dmodel

Alignment-oriented environments focused on reward quality

dmodel works on ML and alignment-oriented environment design, focusing on reward quality and model behavior for frontier training.

Websitedmodel.ai
DomainsMachine Learning, Alignment
LocationSan Francisco
Team size11-25
FoundersAnish Tondwalkar, Daniel Moon

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