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HUD

HUD sells an SDK and cloud platform for building, running, and grading reinforcement-learning environments. It turns agent runs into evaluation results and training data, and connects environment and data suppliers with AI labs.

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Headquarters
San Francisco, United States

Source:linkedin.com· Sep 29, 2026

Founded
2025

Source:ycombinator.com· Sep 29, 2026

Headcount
11-50

Source:linkedin.com· Sep 29, 2026

Total funding
$16M
Latest round
Series A, $16M, June 2026

Source:hud.ai· Sep 29, 2026

Trust & data

How the vendor protects buyer material, where its data comes from, and where it can run.

SOC 2
Vendor-stated Type I

Source:hud.ai· Sep 29, 2026

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**SOC 2 Type I Certified** — Company has completed a SOC 2 Type I examination, demonstrating the design effectiveness of its security controls. **SOC 2 Type II In Progress** — Company is currently in the audit observation period for SOC 2 Type II certification.
Trust center

Source:hud.ai· Sep 29, 2026

Other certifications
CCPA

Source:hud.ai· Sep 29, 2026

Deployment
Vendor-hostedOn-prem

Sources:docs.hud.ai/v6/reference/runtime.mddocs.hud.ai/v6/experimental/compose.md· Oct 9, 2026

Quotes
  • Vendor-hosted: The whole rollout managed by HUD
  • On-prem: Declare a multi-service environment as a standard Compose project and run it unchanged locally, hosted, or on owned infrastructure.
Exclusivity
Both

Source:hud.ai· Sep 29, 2026

Stated confidentiality practices
HUD says it signs NDAs before vendors share materials, uses restricted-access private links, and applies least-privilege controls. It also lists encryption and customer-data deletion after termination; evaluation environments are isolated between runs.

What they sell

Delivery formats
Docker containersMCP toolsAPIDatasetsManaged service
Named customers
DoorDashSharpeUiPath

Source:hud.ai· Sep 29, 2026

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