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Training gyms for computer use and software engineering work

Y CombinatorSpring 2025ActiveB2BEngineering, Product and Design

What they do

Problem

AI systems lack effective training environments to learn reliable coding and computer-use skills for software engineering work.

Solution

It builds reinforcement-learning environments (“gyms”) for training models on coding tasks and computer interaction.

Who it's for

AI research teams and developers building or training models for coding and computer use.

Founders

Christopher Settles
Founder

Co-founder and CEO @ Refresh | ex-ML @ Uber AI, CS @ UIUC.

Erik Quintanilla
Founder

Co-founder and CTO @ Refresh | ex- @CapitalOne @Amazon / various startups (AI voice) a lot of data/scraping stuff. prev. computer vision research

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