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Taste Labs raises $18.5M

Taste Labs announced a Seed round of $18.5M on 16 June 2026. The company operates in AI & Machine Learning and is based in United States. It was founded by Thais Castello Branco, Founder & CEO.

Raised
$18.5M
Stage
Seed
Industry
AI & Machine Learning
Country
United States

Founder

Thais Castello Branco
Founder & CEO, Taste Labs
LinkedIn profiletastelabs.ai

Outreach angles

  • -Thais Castello Branco attended the University of Chicago and is based in San Francisco.
  • -She founded Taste Labs after building in stealth, on a mission to end AI slop.
  • -The $18.5M seed co-led by CRV and Amplify Partners funds preference datasets and evaluation tools for frontier AI labs.

Signals

SeedAI-NativeB2BEnterpriseHiringSolo Founder

Round details

Company: Taste Labs
Domain: tastelabs.ai
Amount: $18.5M
Stage: Seed
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Country: United States
Announced: 16 June 2026
Source: announcement

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