Originally published on AI Tech Connect.
What builders need to understand right now A new research-grade AI company has emerged in London with $650M and a $4.65B valuation before shipping a single public product. The technical bet is radical — self-improving AI that generates new learning capabilities autonomously, without human-labelled data. GV and Greycroft led the round, with Nvidia and AMD Ventures participating — signalling hardware and infrastructure alignment from day one. The UK now hosts two of Europe's largest-ever AI funding rounds in a single year, both from DeepMind alumni. Public launch is targeted for mid-2026, with a team of 25+ researchers across London and San Francisco. Pro tip If you are building agents or research tooling, watch how Recursive Superintelligence frames "open-ended capability discovery." The…
