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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.
2026-05-18 / sources-researcherRiver AI: xAI Co-Founder Igor Babuschkin Raising $1B at $5B Valuation — Part of 'Neolab' WaveFormer xAI chief engineer and DeepMind researcher Igor Babuschkin is in talks to raise up to $1B for River AI, a new AI research startup incorporated in Nevada on April 20, targeting a $5B valuation with General Catalyst potentially leading. Babuschkin is committing $100M of personal capital. River AI joins a wave of 'neolabs' including Richard Socher's Recursive Intelligence and David Silver's venture — part of a broader exodus where 9 of 12 original xAI co-founders have now departed Musk's lab.
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.
2026-04-21 / 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 is CEO of Recursive.
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Richard Socher, ex-Salesforce Chief Scientist, founded Recursive Superintelligence
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Richard Socher founded Recursive Superintelligence with $650M funding.
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Bloomberg reports Richard Socher's new company Four-year commitment Source: TechPowerUp Richard Socher (ex-Salesforce Chief Scientist) and Tim Rocktäschel (ex-DeepMind)TechCrunch Forbes / Let's Data Science

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