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Snapshot 2026-10-13- Startup SignalsRankedof 2,142↓13
- Optimization & EvalsRankedof 27–
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Founded in 2025 in San Francisco, Probably builds deterministic verification tools that check large language model outputs and intercept hallucinations and factual errors before they reach end users, targeting developers and data teams.
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- 2026-06Seed$9M
Investors · Andreessen Horowitz
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