Miju Labs
Background
Started in banking (Merrill Lynch intern; Citigroup investment banking, 2009), moved to an operating role at First Solar, interned at Amazon during a Wharton MBA, then spent eight years at Tesla, where he was the first finance hire for Tesla Energy. Before Mercor he was at an early-stage AI robotics company (closed its Series C, FedEx partnership).
What they run now
Finance for a business with thin, rising gross margins (27% in 2025, 33% in Q2 2026 per The Information); fundraising; reinventing finance with agents.
Career
- 2026 – presentCFO, Mercor
- 2009Investment banking, Citigroup
- —Finance leader, Unnamed AI robotics startup
- —Finance (first finance hire, Tesla Energy), Tesla — 8 years
- —Operating role, First Solar
- —The Wharton School, MBA
On the record
Mercor's thesis · 2026-06
Says he joined because Mercor is creating the largest new job category and sees the founders' conviction as Elon-like. source