Vals, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, is looking to become the gold standard for AI benchmarking
Vals, an AI benchmarking startup, raised a $40 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz to evaluate models on real-world industry tasks.
Vals, a startup formed in 2024, raised a $40 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz after a seed round led by 8VC and Bloomberg Beta. Co-founder Rayan Krishnan says the company keeps its test materials private and evaluates models on complex tasks in domains like law, finance, coding, cybersecurity, biosecurity, and mental health. The company reports revenue eight times last year's level, has grown from 8 to 25 staff, and launched an evaluation program for US federal agencies.
- Raised $40M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz; earlier seed led by 8VC and Bloomberg Beta.
- Keeps benchmark test materials private to prevent models training against them.
- Evaluates models on domain tasks including law, finance, coding, and cybersecurity.
- Revenue is eight times last year's; staff tripled to 25 with plans to hire 10-15 more.
- Launched a program providing model evaluations to federal agencies.
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Vals AI is hoping to make AI benchmarking a more neutral and trustworthy resource in a world increasingly inundated by AI models.
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