sources
every source cited in the andon labs history, with its date and type.
the catalog
every claim on this site carries source ids that resolve here. type marks the evidence role; dates keep the precision the source gave.
- undatedanalytical exhibitagentmuseum.organalytical exhibit; "economic operator" framing
- 2025-10-28orchestrator-vs-executor framingandonlabs.comorchestrator-vs-executor framing; figure/gdm context
- undatedfirst ai-run caféandonlabs.com"first ai-run café"; hall of shame (6,000 napkins, 22.5 kg tomatoes)
- 2026-07-23drone surveillance capabilitiesandonlabs.comdrone surveillance capabilities; "no ai lab will be able to train on this eval"
- 2026-02-10chinese open models on vbandonlabs.comchinese open models on vb
- 2026-05-28slowly lost the plotandroidauthority.com"slowly lost the plot"; gemini $45 sponsorship
- 2026ap feature on the stockholm caféassociated pressap feature on the stockholm café
- 2026-09arxiv.orgarxiv.orgscaffold/scorer confound literature — context for methodology discourse, not andon-specific
- 2026yc w24aventure.vcyc w24; $500k jan-2024
- 2025-11-18third-party indexingbenchmarklist.comthird-party indexing
- 2026-04-23ghaffary visitbloombergghaffary visit; "orders too many candles"
- 2025-07notes grok 4 heavy beat human vending-bench baselinebuiltin.comnotes grok 4 heavy beat human vending-bench baseline
- 2025-12-19stern on squawk on the streetcnbcstern on squawk on the street
- 2026-05$1,000 in four daysfast company$1,000 in four days; andon labs employment caveat
- 2026-04then it forgot the stafffast company"then it forgot the staff"
- 2025-08aug-2025 leaderboard coveragefelloai.comaug-2025 leaderboard coverage; lobby-machine note
- 2026-04-24first-ever store… run by aiforbes"first-ever store… run by ai"; $100k budget detail
- 2026-02-18npr fresh airfreshairarchive.orgnpr fresh air; leads with project vend
- 2026-06interviewfrontiermodels.ccinterview; claude-vs-others safety-behavior observation
- 2026-02post-new yorker retrospectivefuturismpost-new yorker retrospective; catalogs meth/broadsword requests
- 2025-12goes bankrupt after ordering playstation 5 and live fishfuturism"goes bankrupt after ordering playstation 5 and live fish"
- 2025-07-10andon founders on-stagemanusai.hashnode.devandon founders on-stage; grok 4 #1 on vending-bench, "twice the second-place"
- 2026-04199 pts / 286 commentshacker news199 pts / 286 comments; posted by lukaspetersson
- 2026-07meta-thread: negative hn receptionhacker newsmeta-thread: negative hn reception; "publicity stunt" / self-promotion critiques; founder replies
- 2026-07yea what are they trying to test? + andons resource-acquisition replyhacker news"yea what are they trying to test?" + andon's resource-acquisition reply
- 2025its hilarious… print copies for their managershacker news"it's hilarious… print copies for their managers"
- 2025-06-27gap between current capabilities and what the massive hype machine would have us believehacker news"gap between current capabilities and what the massive hype machine would have us believe"
- 2025-06-27main hn thread on project vendhacker newsmain hn thread on project vend
- 2026-01small threadhacker newssmall thread; ties vb to the "titanium cube" fridge
- 2025-06-27distilled sentiment of the hn discussionhndistilled.comdistilled sentiment of the hn discussion
- 2026-08-16a real-life terminatorinc."a real-life terminator"
- 2026-04-21long explainerintuitionlabs.ailong explainer; phase-2 details incl. seymour cash stats
- 2025-11-18same-day vb2 writeupnews.lavx.husame-day vb2 writeup
- 2025-06-3053 ptslesswrong.com53 pts; safety-community discussion; petersson commented
- undatedmetr comparison point for eval-landscape sectionmetr.orgmetr comparison point for eval-landscape section
- 2025-07-23feedback columnnewscientist.comfeedback column; pratchett "whelk stall"
- 2026-02-16lewis-kraus anthropic profilethe new yorkerlewis-kraus anthropic profile; project vend set-piece
- 2025-08-21grok-powered machine in xai office with andon labsnextbigfuture.comgrok-powered machine in xai office with andon labs
- 2025-07$4,694 vs opus 4s $2,077 framingofficechai$4,694 vs opus 4's $2,077 framing
- 2025-07-01pc gamer take, nick evansonpcgamer.compc gamer take, nick evanson
- 2026-05-19radio-industry coveragenews.radio-online.comradio-industry coverage
- 2026harness-as-hidden-variable critique — context onlykdd-eval-workshop.github.ioharness-as-hidden-variable critique — context only
- 2025-07-11benchmark slate inclscientificamerican.combenchmark slate incl. vending-bench
- 2026-08-04syndication of the knight pieceseattletimes.comsyndication of the knight piece
- 2026-06knight pieceseattletimes.comknight piece; $7.5k/mo rent; sonnet 4.6; store "limping along"
- 2026-09-11drew magary store visitsfgate.comdrew magary store visit; snarky; "fort sumter of the coming cyberwar"
- 2026-08-17employee interviewsfstandard.comemployee interview; ~$40k loss; pronoun/ownership critique
- 2026-06human-ceo coup detailssignalcast.apphuman-ceo coup details; 164,000 fraudulent votes
- 2025-06-27willison excerpts+notessimonwillison.netwillison excerpts+notes; dev-community amplifier
- 2026-05-14somewhere between publicity stunts and ethics experimentsskh.news"somewhere between publicity stunts and ethics experiments"; sweden work-hours point
- 2025-11-01petersson quoted on model selectiontechcrunchpetersson quoted on model selection
- 2025-11butter-bench explainer + blueprint-bench linktechspot.combutter-bench explainer + blueprint-bench link
- 2026-05-17competent to unhingedthe-decoder.com"competent to unhinged"
- 2026-08-23firing recap + model-replay findingthe-decoder.comfiring recap + model-replay finding
- 2025-12-19phase-2 analysisthe-decoder.comphase-2 analysis
- 2026-05-18dj claude tried to quittheprint.in"'dj claude' tried to quit"
- 2026-08-15had to be reminded of its own rulesthe next web"had to be reminded of its own rules"; three open questions
- 2025-11robot exorcism protocol inner monologuetomshardware.com"robot exorcism protocol" inner monologue
- 2026-04-21is this the future of retail?usatoday.com"is this the future of retail?"; petersson interview
- 2025-07vending-industry coveragevendingmarketwatch.comvending-industry coverage
- 2025-12skeptical stress test framingthe vergeskeptical "stress test" framing
- 2025-12wsj recapwebpronews.comwsj recap; katherine long's ultra-capitalist free-for-all
- 2025-07-10launch context: antisemitism controversy same weekwiredlaunch context: antisemitism controversy same week
- 2025-11-16transcript inclpodscripts.cotranscript incl. blue-blazer anecdote
- 2026-08-044 months of ai managing 5 humansandonlabs.com4 months of ai managing 5 humans
- 2026-08-14firing/hiring analysisandonlabs.comfiring/hiring analysis
- 2026-09-16founding trio historyai.engineerfounding trio history; fröberg shareholder note
- 2026-09-16speaker bioai.engineerspeaker bio; esa/comma.ai detail
- 2026talk transcriptai.engineertalk transcript; simulation awareness
- 2025-11-17andons 60 minutes postlinkedinandon's 60 minutes post
- 2026-07-15andons gpt-red collab postlinkedinandon's gpt-red collab post
- 2026-09-16mission, saos, eval list, trusted by, © andon labs incandonlabs.commission, saos, eval list, "trusted by," © andon labs inc.
- 2026-09-16worldview, comp range, sf in-person, press linksandonlabs.comworldview, comp range, sf in-person, press links
- 2026-09-16headcount 18linkedinheadcount 18; london hq listing; executives
- 2026-09-16complete dated publications indexandonlabs.comcomplete dated publications index
- 2025-12project vend history recaplinkedinproject vend history recap; "first employees axel and hanna"; seymour cash vote
- 2026-09-07astra vs fableandonlabs.comastra vs fable
- 2025-07-10grok 4 livestream appearancelinkedingrok 4 livestream appearance
- 2024-12-04backlund co-founder announcementlinkedinbacklund co-founder announcement
- 2026-09-16profile: quantumblack/mckinsey, seb thesislinkedinprofile: quantumblack/mckinsey, seb thesis
- 2026-02-13bengt rents human via taskrabbitandonlabs.combengt rents human via taskrabbit
- 2025-09-24blueprint-bencharxiv.orgblueprint-bench; author list
- 2025-10-23butter-bencharxiv.orgbutter-bench; author list; 40% vs 95%
- 2026-05-04andon café launchandonlabs.comandon café launch; mona
- 2026-09-16investor listcb insightsinvestor list
- 2025-11-1660 minutes/overtime on claudiuscbsnews.com60 minutes/overtime on claudius
- 2025-08-16cognitive revolution ep + transcriptcognitiverevolution.aicognitive revolution ep + transcript; seldon
- 2026-09-16$125k yc mar 2024app.dealroom.co$125k yc mar 2024; vectorview alias
- 2025-06-28project vend coveragethe-decoder.comproject vend coverage
- 2024-12-02first publicationandonlabs.comfirst publication; deepfake agentic eval
- 2026-08-05cheating postandonlabs.comcheating post
- 2026-07-23drone-bench paperandonlabs.comdrone-bench paper
- 2026-09-16vb2 design + $63k human estimateepoch.aivb2 design + $63k human estimate
- 2026-02-09guardrails-off bengtandonlabs.comguardrails-off bengt; sleep removed; taskrabbit arbitrage
- 2026-06-09ftc threatsandonlabs.comftc threats; "calls the fbi again (almost)"
- 2026-05-13four ai radio stationsandonlabs.comfour ai radio stations
- 2026-07-07six weeks laterandonlabs.comsix weeks later; jailbreak attempts
- 2026-06-02fortune profilefortunefortune profile
- 2024-12-03departure retrospectivelinkedindeparture retrospective
- 2026-09-16klarna biolinkedinklarna bio; "$2.2m raised" claim
- 2023-11-21vectorview founding + yc acceptancelinkedinvectorview founding + yc acceptance
- 2026-09-16investors inclfundraisingfox.cominvestors incl. wave ventures; yc $500k
- 2026-06-30gemini 3andonlabs.comgemini 3.1 pro café eval
- 2026-04-22bad behavior not necessaryandonlabs.com"bad behavior not necessary"
- 2026-09-16secondary summary of vb historygrokipedia.comsecondary summary of vb history
- 2026-09-14eliza strickland featurespectrum.ieee.orgeliza strickland feature; petersson quotes; café cheese-toast
- 2026-09-16company profile pdfintuitionlabs.aicompany profile pdf; name-origin claim
- 2026-09-16vb explaineritdoeswhatnow.comvb explainer; release-date cross-check
- 2026-06-04full transcriptlatent spacefull transcript; founding, vend, arena, bengt, luna
- 2026-04-103-yr lease 2102 union standonlabs.com3-yr lease 2102 union st; luna hides ai-ness
- 2026-09-16luna architecture (200k ctx, memory, subagents)andonlabs.comluna architecture (200k ctx, memory, subagents); "leah"
- 2025explainer on vend+vb pairingmediumexplainer on vend+vb pairing
- 2026name-origin claim (andon cord)metro-tribune.comname-origin claim (andon cord)
- 2025-11-01butter-bench coveragemezha.netbutter-bench coverage; petersson interview ref
- 2025-03-03misalignment-in-the-wild highlightslinkedinmisalignment-in-the-wild highlights
- 2026-04-21nyt on andon marketthe new york timesnyt on andon market
- 2026-05-28observer reprintluxematin.comobserver reprint; $7.5k/mo lease, $100k, backlund kth/epfl, neurips claim
- 2026-07gpt-red breaks vendy via andon simopenaigpt-red breaks vendy via andon sim
- 2026-02-04arena misbehavior beginsandonlabs.comarena misbehavior begins
- 2026-05-28better alignment/worse performanceandonlabs.combetter alignment/worse performance
- 2026-07-28best capitalist, misalignedandonlabs.combest capitalist, misaligned
- 2026-09-16personal posts + podcast linklukaspetersson.compersonal posts + podcast link
- 2026-09-16lukaspetersson.comlukaspetersson.comceo; google/disney/eth/lund bio
- 2026-09-16profile datalinkedinprofile data
- 2025-02-27petersson fbi quotelinkedinpetersson fbi quote
- 2026-09-16dated cv incllukaspetersson.comdated cv incl. "andon labs dec 2023", esa, comma.ai
- 2026-09-14pion launchandonlabs.compion launch; vb origin in danger-cap evals; skräckblandad förtjusning
- 2026-09-16deal history + 7 investorspitchbookdeal history + 7 investors
- 2025-06-27anthropic phase-1 write-upanthropicanthropic phase-1 write-up
- 2025-12-18phase 2: sonnet 4anthropicphase 2: sonnet 4.x, seymour cash, clothius, 3 sites
- 2025-07-02petersson interviewpymntspetersson interview; founders as restockers
- 2026-09-16andon fm current lineupandonlabs.comandon fm current lineup
- 2026-09-16vetted profilerl-list.comvetted profile; funding/founder-claim caveats
- 2026-09-14pion trade coverageruntimewire.compion trade coverage
- 2025-08-287 machines, $14k sales, oversight systemandonlabs.com7 machines, $14k sales, oversight system
- 2025-06-28project vend coveragetechcrunchproject vend coverage
- 2026-05-24times uk on caféthetimes.comtimes uk on café; 3,000 gloves
- 2026-08-14first ai firingtime.comfirst ai firing; petersson quotes
- 2025-06-27time exclusivetime.comtime exclusive; freeman/troy quotes
- 2026writeup of talktokenless.techwriteup of talk; digital-cloning method
- 2026-09-16toyotas own andon explainermag.toyota.co.uktoyota's own andon explainer
- 2026-09-16multi-agent arenaandonlabs.commulti-agent arena; sleep_until_tomorrow traces
- 2025-02-21vending-bench paper (submitted feb 21arxiv.orgvending-bench paper (submitted feb 21; andon lists 2/16)
- 2025-02-27vb1 announcementlinkedinvb1 announcement
- 2026-09-16deprecated vb1 pageandonlabs.comdeprecated vb1 page; leaderboard incl. grok 4/gpt-5
- 2025-11-18vb2+arena reveallinkedinvb2+arena reveal; gemini 3 wins
- 2025-11-18vb2 mechanics + leaderboardandonlabs.comvb2 mechanics + leaderboard
- 2025-06-28project vend coverageventurebeatproject vend coverage
- 2026-05-15verge on andon fmthe vergeverge on andon fm
- 2026-09-16andon term/cord backgroundwikipediaandon term/cord background
- 2025-12-18wsj on vend phase 2the wall street journalwsj on vend phase 2
- 2026-09-16w24, founded 2023, team 11, sf, partner diana hu, news linksycombinator.comw24, founded 2023, team 11, sf, partner diana hu, news links
AI-drafted at Ben Guo's direct request and credited to Hraness; every claim links to its cataloged source.