Ep. 59
04:34
Ex-Meta Researcher Launches 'Recursive Superintelligence' AI Startup
About This Episode
Tian Yuandong, a former Meta researcher, has launched a new AI startup called Recursive Superintelligence, which focuses on 'recursive self-improvement' AI systems, with a $4.65 billion valuation and $650 million in funding from major investors including Nvidia and AMD. This development signals a significant investment in self-improving AI, with implications for the compute arms race between the US and China.
Our Take
A Chinese-born ex-Meta researcher just raised $650M to build AI that improves itself — and the US chip industry funded it: this is what the race to superintelligence actually looks like, and the AGI timeline just got a lot more concrete.