LMArena

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Total raised$100.0M
Founded2025
HQSan Francisco, United States
IndustriesAI/MLSaaSResearch ServicesDeveloper Tools

About LMArena

LMArena was created by researchers from UC Berkeley. It is an open platform that enables users to easily access, explore, and interact with the world’s leading AI models. Users can compare AI models side by side and cast votes for the better response, with the community helping shape a public leaderboard. The public leaderboard aims to make AI progress more transparent and is grounded in real-world usage.

Company at a glance

Location
San Francisco, United States
Websitelmarena.ai
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Founders & Leadership

AA

Anastasios Angelopoulos

Cofounder and CEO at LMArena

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AV

Aryan Vichare

Founding Engineer @ LMArena | Prev. AI @ Vercel

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CP

Chen Peng

Data | AI | Marketplaces (@LMArena; Ex-Faire / Uber / Google)

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WC

Wei-Lin Chiang

Cofounder & CTO at LMArena

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KN

Kunaal Naik

Leading Enterprise @ Arena.ai | Ex-Founder & CTO

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Location

About the Team

Team Distribution

  • Engineering38%
  • Operations22%
  • Other22%
  • Sales9%
  • Design4%

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.University of California, Berkeley
  2. 2.Stanford University
  3. 3.National Taiwan University
  4. 4.University of Cambridge
  5. 5.University of Pennsylvania

Team Worked At

  • Google
  • Microsoft
  • Meta
  • Amazon
  • Intel

Team Composition

38 people
  • Engineering2 senior15
  • Human Resources1 senior4
  • Research4
  • Entrepreneurship2 senior2
  • Arts and Design1
  • Community and Social Services1
  • Healthcare Services1
  • Leadership1 senior1

Culture & values

The platform emphasizes openness and accessibility, inviting everyone to easily access, explore, and interact with AI models.

Users compare leading AI models side by side and cast votes for the better response.

Community voting helps shape a public leaderboard for AI models.

The platform aims to make AI progress more transparent.

The approach is grounded in real-world usage, prioritizing practical applicability.

Life at LMArena

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