Compute & chips · Palo Alto, US · founded 2025
Ricursive Intelligence: who founded it, who funds it
Ricursive Intelligence is a Palo Alto AI chip lab founded in 2025 by Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini, who came from DeepMind and Anthropic. What it is building: self-improving systems applied to chip design, from the AlphaChip creators; targets the 18-24 month design cycle. It has raised $300M in disclosed rounds, most recently a Series A of $300M at a $4B valuation in January 2026, led by Lightspeed. It has not released anything outsiders can use yet.
- Founders
- Anna Goldie (ex-Google DeepMind), Azalia Mirhoseini (ex-Anthropic)
- Founders from
- ex-Google DeepMind, ex-Anthropic
- Location
- Palo Alto, US (North America)
- Valuation
- $4B set by the last priced round
- Raised
- $300M disclosed
- Investors
- Lightspeed lead
- What ships
- Research only
Rounds
| Date | Round | Amount | Valuation | Lead | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2026 | Series A | $300M | $4B | Lightspeed | techcrunch.com |
Sources
- NYT nytimes.com
News
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Sep 25, 2026
- Feb 16, 2026
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Jan 26, 2026
+4 more coverage
- Lightspeed Venture Partners Investing in Ricursive Intelligence: AI for Chip Design and Chip Design for AI
- Crunchbase News AI Lab Ricursive Intelligence Lands $300M Series A At $4B Valuation Less than Two Months …
- PR Newswire Ricursive Intelligence Raises $300 Million Series A at $4 Billion Valuation to Accelerate…
- Latham & Watkins LLP Watkins Advises Ricursive Intelligence in US$300 Million Series A Funding Round
- Dec 2, 2025
Investors who back other labs here
- Lightspeed also: Reflection AI, Skild AI, Ineffable Intelligence, Cartesia
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