Is Meridial AI Legit? Who Runs It, How It Pays, Worker Reports

Who is behind Meridial

Founded: 2015, by Francis Pedraza, according to Invisible's own about page.
Funding: the law firm Fenwick, which advised on the deal, reported a $100 million round for Invisible in September 2025, led by Vanara Capital.
Status of workers: contributors work as independent contractors, not employees of Meridial.

How Meridial works

Create a profile on meridial.ai.
Pass a short confirmation step, then apply to the projects that match your skills.
Sign a Statement of Work for each engagement. Rates are set per project, published for each engagement and confirmed before you begin.
Get paid every two weeks, the payment cycle stated in the FAQ.

A profile lets you be matched to projects; the home page says Meridial does not guarantee project engagements. Questions go to [email protected], the address on its site.

What workers report

On Trustpilot, meridial.ai had a score of 1.5 out of 5 from 32 reviews when we checked, a small, self-selected sample. A review site that covers AI training platforms reports complaints about unpaid onboarding and uneven work volume. Meridial's site mentions no fee for workers.

What to watch out for

Ask whether a step is paid. Get it in writing before you spend hours on an assessment or onboarding task.
Check the posting date. Many Meridial roles were posted long ago (see the table below). A long-open role may be a standing pool of candidates rather than a seat on a live project.
Plan as a contractor. There is no paid leave and no guaranteed hours, and you handle your own taxes where you live.
Keep the terms you are given. We found no published terms page (meridial.ai/terms returned "not found" when we checked), so save every Statement of Work and every message about pay.
Never pay to work. The US Federal Trade Commission advises walking away from anyone who asks for an upfront fee for a job.

What our daily list shows

This site reads Meridial's public job list every day.

Meridial, as read by this site	Figure
Open roles on 26 October 2026	570
Open roles with an hourly rate of their own	54
Median listed hourly rate	$23.25
Middle half of listed hourly rates	$20 to $60
Oldest posting date on an open role	17 April 2025
Half of the open roles were posted on or before	21 August 2025
Open roles that name an EU country or say worldwide	301
New roles, 20 to 26 October 2026	187
Roles taken off the list in the same days	0

Most Meridial roles carry the same platform-wide range ($8 to $65 or $6 to $65 an hour) instead of a rate for the role, so the median and the middle half above use only the roles with a rate of their own. 363 of the open Meridial roles are language roles, at the rates Meridial lists. The figures count roles posted and taken down; they do not show whether a role was filled or how many people a project takes on.

Should you apply to Meridial?

Yes, if you want project-based AI training work and can live with gaps between projects. Meridial is a funded company with a named parent, written contracts and a stated pay cycle. Apply through meridial.ai and keep a record of what you were told about pay.

See every open Meridial role or the Meridial platform page, or browse all 2900 open roles.