Vmax

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Total raised$7.0M
StageSeed
Founded2025
Team size1-10
HQSan Francisco, United States
IndustriesAI/MLReinforcement LearningApplied ResearchSaaS

About Vmax

Vmax is an applied research lab working at the frontier of reinforcement learning. The company is building new techniques for leveraging RL with Large Language Models, aiming to advance how these technologies complement each other. Its research contributes directly to an RL platform that automates the engineering involved in converting data and evaluations into RL environments, underscoring its role in streamlining RL development.

Company at a glance

Location
San Francisco, United States
Websitevmax.ai
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Founders & Leadership

AM

Augustine Mavor-Parker

RL PhD, Vmax CTO

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MS

Matthew Sargent

Co-Founder at Vmax

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Location

About the Team

Team Distribution

  • Leadership100%

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.University College London
  2. 2.Imperial College London

Team Worked At

  • Redwood Research
  • The Alan Turing Institute
  • CopernicAI
  • Synativ
  • Illumina

Team Composition

2 people
  • Entrepreneurship2 senior2

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