Taste Labs

Backed byCRV
Total raised$18.5M
StageSeed
Hiring pace1 roles / 90d
Founded2024
Team size11-50
IndustriesAI/ML

About Taste Labs

The company is on a mission to end AI slop by addressing quality issues in AI-generated content through a data and infrastructure layer designed to improve AI output quality. Starting with the design domain, the company partners with frontier AI labs on post-training data, reinforcement learning environments, and evaluations, while also collaborating with agent and app layer companies on context and verification tools. By positioning itself at the intersection of AI development and application, the company is building critical infrastructure to ensure higher-quality AI outputs across the ecosystem. The company is actively hiring across research, engineering, product, and operations to scale its impact.

Open positions · 6

Company at a glance

Locations
Los Angeles, United States ·San Francisco, United States ·New York, United States ·United States
Investors
Amplify Partners ·Banter Capital ·BoxGroup ·CRV ·Kyber Knight ·Latitud
LinkedInLinkedIn

Where Taste Labs is hiring

Funding History

SeedJun 2026

$18.5M

raised

Taste Labs, an AI startup, raised $18.5M in a seed round co-led by Amplify Partners and CRV with participation from BoxGroup, Banter Capital, Latitud and multiple angel investors.

CRVAmplify PartnersKyber KnightLatitudBanter CapitalBoxGroup

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