Polymath

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Simulation environments to train & evaluate long-horizon AI agents

Winter 2026Founded 20262 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA

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Agentic Simulation EnvironmentsSaaSAI labs training long-horizon autonomous agentsMedium competition

Moat

Large-scale simulation worlds trained on frontier model post-training expertise; data systems scalability.

Key risk

Few customers; simulation fidelity vs. real-world reality gap; agent training moving in-house at large labs.

Why now

Frontier labs training long-horizon agents; simulation critical for safety and evaluation before deployment.

Competitors

OpenAI, DeepMind, Unity, Unreal Engine, custom in-house environments

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About

We’re heading towards a future where AI agents will be able to perform useful work over long horizons, with little or no human supervision. To increase the reliability, performance, and safety of autonomous agents, they must be trained in simulation environments that reflect the real world. Polymath builds simulated worlds for agents to practice and learn through experience. We're a team of researchers and engineers from UC Berkeley, Hume AI, Plaid, and Amazon. We have years of experience post-training frontier models in industry, and building large scale data systems. Polymath is backed by Y Combinator.