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Priya Nair

Model Evaluation Lead

Priya runs the evaluation practice at WebParam, comparing models the way customers actually use them rather than the way leaderboards score them. She has a particular interest in the Chinese open-weights ecosystem and why it keeps being underestimated.

Latest articles · 2 articles

  • Reading the Chinese open-weights ecosystem seriously
    Provider Deep Dives2 mins read

    Reading the Chinese open-weights ecosystem seriously

    Several of the fastest-moving open-weights releases of the last two years came out of Chinese labs. Ignoring them means overpaying for capability you could have had. A field guide to the ecosystem most Western tooling still treats as an afterthought.

    Priya Nair · July 7, 2026
  • How we evaluate models without a leaderboard
    Model Releases & Benchmarks2 mins read

    How we evaluate models without a leaderboard

    A leaderboard answers a question nobody actually has. We group benchmarks by capability and show them beside a peer median, because a model strong at reasoning is often mediocre at coding, and a composite score hides exactly the trade-off you're trying to see.

    Priya Nair · June 30, 2026

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