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EdotEnv

YC S26

San Francisco, US · Founded 2026 · 2 employees · 3 known investors

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EdotEnv is a quant research lab building reinforcement-learning environments at scale from financial market data, designed to increase in difficulty so AI agents can continuously improve. It works with frontier AI labs and academic groups on research harnesses, evaluation benchmarks, and post-training environments toward recursive self-improvement.

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S26)

EdotEnv was founded in 2026 by Rui Wang and Michael Zhang.

RWRui Wang
Rui Wangin𝕏Co-founder · CEORui Wang is the founder and CEO of EdotEnv, which builds environments and harnesses and post-trains LLMs on quant-trading-inspired tasks to improve their general research abilities. He previously worked as a quant at G-Research and studied Applied Mathematics at ETH Zürich.
MZMichael Zhang
Michael Zhangin𝕏FounderHe previously designed an LLM inference system for Etched's SOHU chips and built automated high-frequency options trading strategies at Transmarket Group, and is an ETH Zürich alumnus.

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What does EdotEnv do?
EdotEnv is a quant research lab building reinforcement-learning environments at scale from financial market data, designed to increase in difficulty so AI agents can continuously improve. It works with frontier AI labs and academic groups on research harnesses, evaluation benchmarks, and post-training environments toward recursive self-improvement.
Who founded EdotEnv?
EdotEnv was founded by Rui Wang, Michael Zhang in 2026.
Who are EdotEnv's investors?
EdotEnv's investors include Twelve Below, Vela Partners, Y Combinator.
Where is EdotEnv headquartered?
EdotEnv is headquartered in San Francisco, US.