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AI startups · AI that improves AI

Recursive Superintelligence

“The fastest path to superintelligence will be realised by AI that recursively improves itself” Recursive Superintelligence (blog post, quoted by Tech.eu), company-reported

  • $4.65Bvaluation at its last closed round, May 13, 2026
  • 2026founded
  • Nothing public foundby our search
The facts

Recursive Superintelligence at a glance.

Read Oct 20, 2026. Valuations and amounts are copied as each source states them; a figure that is only reported (talks, or people familiar with the deal) is labeled as reported.

Kind of company
AI that improves AICompanies trying to automate AI research itself, so AI helps build better AI.
Based in
London and San Francisco (incorporated in London, per Tech.eu), United Kingdom
Founded
2026SiliconANGLE, May 13, 2026
Last closed-round valuation
$4.65B$4.65 billion (company-stated) (SiliconANGLE, May 13, 2026)
What it has shipped
Nothing public foundWe searched and found no product, model or paper, which is not proof there is none.
Founders
  • Richard Socher: former Salesforce chief scientist (Tech.eu); known for founding You.com (TechCrunch) (TechCrunch, May 14, 2026)
  • Tim Rocktäschel: AI professor at UCL (Tech.eu); previously led open-endedness and self-improvement teams at Google DeepMind (TechCrunch) (TechCrunch, May 14, 2026)
Latest news

Emerged from stealth with $650 million; Socher says products will take 'quarters, not years', and the first focus is improving AI research itself. May 14, 2026

TechCrunch, May 14, 2026

What it has built

Shipped, or not yet.

“Nothing public found” is what our search found: something the public can use or buy, a model or API, research only, or nothing public.

We found no product, model or paper from Recursive Superintelligence that the public can see. That is not proof there is none.

1 round

Funding, as reported.

Every round we found, with the amount, valuation and investors as the source states them.

WhenRoundAmountValuationInvestors namedSource
May 13, 2026Unnamed (emerged from stealth)$650 million$4.65 billion (company-stated)GV (co-lead), Greycroft (co-lead), Nvidia, AMDSiliconANGLE
Our note

Worth knowing.

Our note: Valuation is the company's own figure; TechCrunch did not report one. TechCrunch gives HQ as San Francisco while Tech.eu says incorporated in London with offices in both; fewer than 30 staff at launch (Tech.eu). Not to be confused with Ricursive Intelligence.