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Recursive raised a $4.65B seed round to develop an AI research system for recursive self-improvement

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Recursive, led by Richard Socher, raised a $4.65B seed round and described building an “Eureka Machine” intended to automate parts of AI research via recursive self-improvement. The coverage also discusses claims that AI systems are increasingly contributing to coding and production development, emphasizing verification and risk considerations.

Anthropic Eureka Machine Recursive Richard Socher The Sequence Knowledge Claude Sonnet 5 Recursive self-improvement (RSI) You.com

The deal

Recursive $4.65B Seed · announced 14 Sep 2026

Deal terms as reported in the coverage below.

Source coverage

Why you should work on AI for AI Research — Richard Socher of Recursive Latent Space newsletter The Sequence Knowledge - Issue 933: When the Factory Starts Building Itself TheSequence

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