# AReaL

Ant Group and Tsinghua Open-Source an RL Training Framework as China’s AI Infrastructure Race Heats Up

Ant Group and Tsinghua University released AReaL v1.0, an open‑source, asynchronous reinforcement‑learning training framework aimed at lowering the engineering barrier for production‑grade adaptive agents. The announcement coincided with mixed market moves in China’s AI ETF, underscoring investor interest in infrastructure plays even as the sector navigates commercialisation, hardware constraints and regulatory questions.