Self-Improving AI Draws $650 Million: Ex-Meta Scientist Tian Bets Models Build Models
Summary
Recursive Superintelligence emerged from stealth with $650 million in funding and a $4.65 billion valuation. The startup is led by former Salesforce chief scientist Richard Socher and ex-Meta research scientist Yuandong Tian, along with a team of senior AI researchers. Its core thesis is that AI systems can improve themselves by automating parts of their own research and development. The company has not launched a product yet, but it plans to build autonomous training systems and place interpretability at the center of that effort. The investor base, which includes GV, Greycroft, Nvidia, and AMD, signals strong strategic interest in compute-intensive frontier AI.
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$650.0M
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Date
May 13, 2026
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Greycroft, GV, NVIDIA
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Company
recursive.com
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