Vals AI Secures $40M Series A at $400M Valuation Led by Andreessen Horowitz

AI evaluation firm Vals AI closes $40M Series A at $400M valuation. Funds target infrastructure expansion and GitHub-based benchmarking tools for leading LLMs.

Woofun AI reports that Vals AI, an AI model evaluation company, has completed a $40 million Series A financing round at a $400 million valuation. Andreessen Horowitz led the investment, with participation from 8VC, Pear VC, Bloomberg Beta, HRT Ventures, and Next Ladder Ventures.

The capital will be deployed to expand evaluation infrastructure and develop testing tools that generate programming benchmarks from companies' GitHub code repositories. Vals AI utilizes an independent system to assess models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta Platforms, and xAI, bypassing traditional public benchmarks. The team comprises former employees of NVIDIA, Meta Platforms, and Palantir.