and each podcast’s genre. 2026 Q4 runs through 2026-11-02. We read many more newsletters and podcasts from late 2026, so compare companies within a quarter, not one quarter to the next.
| Turing | Scale | Mercor | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lane | Earlier | ’25 Q4 | ’26 Q1 | ’26 Q2 | ’26 Q3 | ’26 Q4 | Earlier | ’25 Q4 | ’26 Q1 | ’26 Q2 | ’26 Q3 | ’26 Q4 | Earlier | ’25 Q4 | ’26 Q1 | ’26 Q2 | ’26 Q3 | ’26 Q4 | ||
| Startups & venture newsletters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Technology podcasts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| AI newsletters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Business & economy newsletters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Events Sponsor lists, booths and partner listings by event sector.
| Sector | Turing | Scale | Mercor |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI | 14 | 15 | 2 |
| Business & tech | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Security | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Cloud & data | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Industrial | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Top outlets By newsletter and podcast placements.
Turing
- Sourcery17
- Andrew Yeung's Newsletter2
- Dwarkesh Podcast1
Scale
- Creative Automation1
- Dwarkesh Podcast1
Mercor
- Sourcery11
- AlphaSignal3
- The Neuron2
- Morning Brew1
- Exec Sum1
- The Neuron: AI Explained1
The detail Outlets behind each lane.
Turing · Startups & venture newsletters · 2026 Q2
- Andrew Yeung's Newsletter1 placement
Turing · Startups & venture newsletters · 2026 Q3
- Sourcery12 placements
- Andrew Yeung's Newsletter1 placement
Turing · Startups & venture newsletters · 2026 Q4
- Sourcery5 placements
Mercor · Startups & venture newsletters · 2025 Q4
- Exec Sum1 placement
Mercor · Startups & venture newsletters · 2026 Q4
- Sourcery6 placements
Turing · Technology podcasts · Earlier
- Dwarkesh Podcast1 placement
Scale · Technology podcasts · Earlier
- Dwarkesh Podcast1 placement
Mercor · Technology podcasts · 2026 Q4
- Sourcery5 placements
- The Neuron: AI Explained1 placement
Mercor · AI newsletters · 2026 Q4
- AlphaSignal3 placements
- The Neuron2 placements
Scale · Business & economy newsletters · 2026 Q3
- Creative Automation1 placement
Mercor · Business & economy newsletters · 2026 Q3
- Morning Brew1 placement
Counts are the ads we’ve found. They don’t show spend. A company with few ads here may buy elsewhere.