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AI Summary
- LMArena raised $150M Series A at $1.7B valuation with $30M annualized consumption revenue ($2.5M MRR) after September 2025 evals product launch expansion
- Origin as Berkeley basement project incubated by Anjney Midha at a16z who formed entity and granted funds before committing to company, became de facto leaderboard for frontier AI
- Platform trusted by millions of users and every major lab answering which model performs best for real-world use cases; decided to spin out rather than remain academic project
Guests on This Episode
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Anastasios Angelopoulos
1 podcast appearance