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AI Benchmarking Startup Vals Raises $40M Series A Led by Andreessen Horowitz

Vals, a startup founded in 2024 to build more rigorous benchmarking systems for AI models, raised $40 million in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz, following an earlier seed round led by 8VC and Bloomberg Beta. Co-founder Rayan Krishnan, a 25-year-old former Palantir intern who studied at…

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  1. 2026-09-22 15:17 · AI Insider
    AI Benchmarking Startup Vals Raises $40M Series A Led by Andreessen Horowitz

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