SF-based Vals, which develops evaluations and benchmarks to test AI models on real-world tasks, raised a $40M Series A led by a16z at a $400M valuation (Abhinaya Prabhu/Tech Funding News)

旧金山AI评估初创公司Vals完成4000万美元A轮融资,由a16z领投,估值达4亿美元。这家公司专做“真实世界任务”的模型评估与基准测试,资本入局表明AI竞赛正在从拼参数转向拼“可验证的实际表现”。


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