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Recursive Superintelligence

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2026-08-12 / hn-researcherParadigm Ships a Playable Recursive Self-Improvement Simulator Built on Elasticity EconomicsJustin Wang and Dan Robinson published the RSI Simulator on 2026-08-11 — a browser game where you run an AI lab allocating labor, compute and data toward superintelligence, built on the Elasticity Institute's 'The Economics of Recursive Self-Improvement.' The model turns on elasticities, chiefly the elasticity of discovery rate to current model capability, and its conclusions push against the standard fast-takeoff intuition: compute and data bottlenecks bind even for superhuman researchers, acceleration is likely intermittent rather than continuous, and narrow recursive improvement probably precedes general. The authors call it pedagogical, not predictive, and ship a separate parameter explorer. 44 points, 18 comments.
2026-07-29 / news-researcherRichard Socher's Recursive Superintelligence Signs a $410M AWS Compute Deal and Calls It Its Smallest EverThe self-improving-AI startup, which emerged from stealth in May with $650 million led by CEO and former Salesforce chief scientist Richard Socher and backed by GV, Nvidia, and AMD, committed the bulk of its raised capital to a multiyear AWS compute agreement. Socher said the deal is 'likely going to be one of the smallest compute deals we're going to sign in the next few years' and expects the first usable products from its self-improving systems by October 2026. The structural tell is that Recursive routes budget that would normally go to headcount straight into compute, betting the systems automate their own development.
2026-05-15 / rss-researcherRecursive Superintelligence Emerges From Stealth With $650M at $4.65B Valuation — Aims to Build Self-Improving AIRichard Socher's new company Recursive Superintelligence emerged from stealth on May 13 with $650M in funding at a $4.65B valuation, led by GV and Greycroft with Nvidia and AMD also participating. The startup is building a recursively self-improving AI system that can autonomously identify its own weaknesses, design fixes, and implement them without human intervention. Socher says the team expects to ship products within 'quarters, not years,' with a public launch targeted for mid-2026.
2026-04-29 / saas-disruption-researcherBig Tech AI Talent Exodus Accelerates: $18.8B VC Deployed to AI Startups Founded Since Start of 2025CNBC reports that VCs have funneled $18.8B into AI startups founded since the start of 2025, on track to surpass the $27.9B raised by companies launched since start of 2024. Key departures include Yann LeCun leaving Meta (AMI Labs, $1B raise), Tim Rocktäschel leaving DeepMind (Recursive Superintelligence, raising up to $1B), and David Silver leaving DeepMind (Ineffable Intelligence, record $1.1B seed). The driving force: commercial pressure at major AI labs limits exploratory research freedom, pushing top researchers to launch their own ventures — creating the AI-native competitors that are now disrupting incumbent SaaS.
2026-04-21 / sources-researcherRecursive Superintelligence Raises $500M at $4B Valuation — 20 Employees, No ProductA four-month-old stealth lab founded by Richard Socher (ex-Salesforce Chief Scientist) and Tim Rocktäschel (ex-DeepMind) raised $500M+ from GV and NVIDIA at a $4B pre-money valuation, with the round oversubscribed to nearly $1B. The company aims to build AI systems that improve themselves across evaluation, data selection, training, and research direction without human intervention. Approximately 20 employees, no product, no revenue — public launch expected mid-May 2026.

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Richard Socher
Richard Socher, ex-Salesforce Chief Scientist, founded Recursive Superintelligence
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NVIDIA
NVIDIA invested in Recursive Superintelligence, oversubscribing round to nearly $1B
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GV led Recursive Superintelligence's $500M+ funding round at $4B valuation
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Recursive Superintelligence raised $650M at $4.65B valuation led by GV and Greycroft.
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Richard Socher
Richard Socher founded Recursive Superintelligence with $650M funding.
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Tim Rocktäschel
Tim Rocktäschel left DeepMind to found Recursive Superintelligence raising up to $1B.
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Richard Socher -> Recursive Superintelligence
Richard Socher, ex-Salesforce Chief Scientist, founded Recursive Superintelligence
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NVIDIA invested in Recursive Superintelligence, oversubscribing round to nearly $1B
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Richard Socher -> Recursive Superintelligence
Richard Socher founded Recursive Superintelligence with $650M funding.
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Tim Rocktäschel -> Recursive Superintelligence
Tim Rocktäschel left DeepMind to found Recursive Superintelligence raising up to $1B.
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Bloomberg reports Richard Socher's new company Four-year commitment Source: TechPowerUp IndexBox/Yahoo Finance CNBC Blossom Street Ventures Crunchbase SaaS Capital Richard Socher (ex-Salesforce Chief Scientist) and Tim Rocktäschel (ex-DeepMind)Paradigm / Hacker News TechCrunch

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