Ben Shi

Ben is on the Research team at Sierra. Previously, he was at Princeton University and Meta.

Posts by Ben Shi

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𝜏-knowledge: benchmarking agents on real-world knowledge

𝜏-Knowledge measures how well agents can work through messy, evolving knowledge bases to complete complex, multi-step tasks. While models are improving, they still struggle to reliably use this information in practice, leaving a large gap to real-world performance.

13. Mai 2026

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𝜏³-Bench: Advancing agent benchmarking to knowledge and voice

𝜏³-Bench is here. We've expanded agent evaluation to two new frontiers: knowledge retrieval and voice.

18. März 2026

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Improving voice performance with post-training

Post-training helps our customers' voice agents achieve shorter, clearer, and more human-like conversations.

12. November 2025

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𝜏-Bench leaderboard: compare, explore, and understand agent performance

Introducing the 𝜏-Bench leaderboard — a community-driven platform where researchers can submit, verify, and compare results while exploring model behavior through interactive tools.

13. Oktober 2025

Ben Shi

Posts by Ben Shi

𝜏-knowledge: benchmarking agents on real-world knowledge

𝜏³-Bench: Advancing agent benchmarking to knowledge and voice

Improving voice performance with post-training

𝜏-Bench leaderboard: compare, explore, and understand agent performance

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Posts by Ben Shi

𝜏-knowledge: benchmarking agents on real-world knowledge

𝜏³-Bench: Advancing agent benchmarking to knowledge and voice

Improving voice performance with post-training

𝜏-Bench leaderboard: compare, explore, and understand agent performance