Introducing Contra Labs. The first frontier data and evaluation lab for Creative AI.

With $250M+ earned by 1.5M+ creative experts on @contra, we have a unique perspective on how creative work, works. So we built the eval layer for creative AI, helping AI tools and teams understand quality the way creative experts do.

We build crowdsourced public evals through the Creative Arena, where AI models are compared for real-world creative outputs measuring taste, not just accuracy... all judged by professional creatives.

AI tools multiply leverage, they don't replace creativity. Contra connects top creative minds with AI teams training models to understand taste and real world usability. It's the creative layer powering the next generation of AI tools that we all use everyday.

Human creativity keeps evolving. We make sure it leads. Contra Labs is establishing the Human Creativity Benchmark that all creative AI tools will be judged against.

Taste is the last layer that is truly creative, truly human. Together with creative experts like @DannPetty and @0xCharlota, Contra Labs is here to make AI better for creativity.

Our mission is to unlock the new chapter of human creativity. To help AI systems understand taste, respect intent, and support real creative workflows. Join us →

the next frontier in AI isn’t more data. it’s better taste. 👀

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Everyone is training models. Almost no one has access to real creative taste.

true, cut rates plz

Maybe

Wow!! I'm so excited for this, from the single sneak peek I saw I know this is going to be the future of creators, and I can't wait to be a part of the process and experience it live with everyone!

This is a big W for creatives. Contra Labs is going to be huge!!!

@supreethere thank you! I agree.

Spent a few minutes on this and it actually made me think. You can really see how big the gap still is between outputs that “work” and outputs that feel right. Curious how you’re thinking about this: Is this more for training models, or helping teams make better creative decisions in real time?

definitely both. we have a benchmark for the latter, but help make the tools better for the people actually using them everyday

I’ll admit 6 years ago I did not see this coming. Ridiculously ambitious. I love it.

lol same

Time to taste max 🔥

Always

Excited to see Contra Labs launch finally. An eval layer that truly understands creative taste from the pros who live it every day. This is the bridge AI needs. Looking forward to the benchmark!

Thanks Hayyan 🦾

Looking forward to a successful launch

Music is too loud!! Look forward to trying the product nonetheless

yes got this feedback a few times. Thanks Thomas

Not hating! I get yelled at on YouTube for the same thing

Incredible! Congrats on the launch

The fact that real creatives are judging outputs and not engineers running metrics. The space badly needed this fr

hard agree. thanks Rez

Exciting times ahead at Contra and ready to jump in the arena again!

Love that creatives are part of the feedback loop here. Feels like that’s been missing from most AI systems so far

Taste as a service!

i’m new to Contra, but the community here is really supportive. i’d honestly love to be part of it, serious about it.

it's time to unlock and let human creativity benchmark shapes the next wave of tools, @contraben

exactly

Excited to finally share this with the world 🌎

This is a giant leap for both @contra and the nicest creative community on the planet ❤️ Congrats @contraben and team! So many more creative ventures ahead! Ultra Hyped @contra !

congrats on this!

Thanks brother

Super excited for Contra Labs! As a dev, AI has totally changed my workflow, coding, brainstorming, quick mocks, the works. But it still misses real human taste. Love that actual creatives are judging these evals now. This is gonna be huge!

🔥🔥🔥

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As someone using AI daily, this hits. Speed is solved — taste isn’t. Glad Contra Labs is tackling that.

This is huge. Finally something focused on how creative work is actually judged, not just generated. Love this direction. Excited to see it grow 👀 Congrats! @contraben @contra 🫶🏻

@MarkKnd congrats Ben!!!!

@MarkKnd thank you Kate!

congrats

this is awesome!! Game’s shifted from doing work manually to directing it. 🔥

Contra Never ever disappoints us. All support to Contra Labs.

the signal models actually need

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great seeing you last week Rick 🦾

the framing is right. everyone is optimizing for generation speed. almost nobody is building the evaluation layer for what's actually good.

This is actually insane. the idea that 1M+ real creatives get to shape how AI understands taste and brand fit?? not crowd workers. not random people. actual professionals who've been doing this for years.

Really excited about what Contra Labs is building empowering freelancers with more independence and better tools. My first remote job actually came through Contra, which makes this even more meaningful for me. The growth of AI has completely transformed how I work,😍

As an advocate for critical thinking, media literacy, and creative freedom, this is giving me hope that not everything about AI has to be net negative. Knowing the Contra team wants creatives to succeed and protect their work makes it easy to be excited to learn more about this.