Yupp, an AI model evaluation platform that uses on-chain incentives to reward users for comparing and voting on AI model outputs, has raised $33 million in a seed funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz's crypto fund (a16z crypto). The platform allows users to generate signed preference data to improve AI training, providing a consumer product that enables free discovery and comparison of the latest AI models. Yupp’s team includes notable talent such as Pankaj, formerly VP of Engineering at Coinbase. The platform incentivizes participation by rewarding users with crypto tokens that can be converted into cash, enhancing the reliability and robustness of human data for AI development. The funding round and product launch have been well received by industry figures, highlighting Yupp’s potential to offer a more dynamic and trustworthy approach to AI model evaluation beyond traditional benchmarks.