---
title: "Nick Heiner"
category: "people"
role: "VP of RL Environments"
company: "Surge AI"
linkedin: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-heiner-3874055a/"
twitter: "https://x.com/nickheiner"
website: "https://www.nickheiner.com/"
sourceLabels: ["Official speaker roster", "Official conference schedule"]
---
# Nick Heiner

## Profile
VP of RL Environments at [[surge-ai|Surge AI]].

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-heiner-3874055a/)
- [X / Twitter](https://x.com/nickheiner)
- [Website](https://www.nickheiner.com/)

## Biography
Nick Heiner is the Head of RL Environments at [[surge-ai|Surge AI]], the post-training company founded and bootstrapped to $1B in revenue by CEO Edwin Chen, where he works directly with top labs to help shape frontier models.

## Conference Sessions
- [[2026-06-29-nick-heiner-when-will-the-benchmaxxing-plague-end]] — When Will The Benchmaxxing Plague End? (2026-06-29, 2:50pm-3:10pm)

## Evidence Graph
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### Linked Sessions
- [[2026-06-29-nick-heiner-when-will-the-benchmaxxing-plague-end|When Will The Benchmaxxing Plague End?]]

### Media Signals
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