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hillclimb

Training Data for Recursive Self-Improvement

Y CombinatorFall 2025ActiveB2BEngineering, Product and DesignReinforcement Learning

What they do

Problem

Frontier AI labs lack high-quality training data and workflows to teach AI agents to iteratively improve and perform AI research tasks like an AI research scientist.

Solution

They provide training data and related tooling to train agents for recursive self-improvement toward AI research scientist capabilities.

Who it's for

Frontier AI labs developing advanced AI agents and research systems.

Founders

Jun Park
Founder

hillclimb / prev deepmind, pro valorant, georgia tech

Open roles 4

Software Engineer Intern
San Francisco, CA, US · Internship · $10K / monthly
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Research Engineer Intern
San Francisco, CA, US · Internship · $10K / monthly
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Member of Technical Staff, Research
San Francisco, CA, US · Full-time · $200K - $300K · 1.00% - 5.00%
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Member of Technical Staff, SWE
San Francisco, CA, US · Full-time · $200K - $300K · 1.00% - 5.00%
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