When was Traverse founded?

Traverse was founded in 2020 and raised its 1st funding round 6 years after it was founded.

Where is Traverse located?

Traverse is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

Who is the current CEO of Traverse?

Lance Yan of Traverse. They have also founded 1 company.

How many employees does Traverse have?

As of May 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Traverse is 3.

Is Traverse a funded company?

Traverse is a funded company, having raised a total of $***** in its 1st and only funding round, a Seed round on Jan 01, 2026.

When was the latest funding round of Traverse?

Traverse's latest funding was a $***** Seed round on Jan 01, 2026, with participation from 1 investor.

Where does Traverse rank among its competitors?

Traverse ranks 9th amongst 47 active competitors, of which 9 are funded. It stands 5th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Ineffable, which secured $1.1B in Apr, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Traverse?

Traverse's top competitors include openmind.org, Ineffable and AgileRL. Among them, Ineffable secured the most recent funding round in April, 2026.

Traverse - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Developer of reinforcement learning environments for automating economically valuable work. It focuses on building infrastructure for automating economically valuable work. The company aims to create high-quality training data across various industries. It pairs domain experts with machine learning engineers to build training environments.

Website: www.traverse.so/
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Founded Year

2020

Location

San Francisco, United States

Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$500K in 1 round

Latest Funding Round

Seed, Jan 01, 2026, $*****

Investors

Y Combinator

Ranked

9^th among 47 active competitors

Employee Count

3 as on May 31, 2026

Similar Companies

openmind.org & 45 more

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Traverse has raised a total funding of $500K over 1 round. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on Jan 01, 2026 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Traverse has 1 institutional investor.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Traverse:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Jan 01, 2026	4662313	Seed	3529927	1781098	7155926	9755417

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The founders of Traverse are Lance Yan and Zachary Yu. Lance Yan is the CEO of Traverse.

Here are the details of Traverse's key team members:

Lance Yan: Co-Founder & CEO of Traverse.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Zachary Yu: Co-Founder & CTO of Traverse.

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Traverse's employee count trend

Traverse has 3 employees as of May 26. Here is Traverse's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Traverse include openmind.org, Ineffable and AgileRL. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Traverse, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	openmind.org Series A	Developer of open source artificial intelligence robot operating system and fabric	$20M	Pantera Capital, Pi Network & 3 others	52/100
2nd	Ineffable 2025, Altrincham (United Kingdom), Seed	Developer of reinforcement learning algorithms for autonomous superlearning artificial intelligence	$1.1B	Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital ... & 6 others	47/100
3rd	AgileRL 2023, London (United Kingdom), Seed	Developer of a platform for reinforcement learning and RLOps solutions	$7.5M	Fusion Fund, Octopus Ventures & 5 others	40/100
4th	Mechanize 2025, San Francisco (United States), Seed	Developer of RL environments for training AI models in software tasks	-	-	37/100
5th	Victus 2024, Fort Walton Beach (United States), Seed	Developer of navigation software leveraging reinforcement learning for autonomous systems	-	Bow Capital, Intbox Ventures & 3 others	25/100
6th	Polymath 2026, San Francisco (United States), Seed	Developer of reinforcement learning environments for software engineering tasks	$500K	Y Combinator	25/100
7th	Omni Aura 2021, Auburn (United States), Unfunded	Developer of AI tools, libraries, and frameworks for coding agents	-	-	24/100
8th	Echohive 2025, Unfunded	Provider of AI tools, interactive experiences, and educational resources	-	-	24/100
9th	Traverse 2020, San Francisco (United States), Seed	Developer of reinforcement learning environments for automating economically valuable work	$500K	Y Combinator	23/100
10th	Rubric AI 2025, San Francisco (United States), Unfunded	Post-training research platform for AI models and agents	-	-	23/100