Evaluator Bench
Sequoia Capital, 2025-09-17; retrieved 2026-09-14 tier 3 self (sequoia)confirmed

Partnering with Irregular

https://sequoiacap.com/article/partnering-with-irregular-ahead-of-the-curve/

Evaluations cited in GPT-4/o3/o4-mini/GPT-5 system cards; UK government and Anthropic use SOLVE; embedded with labs. Cited from a search snippet; not re-fetched in full. [verify 2026-09-15] fetched 2026-09-15; page reachable BUT quoted span(s) not found: irregular.01 — needs curator review [verify 2026-09-15] reachable BUT span(s) not found: irregular.01 — needs curator review [verify 2026-09-15 grok-pass] Full slug .../partnering-with-irregular-ahead-of-the-curve/. Sequoia led recent funding; no dollar amount on page. Labs named (Anthropic, OpenAI, GDM); Pattern Labs in system cards.

Signals citing this source

  • Irregular (formerly Pattern Labs), F (against): $80M raised in 2025 at a $450M valuation, led by Sequoia and Redpoint; Sequoia is also a major OpenAI investor.
  • Irregular (formerly Pattern Labs), A (for): Deep, repeated pre-deployment access at OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind; embedded with labs.“By embedding directly with these cutting-edge research labs”
  • Irregular (formerly Pattern Labs), M (for): Publishes some method papers; SOLVE framework adopted by UK AISI and Anthropic.“the UK government and Anthropic both use the company’s SOLVE framework”
  • Irregular (formerly Pattern Labs), R (for): Findings appear in system cards for o3, o4-mini, GPT-5 and Claude models.“Irregular’s evaluations are cited (under their former name, Pattern Labs) in system cards for GPT-4, o3, o4 mini and 5”
  • Irregular (formerly Pattern Labs), S (against): Scope set by lab engagements; no public account of evaluator-set scope.
  • Irregular (formerly Pattern Labs), P (against): Markets itself as embedded with the labs; no recusal or cooling-off policy found.“By embedding directly with these cutting-edge research labs”
  • Irregular (formerly Pattern Labs), R (against): Findings on lab models reach the public only as lab-authored system-card citations; the company publishes its own research on other work (a RAND co-authored paper and an Anthropic co-authored whitepaper).“Irregular’s evaluations are cited (under their former name, Pattern Labs) in system cards for GPT-4, o3, o4 mini and 5”

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