figures around $300k per environment
High-fidelity replica of a complex software product (Slack-grade) built as an RL environment
Dated 12 Jan 2026Source checked 19 Oct 2026Basis: reported
In the source's own words
“But higher-quality replicas of complex products like Slack can cost significantly more: one interviewee mentioned figures around $300k for these.”
Where it was read
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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- $42.7K per environmentDatasets, tasks and environments, made to order, per environment