RL Pioneer Sutton to Launch New Startup
mark_k · x · 2026-07-13
Reinforcement learning pioneer Richard Sutton is leaving John Carmack's Keen Technologies to found a new company, Oak Lab.
The new startup will continue to focus on reinforcement learning while also exploring new technological approaches. The author notes this is an exciting development and wishes success to both Keen and Oak Lab.
Related event: Turing Award Winner Sutton Leaves Keen to Found OakLab(10 posts)→
More from Companies & People
- Anthropic Insiders: Not Everyone at the Lab Believes in High p(doom) — anpaure · 2026-09-11
- Lumara AI Film Festival Comes to NYC Oct 26, Top AI Filmmakers to Compete — 0xAllen_ · 2026-09-11
- X drama: Anthropic researchers accused of spying on academic customers and racing them to results — basedjensen · 2026-09-11
- Investor argues Palantir-Nvidia partnership should slash Anthropic's IPO valuation — pdamodaran · 2026-09-11
- a16z podcast: why 2-3 person startups are absent from policy debates — a16z Podcast · 2026-09-11
- PyTorch Day Korea 2026 launches first offline conf, CFP closes Sept 13 — PyTorch · 2026-09-11