Self-improving AI & automated research · San Francisco, US · founded 2026
Recursive Superintelligence: who founded it, who funds it
Recursive Superintelligence is a San Francisco self-improving AI lab founded in 2026 by Richard Socher, Yuandong Tian, Tim Rocktäschel, Jeff Clune and 4 others, who came from Salesforce, Meta, DeepMind and OpenAI. What it is building: aI that automates model architecture, training, evaluation and research direction: recursive self-improvement. It has raised $650M in disclosed rounds, most recently a Seed of $650M at a $4.65B valuation in May 2026, led by GV (Google Ventures) and Greycroft. It has not released anything outsiders can use yet.
- Founders
- Richard Socher (ex-Salesforce), Yuandong Tian (ex-Meta), Tim Rocktäschel (ex-Google DeepMind), Jeff Clune (ex-Google DeepMind), Caiming Xiong (ex-Salesforce), Alexey Dosovitskiy (ex-Google DeepMind), Josh Tobin (ex-OpenAI), Tim Shi (ex-Cresta)
- Founders from
- ex-Salesforce, ex-Meta, ex-Google DeepMind, ex-OpenAI, ex-Cresta
- Location
- San Francisco, US (North America)
- Valuation
- $4.65B set by the last priced round
- Raised
- $650M disclosed
- Investors
- GV (Google Ventures) lead, Greycroft lead, Nvidia, AMD
- What ships
- Research only
- Notes
- Committed $410M of the raise to a multi-year AWS compute deal (Jul 2026).
Rounds
| Date | Round | Amount | Valuation | Lead | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2026 | Seed | $650M | $4.65B | GV (Google Ventures), Greycroft | siliconangle.com |
Sources
- AWS compute deal techcrunch.com
- TNW thenextweb.com
News
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Jul 28, 2026
+4 more coverage
- MLQ.ai Recursive Superintelligence Signs $410M Compute Deal With AWS
- AI Weekly Recursive Superintelligence Signs $400M AWS Compute Deal
- AI Insider AI Startup Recursive Superintelligence Signs $410M Compute Deal With AWS
- Data Center Dynamics AWS secures $410m compute agreement with Recursive Superintelligence
- Jun 5, 2026
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May 14, 2026
+2 more coverage
- The New York Times Notable Researchers Join $4 Billion Effort to Build Self-Improving A.I.
- Startup Fortune Ex-Meta researcher Tian Yuandong launches a $4.65 billion AI bet
- May 13, 2026
- May 13, 2026
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Apr 17, 2026
+1 more coverage
- Ventureburn Recursive Superintelligence Raises $500M Funding Round
Investors who back other labs here
- Nvidia also: Safe Superintelligence, Reflection AI, Skild AI, Poolside
- AMD also: Thinking Machines Lab, Hark, World Labs, Luma AI
- GV (Google Ventures) also: Humans&, Isomorphic Labs
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