Richard Socher's Recursive Superintelligence raised $650M+ from GV, Greycroft, Nvidia, AMD, and others at a $4B valuation to pursue "recursive self-improvement" (Cade Metz/New York Times)
Recursive Superintelligence, led by Richard Socher, has raised $650M+ at a $4B valuation from GV, Greycroft, Nvidia, and AMD to develop AI systems capable of recursive self-improvement.
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<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/technology/notable-researchers-join-4-billion-effort-to-build-self-improving-ai.html"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260513/i12.jpg" vspace="4" /></a>
<p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260513/p12#a260513p12" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Cade Metz / <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/">New York Times</a>:<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/technology/notable-researchers-join-4-billion-effort-to-build-self-improving-ai.html">Richard Socher's Recursive Superintelligence raised $650M+ from GV, Greycroft, Nvidia, AMD, and others at a $4B valuation to pursue “recursive self-improvement”</a></b></span> — Recursive Superintelligence, founded by former Google, Meta and OpenAI researchers, is part of a growing effort … </p>
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