Vals AI Raises $40M Series A at $400M Valuation Led by a16z
a16z · x · 2026-08-13
Vals announced a $40M Series A funding round at a $400M valuation, led by a16z.
- Product Launch: Vals Smith is now generally available, allowing users to create custom coding benchmarks from any GitHub repo.
- Frontier Risk Benchmarks: Released the RSI Index in collaboration with CoreWeave and launched ReverseEngBench, a new cybersecurity benchmark built with several universities.
- Investment Thesis: a16z noted that frontier models often excel on leaderboards but struggle with real-world tasks. Vals aims to build a trust layer for the AI economy by turning real workflows into rigorous benchmarks.
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