AI Benchmarking & Evaluation Expert; Co-Founder & CEO at Vals AI; Former Software Engineer at Palantir Technologies; Stanford AI Researcher
Rayan Krishnan Biography
Rayan Krishnan is the co-founder and CEO of Vals AI, a San Francisco-based startup focused on independent artificial intelligence benchmarking and evaluation. As an undergraduate at Stanford, Krishnan worked for Microsoft and the university's artificial intelligence laboratory, where he developed expertise in machine learning systems and their limitations. He also gained experience as a software engineer at Palantir Technologies before focusing on the challenge of bridging the gap between AI model capabilities and the tools used to measure them.
Krishnan founded Vals AI to address shortcomings in AI benchmarking, observing that traditional benchmarks were not keeping pace with industry advancements. The company develops benchmarks centered on real-world professional tasks, evaluating work performed by lawyers, bankers, engineers, and doctors, rather than relying solely on general-purpose question answering. To minimize the risk of AI models being trained on evaluation questions, Vals AI maintains many of its test sets as private. Krishnan has emphasized that investment in testing and evaluating AI has not matched the rapid progress in model capabilities, and the company independently evaluates models from organizations such as OpenAI and Anthropic.
Vals AI publishes public leaderboards, including the Vals Index, Finance Agent benchmark, and the Vals Legal AI Report, and provides private evaluation infrastructure to research labs and enterprise engineering teams. The company also develops benchmarks for emerging and high-stakes domains, including mental health, cybersecurity, biosecurity, and the law of armed conflict, testing models on applications such as the Geneva Convention. Vals AI has provided model evaluations to federal agencies, establishing its role as a neutral validator across both private and public sectors.
The company raised $40 million in Series A financing at a $400 million valuation, with participation from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, 8VC, Pear VC, and Bloomberg Beta. Vals AI's revenue increased eightfold year-over-year, and its team grew from eight to 25 employees. Krishnan has stated that independent evaluation is essential for confirming that AI models perform as advertised, a principle that has resonated with investors and enterprise customers. He views benchmarking as a critical component for the growth of AI companies and the establishment of public trust as AI systems become more integrated into the economy.
Rayan Krishnan Videos
How to Test Legal AI Tools (ft. Rayan Krishnan)
Season 6, Episode 11: How to Test Legal AI Tools (ft. Rayan Krishnan and Langston Nashold) || Notes to My (Legal) Self® Welcome to another...
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