Ex-Meta Chinese Star Joins Race for Self-Improving AI with US$4.6b Start-Up

What happens when AI starts building itself?

Richard Socher's new $650 million startup wants to build an AI that can research and improve itself indefinitely — and he insists it will actually ship products.

Recursive Superintelligence raises $650m at $4.65bn valuation to build self-improving AI

Ex-Meta and DeepMind researchers raised $650m at a $4.65bn valuation for Recursive Superintelligence, a startup betting AI can automate its own research.

Ex-Meta Chinese star joins race for self-improving AI with US$4.6b start-up

The funding round was led by venture capital firms GV and Greycroft, with ‘major participation’ from Nvidia and AMD.

UK AI firm Recursive valued at £3.5bn as it emerges from stealth

A London AI firm has emerged from stealth with a mammoth £480 million funding round which values it around £3.5 billion. Recursive Superintelligence, founded in 2025, is a team of former research leaders from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Meta AI, Salesforce AI and Uber AI. The secretive company, which has no associated members on LinkedIn, confirmed the funding deal on the social media platform. It said the round was led by GV (Google Ventures) and …

Recursive Superintelligence raises $650M to build self-improving AI models

Recursive Superintelligence Inc., a startup that hopes to develop self-improving artificial intelligence models, launched today with $650 million in funding. Alphabet Inc.’s GV fund and Greycroft led the round. They were joined by Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s venture capital arm. Recursive says the investment values it at $4.65 billion. The company was […] The post Recursive Superintelligence raises $650M to build self-improvin…

UK AI startup Recursive hits $4.65B valuation with $650M raise from Nvidia and GV

Recursive Superintelligence has raised $650 million at a $4.65 billion valuation in a funding round led by GV and Greycroft, with participation from AMD Ventures and NVIDIA. Founded in 2025 by former leaders from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Meta AI, Salesforce AI, and Uber AI, the startup is developing self-improving AI systems. The company plans a public launch in mid-2026 as it scales compute infrastructure and research operations across San Fr…