RL environment supply contract between a vendor and a smaller (neo) lab
contracts in the $300k-$500k range per contract (often quarterly)
Dated 12 Jan 2026Source checked 11 Oct 2026Quote found on its page again 17 Oct 2026Basis: reported
In the source's own words
“seeing contracts in the $300k-$500k range”
Where it was read
Epoch AI, checked 11 Oct 2026
Everything read from this source (16)Archived copy, 16 Oct 2026
Also read from the same source
- One especially complex software-engineering RL task with its grader (upper end reported to Epoch AI)
- Exclusive rights instead of shared rights
- One training task with its grader
- A working replica of a website or app for an agent to practise in
- RL environment vendors and neolabs and frontier labs: price range, RL environment (contracts)
- RL environment vendors and AI labs: price range, RL environment (software replicas)
What it is about
Figures it counts in
- $722K per contractDatasets, tasks and environments, made to order, per contract
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