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Taste Labs

Taste Labs

@tastelabs

we're making AI models & agents feel right, starting with design. post training data | RLE | online & offline evals | context tools for agents

San Francisco Katılım Temmuz 2025
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Taste Labs
Taste Labs@tastelabs·
We're on a mission to end AI slop. Join us
Thais Castello Branco@thaiscbranco_

We’re excited to introduce Taste Labs. Our mission is to end AI slop. We’re building the data and infrastructure layer to give AI models and agents taste. And today we’re coming out of stealth, announcing our $18.5M seed funding, co-led by @CRV and @AmplifyPartners AI has nailed objective domains and made it easy to generate anything. But it still feels off. Now, the challenge is judgement. What fits, what feels like you, what’s GREAT. This requires turning a fuzzy, subjective domain into something we can measure and codify. We’re starting with design. There are two sides to cracking this, the foundation model layer and the agent layer: - We’ve already been working with the top frontier labs to evaluate and improve their models, crafting the right post-training data and RL environments. - We’ve also been working with app-layer companies to build the context and verification tools for their agents to produce better, more on-brand, more creative outputs. We want a future where AI feels right. If you’re passionate about this mission, join us!

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weisser
weisser@julianweisser·
"Millions of people creating with the same tool for totally different use cases, but the output looks the same. That's where the feeling of AI slop comes from." She's making it her mission to put an end to it. Solo Founders Podcast ep 18 is live with @thaiscbranco_ of @tastelabs. 00:47 Why she went solo 02:08 What "taste" actually is 11:30 A quirk on one, slop on millions 13:09 The real cause: volume 19:37 Why it had to be a "lab" 30:04 You're bad at commissioning AI 44:01 Branding, Liquid Death and what lasts 58:34 The bear and bull case for going solo
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Thais Castello Branco
Thais Castello Branco@thaiscbranco_·
Who's gonna be at @aiDotEngineer in SF next week? Join @tastelabs across two tracks to hear about data quality in subjective domains and how to measure AI slop!
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Ridd 🤿
Ridd 🤿@ridd_design·
feeeeeling this animation on the new @tastelabs website 😍
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Taste Labs
Taste Labs@tastelabs·
more quality, more diversity, more nuance. with human judgement at the center! check out the full @tbpn interview with our founder @thaiscbranco_ and if you want to join the community of tastemakers defining what "great" and "slop" means in aesthetics, apply below.
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Taste Labs@tastelabs·
@tbpn chat with our founder @thaiscbranco_ tldr: more quality, more diversity. with human judgement at the center of it all. let's raise the bar for what models & agents can do in aesthetics and beyond.
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Thais Castello Branco
Thais Castello Branco@thaiscbranco_·
check out the full interview here:
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Thais Castello Branco
Thais Castello Branco@thaiscbranco_·
more diversity, more quality. let's raise the bar! thanks for having me @tbpn x @tastelabs
Thais Castello Branco@thaiscbranco_

We’re excited to introduce Taste Labs. Our mission is to end AI slop. We’re building the data and infrastructure layer to give AI models and agents taste. And today we’re coming out of stealth, announcing our $18.5M seed funding, co-led by @CRV and @AmplifyPartners AI has nailed objective domains and made it easy to generate anything. But it still feels off. Now, the challenge is judgement. What fits, what feels like you, what’s GREAT. This requires turning a fuzzy, subjective domain into something we can measure and codify. We’re starting with design. There are two sides to cracking this, the foundation model layer and the agent layer: - We’ve already been working with the top frontier labs to evaluate and improve their models, crafting the right post-training data and RL environments. - We’ve also been working with app-layer companies to build the context and verification tools for their agents to produce better, more on-brand, more creative outputs. We want a future where AI feels right. If you’re passionate about this mission, join us!

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Thais Castello Branco
Thais Castello Branco@thaiscbranco_·
wow, inbound over the last 48h has been insane. pumped to help more companies raise the aesthetic bar of their models and agents. bear with us as we work through requests :) and, we're hiring (even more now)! research, design, eng, ml, product, ops, and more! apply below.
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60fps
60fps@60fpsdesign·
portrait carousel animation 🎡
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Michelle Lim
Michelle Lim@michlimlim·
I’ve used the Taste API. The backlash misunderstands the company. People hear “taste data” and picture one model flattening everything. But the goal isn’t universal taste. It’s distilling your taste into the harness to scale it. E.g. take your homepage, make on-brand pages
Thais Castello Branco@thaiscbranco_

We’re excited to introduce Taste Labs. Our mission is to end AI slop. We’re building the data and infrastructure layer to give AI models and agents taste. And today we’re coming out of stealth, announcing our $18.5M seed funding, co-led by @CRV and @AmplifyPartners AI has nailed objective domains and made it easy to generate anything. But it still feels off. Now, the challenge is judgement. What fits, what feels like you, what’s GREAT. This requires turning a fuzzy, subjective domain into something we can measure and codify. We’re starting with design. There are two sides to cracking this, the foundation model layer and the agent layer: - We’ve already been working with the top frontier labs to evaluate and improve their models, crafting the right post-training data and RL environments. - We’ve also been working with app-layer companies to build the context and verification tools for their agents to produce better, more on-brand, more creative outputs. We want a future where AI feels right. If you’re passionate about this mission, join us!

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Taste Labs@tastelabs·
tasteful team. join us
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Thais Castello Branco@thaiscbranco_

We’re excited to introduce Taste Labs. Our mission is to end AI slop. We’re building the data and infrastructure layer to give AI models and agents taste. And today we’re coming out of stealth, announcing our $18.5M seed funding, co-led by @CRV and @AmplifyPartners AI has nailed objective domains and made it easy to generate anything. But it still feels off. Now, the challenge is judgement. What fits, what feels like you, what’s GREAT. This requires turning a fuzzy, subjective domain into something we can measure and codify. We’re starting with design. There are two sides to cracking this, the foundation model layer and the agent layer: - We’ve already been working with the top frontier labs to evaluate and improve their models, crafting the right post-training data and RL environments. - We’ve also been working with app-layer companies to build the context and verification tools for their agents to produce better, more on-brand, more creative outputs. We want a future where AI feels right. If you’re passionate about this mission, join us!

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Sarah Catanzaro
Sarah Catanzaro@sarahcat21·
Gen AI has made creation cheap. What it has not made cheap is judgment. And when judgment is scarce, slop fills the void. This is why I'm excited to announce our investment in @thaiscbranco_ , @tastelabs, and their mission to build taste into AI in subjective domains.
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Thais Castello Branco@thaiscbranco_

We’re excited to introduce Taste Labs. Our mission is to end AI slop. We’re building the data and infrastructure layer to give AI models and agents taste. And today we’re coming out of stealth, announcing our $18.5M seed funding, co-led by @CRV and @AmplifyPartners AI has nailed objective domains and made it easy to generate anything. But it still feels off. Now, the challenge is judgement. What fits, what feels like you, what’s GREAT. This requires turning a fuzzy, subjective domain into something we can measure and codify. We’re starting with design. There are two sides to cracking this, the foundation model layer and the agent layer: - We’ve already been working with the top frontier labs to evaluate and improve their models, crafting the right post-training data and RL environments. - We’ve also been working with app-layer companies to build the context and verification tools for their agents to produce better, more on-brand, more creative outputs. We want a future where AI feels right. If you’re passionate about this mission, join us!

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Gokul Rajaram
Gokul Rajaram@gokulr·
Ending AI slop is a big vision I can get behind, and Thais is an incredible founder who’s a force of nature. Excited to support @thaiscbranco_ and the Taste AI team!
Thais Castello Branco@thaiscbranco_

We’re excited to introduce Taste Labs. Our mission is to end AI slop. We’re building the data and infrastructure layer to give AI models and agents taste. And today we’re coming out of stealth, announcing our $18.5M seed funding, co-led by @CRV and @AmplifyPartners AI has nailed objective domains and made it easy to generate anything. But it still feels off. Now, the challenge is judgement. What fits, what feels like you, what’s GREAT. This requires turning a fuzzy, subjective domain into something we can measure and codify. We’re starting with design. There are two sides to cracking this, the foundation model layer and the agent layer: - We’ve already been working with the top frontier labs to evaluate and improve their models, crafting the right post-training data and RL environments. - We’ve also been working with app-layer companies to build the context and verification tools for their agents to produce better, more on-brand, more creative outputs. We want a future where AI feels right. If you’re passionate about this mission, join us!

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Sam Hogan 🇺🇸
Sam Hogan 🇺🇸@samhogan·
slop is a trillion dollar problem
Thais Castello Branco@thaiscbranco_

We’re excited to introduce Taste Labs. Our mission is to end AI slop. We’re building the data and infrastructure layer to give AI models and agents taste. And today we’re coming out of stealth, announcing our $18.5M seed funding, co-led by @CRV and @AmplifyPartners AI has nailed objective domains and made it easy to generate anything. But it still feels off. Now, the challenge is judgement. What fits, what feels like you, what’s GREAT. This requires turning a fuzzy, subjective domain into something we can measure and codify. We’re starting with design. There are two sides to cracking this, the foundation model layer and the agent layer: - We’ve already been working with the top frontier labs to evaluate and improve their models, crafting the right post-training data and RL environments. - We’ve also been working with app-layer companies to build the context and verification tools for their agents to produce better, more on-brand, more creative outputs. We want a future where AI feels right. If you’re passionate about this mission, join us!

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Sholto Douglas
Sholto Douglas@_sholtodouglas·
Thais is a good friend and absolute killer - go help her end slop
Thais Castello Branco@thaiscbranco_

We’re excited to introduce Taste Labs. Our mission is to end AI slop. We’re building the data and infrastructure layer to give AI models and agents taste. And today we’re coming out of stealth, announcing our $18.5M seed funding, co-led by @CRV and @AmplifyPartners AI has nailed objective domains and made it easy to generate anything. But it still feels off. Now, the challenge is judgement. What fits, what feels like you, what’s GREAT. This requires turning a fuzzy, subjective domain into something we can measure and codify. We’re starting with design. There are two sides to cracking this, the foundation model layer and the agent layer: - We’ve already been working with the top frontier labs to evaluate and improve their models, crafting the right post-training data and RL environments. - We’ve also been working with app-layer companies to build the context and verification tools for their agents to produce better, more on-brand, more creative outputs. We want a future where AI feels right. If you’re passionate about this mission, join us!

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