roughly 4-5x
RL environment vendors and AI labs: price range, RL environment (exclusive vs non-exclusive)
Dated 12 Jan 2026Source checked 12 Jan 2026Quote found on its page again 17 Oct 2026Basis: reported
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“Two RL environment founders independently agreed that exclusive deals are roughly 4-5x more expensive than non-exclusive ones.”
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Epoch AI, checked 12 Jan 2026
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Also read from the same source
- RL environment supply contract between a vendor and a smaller (neo) lab
- 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)
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