Revelo Rides AI Wave as U.S. Companies Tap LatAm Talent for Post-Training LLM Work

While many U.S. tech companies are calling employees back to the office, they’re also quietly scaling remote teams — especially in Latin America. Revelo, a Brazil-born hiring platform for vetted LatAm developers, says it’s seeing a surge in demand driven by one thing: post-training AI work.

“There’s a race for expert human data,” CEO Lucas Mendes told TechCrunch, “and coding is one of the high-value tasks where LLMs still need human help.” That human help, increasingly, is coming from Revelo’s 400K+ developer network.

In 2024 alone, LLM-related roles made up 22% of Revelo’s revenue. U.S. clients — including Intuit, Oracle, Dell, and nearly every major hyperscaler — are hiring Revelo engineers to fine-tune AI models with language-specific coding expertise.

Revelo’s edge? Proximity. With its workforce spread across Latin America, it offers “nearshoring” convenience — same time zones, high quality, and a cost-efficient alternative to traditional hiring. Mendes says the COVID-era spike in remote hiring cracked the door open. Now, even as RTO culture returns, the demand hasn’t faded.

Founded in 2014, Revelo has raised over $48M from Social Capital, FJ Labs, and Valor Capital. It’s also been in acquisition mode — buying five regional competitors in the last 30 months, including Alto and Paretisa in March.

Why it matters:
AI may be replacing some jobs, but it's also creating new demand for expert humans — especially those who can speak both code and context. And as LLMs go from experimental to operational, platforms like Revelo are positioning themselves as essential infrastructure for the AI economy.