The a16z Show · Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Val's has developed an internal system named "Steve" to automate aspects of its AI model evaluation process. This system, described as an "economic Val's employee," helps the company handle evaluations more efficiently and at scale, reducing the need for manual work.
“And we also have this internal system called Steve, Steve the economic Val's employee.”
“And so that's been a mechanism by which we're able to actually take more of the human work over over time and put it into Steve.”