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Richard Socher is the CEO/Co-Founder of Recursive where they build recursive self-improving superintelligence to automate knowledge discovery.
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Feb 2026 — Aug 2026
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Recursive signed $410M AWS agreement
SubstackpositiveAug 2, 2026
“Richard Socher, CEO of Recursive, announced a $410M multi-year agreement with AWS to run the company's automated AI research system.”
How Chinese Researchers Plan to Build Self-Improving AI
Recode China AIcautiousJun 24, 2026
“Former Salesforce Chief AI Scientist and You.com CEO who founded Recursive Intelligence, a new research lab exploring recursive self-improvement in AI.”
Recursive Superintelligence emerges from stealth
SubstackcautiousMay 17, 2026
“Former Salesforce chief scientist who launched Recursive Superintelligence with $650M at $4.65B valuation to build AI systems that recursively improve themselves.”
Igor Babuschkin Seeks Up To $1 Billion For River AI
Let's Data ScienceneutralMay 15, 2026
“Founder of Recursive Intelligence, cited as example of well-funded researcher-led startup in neolab funding wave.”
Notable Researchers Join $4 Billion Effort to Build Self-Improving AI
The New York TimescautiousMay 14, 2026
“Former Salesforce AI research head who founded Recursive Superintelligence with $650M funding to develop recursive self-improving AI systems.”
You.com Founders Predict an AI Winter is Coming
you.comannouncementmixedFeb 3, 2026
You.com founders predict an AI winter is coming and position their search and API platform as an alternative to Google and Microsoft offerings.
“Among the most-cited AI researchers in the world who released 35 predictions for 2026.”
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