Mercor acquires Deeptune, which builds reinforcement learning environments for AI agents, three months after CEO Brendan Foody backed Deeptune's $43M Series A (Lily Mae Lazarus/Fortune)
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Lily Mae Lazarus / Fortune: Mercor acquires Deeptune, which builds reinforcement learning environments for AI agents, three months after CEO Brendan Foody backed Deeptune's $43M Series A — Brendan Foody started Mercor when he was 19 years old. Now he's 23, worth billions on paper, and running one of the fastest-growing companies in AI history.
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