RL Environmentcompany reported
RL Environments and Agents
Custom RL environments and verifier design for training and evaluating agentic models.
Custom-builtCommercialRequest demo
EnvIndex catalog pageIncumbentCatalog available · 11
Surge
Bootstrapped human-data leader with a dedicated RL environments org
Surge AI is the largest human data / RLHF vendor by revenue ($1.2B+ in 2024) serving OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and Meta, and has created an internal organization dedicated to RL environments. It builds expert-graded evals and environment products such as EnterpriseBench.
~$9.9M revenue per employee; CoreCraft benchmark
| Website | surgehq.ai |
|---|---|
| Domains | Multi-Domain, Data Labeling, RLHF |
| Location | San Francisco, New York, Seattle |
| Team size | 101-250 |
| Founded | 2020 |
| Funding | Bootstrapped; reported in talks to raise ~$1B at $25B+ valuation (2025) |
| Raising | Reported yes · re-verification required |
| Founders | Edwin Chen |
Capability coverage
Focus areas and technical capabilities are shown separately. Missing technical evidence remains Unknown.
Catalog-evidenced technical capabilities
Tool useLong horizonExpert authoredHuman in the loopComputer useBrowser useMultimodalCode executionFile manipulationStatefulMCP support
Capability catalog
Products and services supported by official company materials. Reviewed 2026-08-16.
Verifiercompany reported
Rubrics and Verifiers
Custom rubric and verifier design for scoring complex model and agent behavior.
Custom-builtCommercialRequest demo
EnvIndex catalog pageDatasetcompany reported
RLHF
Human preference and reward data for reinforcement learning from human feedback.
Custom-builtCommercialRequest demo
EnvIndex catalog pageDatasetcompany reported
Supervised Fine-Tuning Data
Expert demonstrations for bootstrapping model capabilities, including computer and browser use.
Custom-builtCommercialRequest demo
EnvIndex catalog pageEvaluation Suitecompany reported
Human Evaluation
Human evaluation programs for model quality, usefulness, safety, and subjective output characteristics.
Custom-builtCommercialRequest demo
EnvIndex catalog pageDatasetcompany reported
Expert Professional Domains
Expert-authored data and judgment across professional, STEM, and humanities domains.
Custom-builtCommercialRequest demo
EnvIndex catalog pageDatasetcompany reported
Internationalization
Language and culturally grounded training data across more than 70 reported languages.
Custom-builtCommercialRequest demo
EnvIndex catalog pageDatasetcompany reported
Multimodal Data
Training and evaluation data spanning text, images, audio, and video.
Custom-builtCommercialRequest demo
EnvIndex catalog pageEnvironment Bundlecompany reported
Off-The-Shelf Data Catalog
Pre-built commercial datasets and RL environments spanning coding, enterprise agents, STEM, tool use, and reasoning.
Private catalogCommercialOff-the-shelf
EnvIndex catalog pageBenchmarkcompany reported
CoreCraft
A simulated enterprise environment where agents complete customer-support and operational tasks inside a fictional PC retailer.
Public / Open
EnvIndex catalog pageBenchmarkcompany reported
HANDBOOK.md Agents
A long-context enterprise-agent benchmark built from unique RL environments with internal tools and external MCP servers.
Public / Open
EnvIndex catalog pageEnvironments & datasets
Verified public artifacts and documented private commercial inventory.
RL Environment
RL Environments and Agents
Custom RL environments and verifier design for training and evaluating agentic models.
Surge · 100% completeCompany-reported
Verifier
Rubrics and Verifiers
Custom rubric and verifier design for scoring complex model and agent behavior.
Surge · 100% completeCompany-reported
Dataset
RLHF
Human preference and reward data for reinforcement learning from human feedback.
Surge · 100% completeCompany-reported
Dataset
Supervised Fine-Tuning Data
Expert demonstrations for bootstrapping model capabilities, including computer and browser use.
Surge · 100% completeCompany-reported
Evaluation Suite
Human Evaluation
Human evaluation programs for model quality, usefulness, safety, and subjective output characteristics.
Surge · 100% completeCompany-reported
Dataset
Expert Professional Domains
Expert-authored data and judgment across professional, STEM, and humanities domains.
Surge · 100% completeCompany-reported
Dataset
Internationalization
Language and culturally grounded training data across more than 70 reported languages.
Surge · 100% completeCompany-reported
Dataset
Multimodal Data
Training and evaluation data spanning text, images, audio, and video.
Surge · 100% completeCompany-reported
Environment Bundle
Off-The-Shelf Data Catalog
Pre-built commercial datasets and RL environments spanning coding, enterprise agents, STEM, tool use, and reasoning.
Surge · 100% completeCompany-reported
Benchmark
CoreCraft
A simulated enterprise environment where agents complete customer-support and operational tasks inside a fictional PC retailer.
Surge · 100% completeCompany-reported
Benchmark
HANDBOOK.md Agents
A long-context enterprise-agent benchmark built from unique RL environments with internal tools and external MCP servers.
Surge · 100% completeCompany-reported
Sources
- 1. Products ↗Surge AI · accessed 2026-08-16
- 2. Off-the-Shelf Training Data ↗Surge AI · accessed 2026-08-16
- 3. RL Environments and the Hierarchy of Agentic Capabilities ↗Surge AI Research Team · accessed 2026-08-16
- 4. Benchmarks ↗Surge AI · accessed 2026-08-16
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