Anastasios Angelopoulos
Founder and leader of LMArena / Arena, building a large public model-evaluation platform trusted by millions and major labs; focused on benchmarking real-world model performance, launching vertical and multimodal arenas, and scaling the product through fundraising and engineering.
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Jan 6, 2026 • 24min
[State of Evals] LMArena's $1.7B Vision — Anastasios Angelopoulos, LMArena
Anastasios Angelopoulos, founder of LMArena, shares his journey from a Berkeley basement to a $100M valuation. He discusses why they chose to spin out as a company to scale their mission. The conversation dives into Arena's innovative approach to benchmarking AI models, the transparency of their public leaderboard, and their responses to critiques. Anastasios also reveals plans for expanding into new verticals like medicine and legal, the significance of community engagement, and the exciting shift to multimodal arenas.
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Jan 12, 2026 • 3h 22min
DOJ vs. Fed Chair, Apple Repositions Vision Pro, Ben Thompson Joins | Tyler Cowen, Harley Finkelstein, Andrew Feldman, Nathan Nwachuku, Anastasios Angelopoulos
Ben Thompson, the founder of Stratechery, critiques Apple's Vision Pro, arguing that its sports content overproduction detracts from user immersion. Economist Tyler Cowen discusses AI's impact on blue-collar jobs, suggesting new opportunities will arise despite task replacements. Andrew Feldman shares insights on Cerebras' innovative AI hardware, while Nathan Nwachuku details his work on autonomous security systems in Africa. Lastly, Harley Finkelstein from Shopify explores the future of commerce with new agentic storefront strategies.
