Vals获4000万美元A轮融资，致力成为AI基准测试金标准

成立于2024年的初创公司Vals最近完成了由Andreessen Horowitz领投的4000万美元A轮融资1。该公司专注于为人工智能模型提供更可靠的基准测试服务，通过评估模型在法律、金融、编码、心理健康、网络安全、生物安全和武装冲突法等特定行业的复杂任务完成能力，区别于传统基准测试方法1。

Vals在融资前已展现出强劲的增长势头。公司收入较去年增长8倍，团队规模从年初的8人扩展到25人，计划再增加10-15人1。该公司在成立不到两年时间内，已先后获得来自8VC和彭博测试版的种子轮融资支持1。

25岁的创始人Rayan Krishnan曾在Palantir实习，并在斯坦福大学期间为微软工作1。Vals最近推出了向联邦机构提供模型评估的项目1。Krishnan表示："随着AI模型成为经济的核心部分，我们进行的基准和评估将推动它们的使用，并成为这些公司提交公开申报或讨论AI前景投资的中心部分。"1

Vals, a startup founded in 2024 focused on delivering more reliable benchmarking for AI models, has secured $40 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz 1. The company has grown rapidly since raising seed funding from 8VC and Bloomberg Beta less than two years ago 1.

The San Francisco-based firm distinguishes itself by evaluating AI model performance on complex, domain-specific tasks across sectors including law, finance, coding, mental health, cybersecurity, biosecurity, and conflict of laws 1. Vals has achieved significant traction, with revenues growing eightfold year-over-year and its team expanding from eight members to 25, with plans to add another 10 to 15 employees 1. The company recently launched a program offering model evaluations to federal agencies 1.

Founder Rayan Krishnan, 25, previously interned at Palantir and worked for Microsoft while studying at Stanford University 1. Krishnan believes the company's benchmarking work will become increasingly central to the AI industry, stating: "As AI models become a core part of the economy, the benchmarks and evaluations we conduct will drive their adoption and become a centerpiece when these companies make public disclosures or discuss AI investment prospects" 1.