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DesignArena creators raise $7.9 million to bring taste to AI models
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Russell Brandom
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DesignArena, a platform that uses human feedback to improve AI model outputs, has raised $7.9 million in a seed round led by Index Ventures. The tool helps AI companies solve the 'bottleneck' of creating content that aligns with human preferences.
As co-founder Grace Li tells it, her company started a few weeks before graduation in 2025, with a handful of college friends trying to make their AI game engine work. The models could make functional games, but none of the games were fun — which raised the interesting question, how can you tell if a game will be fun?
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