a16z 领投 Vals 4000 万美元，欲打造 AI 基准测试金标准
原标题：Vals, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, is looking to become the gold standard for AI benchmarking
AI 摘要
AI 基准测试初创公司 Vals 完成由 Andreessen Horowitz 领投的 4000 万美元 A 轮融资，此前曾获 8VC 和 Bloomberg Beta 领投的种子轮。Vals 由 25 岁的 Rayan Krishnan 于 2024 年创立，主打不公开测试材料、按法律金融编程等行业评估模型实际任务能力，并已拓展至递归自我改进、心理健康、网络安全、生物安全及武装冲突法等领域。公司收入同比增长 8 倍，团队从 8 人扩至 25 人，并推出面向联邦机构的模型评估项目。
正文节选
Benchmarking has become the industry norm for how AI companies validate their models’ capabilities and, when the metrics swing in their favor, stand out from competitors and advertise their superiority. In other words, good benchmarks pretty much always mean good PR. Unfortunately, companies have also figured out how to outwit legacy benchmarking systems — many of which are older, and not built to measure the capabilities of modern models. Vals, a startup formed in 2024, says that it is on a mis