Vals, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, is looking to become the gold standard for AI benchmarking

Vals, founded in 2024, raised $40 million in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The company creates private industry benchmarks to evaluate AI models in law, finance, and programming; revenue grew 8x in a year, and headcount increased from 8 to 25.

• $40 million Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz
• Vals previously received seed funding from 8VC and Bloomberg Beta
• Revenue grew 8x in a year, headcount from 8 to 25
• Tests are not published to prevent models from training on them