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evaluation

All posts tagged with "evaluation".

May 17, 2026

Can AI Focus Groups Actually Replace Real Market Research?

Mike Taylor built Ask Rally to create synthetic focus groups from real human data. Here's what works, what breaks, and the 85% ceiling nobody talks about.

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May 10, 2026

Expensive AI Models Overthink — When Cheaper Models Win

Nicole Königstein (CEO, Quantmate) shares research showing state-of-the-art AI models burn multiples of tokens compared to smaller open-source models, with worse results on some tasks.

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models evaluation production scaling

Mar 27, 2026

How VCs Actually Evaluate AI Startups (It's Not What You Think)

Mercedes Bent shares her 7-point founder framework and the 4 categories that separate portfolio companies from ideas. Your TAM slide doesn't matter as much as you think.

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venture-capital founders product-market-fit evaluation