ME News reports that on April 14 (UTC+8), according to monitoring by 1M AI News, the reinforcement learning training environment startup Fleet is negotiating a new funding round of at least $50 million, with a post-money valuation of approximately $750 million—more than seven times its seed round valuation of under $100 million. Bain Capital Ventures, a subsidiary of Bain Capital, is leading the negotiations, while Sequoia Capital, Menlo Ventures, and SV Angel plan to participate as follow-on investors. Founded in 2024, Fleet’s core business is building reinforcement learning training environments (RL gyms) for AI labs: developing replicas of popular applications such as Salesforce and Excel, enabling models to learn how to operate these software tools. Initially focused on training data for browser and desktop operation scenarios, the company has since expanded to include a broader range of applications. Founder Nic Ouporov was previously a founding engineer at Respell, a no-code automation startup acquired by Salesforce in January 2024. The key driver behind this funding round is explosive revenue growth: Fleet’s annualized revenue has surged from approximately $1 million at the end of last year to over $60 million in recent weeks (calculated by multiplying the most recent quarter’s revenue by four). However, the sustainability of this growth is questionable. Over the past few months, demand for training data from AI labs has skyrocketed, causing sales to rise across multiple data and RL environment startups—a phenomenon driven by rising tides. Over time, labs may consolidate their data spending among a few key suppliers, potentially eliminating some startups. Fleet’s competitors include not only other RL environment providers but also traditional data labeling companies such as Mercor, Surge, and Turing, which are now expanding their offerings to include RL environment services. (Source: BlockBeats)
AI training firm Fleet targets $750 million valuation amid 60x revenue growth
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Fleet, an AI training company backed by MetaEra, is in discussions for a $50 million+ funding round at a $750 million valuation—seven times its seed round valuation. Founded in 2024, the company develops reinforcement learning environments for AI labs, replicating tools such as Excel and Salesforce. Annualized revenue has surged from $1 million to over $60 million, driven by growing demand for training data. On-chain data indicates strong funding rates, but long-term growth remains uncertain as labs may consolidate their budgets.
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