Neolabs are converging: inference providers add RL training, RL shops add inference
willcb · x · 2026-10-21
A roundup of how the new wave of AI infrastructure companies are converging on the same offering stack: Together Compute started with inference and now offers sandboxes and RL training; Fireworks AI started with inference and added RL training; Prime Intellect began with RL training and now offers inference and sandboxes; Modal started with cloud compute and sandboxes and now does inference and RL training. The reply mocks the observation as obvious convergence.
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