This episode of Get the Check features Daniel Lim, co-founder and COO of Gentrace. Gentrace is a developer platform for testing generative AI, and it has customers like Quizlet and Asana.

Daniel shares how Gentrace was born from a company pivot. The podcast dives into why traditional AI evaluation methods like manual spreadsheet reviews aren’t scalable. Daniel breaks down why testing generative AI is fundamentally different from testing code and how Gentrace helps companies balance trade-offs between efficiency, accuracy, and safety. Plus, he gives his hot takes on the next big AI trends. 

Gentrace is hiring! If you’re an engineer looking to join a fast-growing AI company with customers like Webflow and Quizlet, check them out. If you enjoyed the episode, rate us on Spotify and follow us on socials @getthecheckpod!

00:00 Intro

01:03 Pivoting from Pesto to Gentrace

04:20 What is Gentrace?

07:41 Solutions before Gentrace

09:41 Customer walk-through

11:44 Future of the eval platform

18:42 Competitors

22:01 Apps vs. infra

26:05 Being the trash can of a company

30:40 Investing