OpenAI hires team behind GV-backed AI eval platform Context.ai | TechCrunch
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Context.ai, a startup specializing in AI model evaluations, has announced its co-founders will join OpenAI. The company will phase out its products following this acqui-hire. Context.ai developed tools to analyze AI model performance, addressing developers' challenges related to understanding model usage. Founded in 2023 by ex-Googlers Henry Scott-Green and Alex Gamble, the startup secured $3.5 million in seed funding. Scott-Green expressed enthusiasm for contributing to OpenAI's mission of building effective evaluation tools for AI developers, highlighting the importance of proper evals for high-performing applications.
"Evals are a requirement to building high-performing AI applications, but they're hard to get right today. We've spoken to hundreds of developers who are building models."
"We've couldn't be more excited for this next chapter of our journey at OpenAI and are grateful to everyone who played a part."
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