Vals raises $40M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz to build proprietary AI benchmarks
Vals, a 2024-founded startup that provides paid, non-public, industry-specific AI evaluations, raised $40 million in a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz after a seed round backed by 8VC and Bloomberg Beta. The company tests models on complex domain tasks (law, finance, coding) and emerging areas such as recursive self-improvement, mental health, cybersecurity, biosecurity and law of armed conflict; revenue and headcount have grown rapidly and it has launched a program for federal agencies.