Recursively self-improving AI to automate scientific discovery — starting with AI that improves AI
Recursive (Recursive Superintelligence) is an AI research lab building recursively self-improving AI via open-ended algorithms, focused first on 'AI that improves AI' before extending the playbook to other sciences. It emerged from stealth in January 2026 with a $650M round at a $4.65B post-money valuation, co-led by GV and Greycroft with participation from Nvidia and AMD Ventures. It has eight co-founders — publicly prominent among them CEO Richard Socher (former Salesforce chief scientist, You.com founder), Jeff Clune (founder of Uber AI Labs; DeepMind/OpenAI), and Tim Rocktäschel (UCL professor, ex-Google DeepMind) — and offices in San Francisco and London. In June 2026 it published state-of-the-art results from its automated research system on NanoChat, NanoGPT Speedrun, and NVIDIA's SOL-ExecBench.
AI📍 San Francisco, CA & London, UKFounded 2025
Current Valuation
$4.7B
as of 2026-Q1
UNICORN
QL Price
$4.7B
0% vs last round
QuantLogix's current estimate for Recursive, published 2026-10-04 — in line with the last disclosed round of $4.7B (2026-05).
Confidence
low
Basis
round anchored
What backs this price
Last disclosed round
$4.7B
2026-05
weight 0.74
How this price has held up
No round has priced for Recursive since QuantLogix began publishing a price for it, so there is nothing to grade yet. The claim above is on the record from 2026-10-04 and will be graded against the next priced round. See the full accuracy record →
Which publicly-traded funds already hold it, what $10,000 buys, and whether any route is open to you.
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IPO Outlookprivate
Is Recursive going public?
No. Recursive is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Recursive's valuation in 2026?
Recursive is valued at $4.7B as of 2026-Q1, set by its Seed (stealth emergence) ($650M, Jan 2026). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Recursive filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Recursive.
Who are Recursive's investors?
Recursive's investors include GV, Greycroft, Nvidia, AMD Ventures.
How much has Recursive raised?
Recursive has raised $650M in total across 1 disclosed round, most recently a Seed (stealth emergence) of $650M in Jan 2026.
Is Recursive publicly traded — can you buy Recursive stock?
No. Recursive is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for Recursive on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
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Funding History
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Seed (stealth emergence)
$650M
Jan 2026
GV & Greycroft
$4.7B
Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML
No verified Hugging Face organization found for Recursive — no attributable open-model footprint. Closed-weights labs are common; this is a distribution signal, not a capability judgment.
Checked huggingface.co as of 2026-10-04. Re-checked weekly.
Talent Signal
No public careers page or job board could be found for Recursive as of 2026-09-15. That itself is a datapoint: no open external hiring surface.
Checked the company site and major hosted job boards. Re-checked monthly.
Founders & Key People
Richard SocherJeff CluneTim Rocktäschel
Investors
GV · Greycroft · Nvidia · AMD Ventures
Products
Automated AI research system (recursive self-improvement engine)
Competitors
OpenAI · Anthropic · Google DeepMind · Safe Superintelligence · Sakana AI
AISuperintelligenceRecursive Self-ImprovementAI Research LabStealth Exit 2026
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2026-Q1. Refreshed quarterly.