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Vals, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, is looking to become the gold standard for AI benchmarking

Vals AI is hoping to make AI benchmarking a more neutral and trustworthy resource in a world increasingly inundated by AI models.

So what

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  • BuilderBuilders can pay Vals for private, domain-specific evals in law, finance, coding, and safety to validate models before shipping or selling them.
  • ResearcherResearchers get a private, task-based alternative to public academic benchmarks that models can train against, though Vals' test materials are undisclosed.
  • Investora16z led a $40M Series A into Vals, which reports 8x revenue growth and a 25-person team, betting evals become central to AI public filings and acquisitions.
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75
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45
Vals, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, is looking to become the gold standard for AI benchmarking · AboutAI