Company:Adaptive ML
| Type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Artificial intelligence, enterprise software |
| Founded | 2023 |
| Founders | Julien Launay, Baptiste Pannier, Daniel Hesslow |
| Headquarters | New York, United States; Paris, France |
Key people | Julien Launay (CEO), Baptiste Pannier (CTO) |
| Products | Adaptive Engine |
| Services | Tools for deploying open-source LLMs |
Number of employees | 32 (2025)[1] |
| Website | www |
Adaptive ML (often styled as Adaptive) is a private software company based in New York, United States and Paris, France.[2] The company focuses on reinforcement learning (“RLOps”),[2] providing tools that allow organizations to customize and operate open-source large language models for specific applications.[3]
History
Adaptive ML was founded in 2023 by Julien Launay, Baptiste Pannier, and Daniel Hesslow, who had previously contributed to open-source language model projects such as Falcon and BLOOM, and held research and engineering roles at Hugging Face.[2][4][5]
In March 2024, Adaptive ML raised a seed round of US $20 million led by Index Ventures,[6] with participation from ICONIQ Capital, Motier Ventures, Databricks Ventures, and other investors. Sifted reported an implied valuation of $100m in this round.[4][7]
Adaptive’s product team is based in Paris, France, while its corporate, financial, and sales and marketing functions are in New York.[8]
Technology and products
Adaptive ML develops a software platform called Adaptive Engine, used to fine-tune and operate open-source large language models.[9]
The platform enables reinforcement-learning–based post-training and model-evaluation processes intended for data science teams. Reported areas of application include database query generation, automated customer-service workflows, and systems for retrieving internal information.[10]
Business model and vision
Adaptive ML operates on a B2B model: the platform is targeted at enterprises that wish to deploy large language models with a high degree of customization, privacy, and control, rather than using third-party public LLM APIs.[11][12]
The company’s mission emphasizes long-term adaptability and continuous learning: as users interact with a model, their behavior and feedback become data for ongoing model tuning and improvemen, allowing organizations to tailor AI systems to their specific domain, data, and user needs.[11]
See also
- Hugging Face
- Large language model
- Reinforcement learning
- Generative AI
References
- ↑ "Adaptive ML – Company Profile & Employee Comparisons". https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/539661-97#comparisons.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kahn, Jeremy (11 March 2024). "Team behind popular Falcon AI models unveils new startup with $20 million in funding aimed at helping companies tailor LLMs for business". https://fortune.com/2024/03/11/adaptive-startup-funding-falcon-ai-models-team-rlhf-rlaif/.
- ↑ "Adaptive ML". Index Ventures. https://www.indexventures.com/companies/adaptive-ml/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Custom-made gen AI for businesses: Adaptive ML closes $20m seed round". https://sifted.eu/articles/gen-ai-startup-adaptive-20m-seed/.
- ↑ "Abu Dhabi-based TII launches its own version of ChatGPT" (in en). https://fastcompanyme.com/news/abu-dhabi-based-tii-launches-its-own-version-of-chatgpt/.
- ↑ Dillet, Romain (2023-11-09). "There's something going on with AI startups in France" (in en-US). https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/09/theres-something-going-on-with-ai-startups-in-france/.
- ↑ "Adaptive, la start-up d'IA générative qui a séduit Index et Iconiq" (in fr). Les Echos. 2024-03-11. https://www.lesechos.fr/start-up/deals/adaptive-la-start-up-dia-generative-qui-a-seduit-index-et-iconiq-2081744.
- ↑ "Adaptive ML 2025 Company Profile: Valuation, Funding & Investors" (in en). PitchBook. https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/539661-97.
- ↑ "What the pitch deck from Adaptive, a new AI startup raising at a $100m valuation, tells us". https://sifted.eu/articles/adaptive-ai-pitch-deck/.
- ↑ Super Data Science: ML & AI Podcast with Jon Krohn (2025-08-14). How to Get Started with Adaptive ML (feat. Adaptive CEO Julien Launay). Retrieved 2025-11-19 – via YouTube.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Adaptive ML raises $20M to help companies build unique GenAI experiences - IRIS" (in en). https://www.iris.vc/articles/adaptive-ml-raises-20m-to-help-companies-build-unique-genai-experiences.
- ↑ "Adaptive ML" (in en). https://www.adaptive-ml.com/.
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