Monte
YC S25 · Active · Continual Learning for Agents
Competitors
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 Miruvor AIShared: continual learningNot statedAI | AI | Not stated | 500 GlobalSF 37 |
 hillclimbShared: recursive self, self improvement, reinforcement learningActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCF25 |
 hiloopShared: continual learning, reinforcement learning, infrastructureActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCS26 |
 AshrShared: continual learning, reinforcement learning, selfActiveAI, Data | AI, Data | Active | YCW26 |
 Zettascale ComputingShared: recursive self, self improvement, infrastructureActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCS24 |
Adjacent
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 Proper MotionShared: continual learning, agent, buildingNot statedAI | AI | Not stated | speedrunSR007 |
 Cashew LabsShared: recursive self, self improvementActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCX25 |
 egoShared: applied research, research lab, lab buildingActiveAI | AI | Active | YCW24 |
 UnifyShared: reinforcement learning, infrastructure, buildingActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCW23 |
 FernShared: continual learning, infrastructureActiveDevtools | Devtools | Active | YCW26 |
Also from S25 in AI
All of S25| Company | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|
 idlerHill-climb any benchmark, for any model, in any domain.ActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active |
 KERNELCrazy fast, open source infra for AI agents to use the InternetActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active |
 LilacWe sell GPUs.ActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active |
 LLM StatsIndependent AI evaluations labActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active |
 MagnitudeOpen source inference server for local modelsActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active |
 ManufactCloud infrastructure for MCP servers and Claude / ChatGPT plugins.ActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active |
Founders
- Henry BaeFounder/CEO
- Alex FleuryFounder/COO
- Jamin LiuFounder
About Monte
Monte is an applied research lab building products for continual learning and recursive self-improvement for AI agents.
- YC batch
- S25 · Summer 2025
- Status, per YC
- Active
- Category
- AI, Developer tools
- Team size
- 3
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Founded
- 2025
- Checked
- 1h ago
YC tags: Reinforcement Learning, B2B, Infrastructure, AI
Monte: questions
Which YC batch was Monte in?
Monte was in Y Combinator's Summer 2025 batch (S25).
Is Monte still active?
Y Combinator lists Monte as active.
Who founded Monte?
Monte's founders, as listed on its YC page: Henry Bae (Founder/CEO), Alex Fleury (Founder/COO), Jamin Liu (Founder).
Where is Monte based?
Monte lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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