Deeptune's AI "Virtual Training Gym" secures 61.9 billion won in investment

TechubNews · 2026-03-20T00:08:01+00:00

Deeptune announced plans to accelerate the construction of a "virtual training gym" for AI learning through a $43 million Series A funding round. The project aims to simulate professional work environments to help AI agents automate complex tasks, and is expected to occupy an important position in the global reinforcement learning market. The funding will be used to expand the team size.

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2026-03-20 00:08:01

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Deeptune, an artificial intelligence startup, announced plans to accelerate the development of a “virtual training gym” for AI learning through a $43 million Series A funding round. The funding was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participants including 776, Abstract Ventures, Inspired Capital, as well as well-known angel investors such as OpenAI researcher Nóm Brown and Brendan Fuddy, CEO of Mercor.io.

Headquartered in New York, Deeptune is building an AI agent environment called a “training gym,” as described by CEO Tim Lupo. Its goal is to train AI agents in simulated complex digital workspaces using software tools employed by professionals like DevOps engineers, accountants, and customer support specialists. These virtual gyms aim to help AI agents automate multi-step complex tasks.

The company compares AI agents to pilots, emphasizing that they should not rely solely on simple text data but should be trained in real-world scenarios. Amid concerns that all internet data has been scraped dry and is insufficient for effective AI training, the company is committed to transforming data collection methods efficiently.

Marc Muscoro, partner at Andreessen Horowitz, stated that Deeptune’s approach significantly improves the performance of “computer usage” agents in industry benchmarks. He praised the company’s training method as helping advanced models achieve human-level operation on desktops and command-line interfaces.

Investors expect Deeptune to play a key role in the global reinforcement learning market, which is projected to grow from $11.6 billion in 2025 to over $90 billion by 2034. The company claims to have built hundreds of virtual training gyms for top AI labs worldwide, demonstrating that expert workflows can be simulated and mastered by AI models.

Lupo said the current funding will be used to expand the engineering and research teams. He explained that the reason for establishing the company in New York is its talent attraction advantage, adding, “If you want to work in New York and be at the forefront of AI or AGI, Deeptune will be a very attractive choice.”

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