# Abundant Expands to Dublin to Scale RL Training Data for Frontier AI Labs **Author:** Zero G Talent **Published:** 2026-11-04 **Category:** research **Tags:** yc-hiring, reinforcement learning, training data, platform engineering, machine learning research [Read on Zero G Talent](https://zerogtalent.com/blog/abundant-expands-to-dublin-to-scale-rl-training-data-for-frontier-ai-labs) --- [Abundant](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-companies/abundant), a San Francisco-based company building environments and datasets for reinforcement learning, is doubling down on technical headcount across the United States and Europe. The startup is establishing an engineering hub in Dublin, Ireland, alongside its headquarters in San Francisco, opening seven roles across platform engineering, AI research, recruiting, and product management. Abundant launched out of Y Combinator’s Fall 2024 cohort with $500,000 in seed backing. The team currently numbers seven people, aiming to address the data bottleneck facing large-scale artificial intelligence models. ## Shifting Training from Public Web Scraping to RL Environments Abundant focuses on producing data for reinforcement learning (RL) and learning from experience rather than standard supervised fine-tuning (SFT). As public web text reaches its natural limits for frontier model training, labs face steep scaling requirements that demand new, high-quality synthetic and expert-annotated data. To meet this demand, Abundant creates simulated environments and datasets using domain-specific simulations and model training. The company reports that its platform: - Powers three of the top six global AI labs as well as Fortune 500 enterprises. - Generates billions of training tokens per month, growing at 100% month over month. - Coordinates a network of more than 500 domain experts to generate and verify specialized data. The company positions its platform as foundational infrastructure for labs training autonomous agents, complex reasoning engines, and physical AI systems. ## Technical Backgrounds Across Autonomous Systems and Scaled Operations The company was founded in 2024 by [Jesse Hu](https://zerogtalent.com/people/jesse-hu), [Ke Huang](https://zerogtalent.com/people/ke-huang), and [Meji Abidoye](https://zerogtalent.com/people/meji-abidoye). Hu previously worked as a machine learning engineer at Waymo, training production models for autonomous driving. The broader founding team brings engineering and operations backgrounds from Google, Meta, Amazon Web Services, and Waymo. Their past work includes partnering with DeepMind on video classification models for YouTube, training state-of-the-art vision and control models, and scaling human annotation pipelines with thousands of contributors. Abidoye operates from Ireland, anchoring the company's European research and infrastructure footprint. ## Dublin Footprint and San Francisco Engineering Roles Abundant’s current openings indicate rapid technical scaling. The team is hiring its first dedicated talent leader through an onsite [Head of Recruiting](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/abundant/head-of-recruiting-105484) position in San Francisco to support headcount growth. In Europe, Abundant is hiring onsite technical staff in Dublin, including a senior [Member of Technical Staff, Platform Engineering](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/abundant/member-of-technical-staff-platform-engineering-106480) and a senior [Member of Technical Staff, Research (EU)](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/abundant/member-of-technical-staff-research-eu-106479). These roles will build distributed systems and RL environments directly connected to the company's European research efforts. In San Francisco, Abundant is actively recruiting senior technical leaders and pipeline researchers. The company is hiring a director-level [Member of Technical Staff, Research](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/abundant/member-of-technical-staff-research-98754) ($135,000 to $350,000 per year) and an onsite [Member of Technical Staff, Platform Engineering](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/abundant/member-of-technical-staff-platform-engineering-98753) ($135,000 to $220,000 per year). Additionally, Abundant has listed a remote-friendly [Research Product Manager (RPM)](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/abundant/research-product-manager-rpm-98755) position offering $120,000 to $285,000 per year, alongside a Winter 2027 research internship. ## Open Roles at Abundant | Role | Location | Work Mode | Salary | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Member of Technical Staff, Platform Engineering](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/abundant/member-of-technical-staff-platform-engineering-106480) | Dublin, Ireland | Onsite | Not listed | | [Member of Technical Staff, Research (EU)](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/abundant/member-of-technical-staff-research-eu-106479) | Dublin, Ireland | Onsite | Not listed | | [Head of Recruiting](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/abundant/head-of-recruiting-105484) | San Francisco | Onsite | Not listed | | [Member of Technical Staff, Research (Intern Winter 2027)](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/abundant/member-of-technical-staff-research-intern-winter-2027-105483) | San Francisco | Onsite | $10,000 / month | | [Member of Technical Staff, Research](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/abundant/member-of-technical-staff-research-98754) | San Francisco | Onsite | $135,000 – $350,000 / year | | [Member of Technical Staff, Platform Engineering](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/abundant/member-of-technical-staff-platform-engineering-98753) | San Francisco | Onsite | $135,000 – $220,000 / year | | [Research Product Manager (RPM)](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/abundant/research-product-manager-rpm-98755) | San Francisco / Remote (US) | Remote | $120,000 – $285,000 / year | [See all open roles at Abundant](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-companies/abundant) --- *Source: [Zero G Talent](https://zerogtalent.com), the job board for space, defense, AI, robotics and frontier-tech companies.*