INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
LM Arena, a crowdsourced benchmarking project that major AI labs rely on to test and market their AI models, has raised $100 million in a
manages an investment portfolio for the University of California, led the fundraising
Lightspeed Venture Partners, Felicis Ventures, and Kleiner Perkins also participated.Founded in 2023, LM Arena has become something of an AI
Primarily run by UC Berkeley-affiliated researchers, LM Arena has partnered with companies such as OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic to make
flagship models available for its community to evaluate.LM Arena was previously funded through a combination of grants and donations,