Vals AI raises $40M
Vals AI announced a Series A round of $40M on 14 August 2026. The company operates in AI & Machine Learning and is based in United States. It was founded by Rayan Krishnan, CEO.
Industry
AI & Machine Learning
Founder
Rayan Krishnan
CEO, Vals AI
Outreach angles
- -Rayan Krishnan co-founded Vals AI with CTO Langston Nashold to build independent benchmarks for frontier AI models.
- -Krishnan has presented Vals AI's LegalBench evaluation work at legal-tech innovation conferences.
- -The $40 million Series A, led by a16z, values Vals AI at $400 million as it expands its AI evaluation and benchmarking platform.
Signals
Series AAI-NativeB2BEnterpriseDeep Tech
Round details
Company: Vals AI
Domain: vals.ai
Amount: $40M
Stage: Series A
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Country: United States
Announced: 14 August 2026
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