David Silver of DeepMind raises $1B to build AI that learns without human data
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- Ineffable Intelligence, founded by former DeepMind researcher David Silver, raised $1.1 billion at a $5.1 billion valuation to develop AI models outperforming large language models.
- The company aims to create a 'superlearner' using reinforcement learning to discover knowledge without human data, inspired by Silver's work on AlphaZero at DeepMind.
- The funding round was led by Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with investors including Google, Nvidia, and the UK's sovereign AI fund.
- Ineffable Intelligence is part of a trend of high-value AI startups founded by star researchers, such as AMI Labs and Recursive Superintelligence, boosting London's AI hub status.
- David Silver plans to donate any profits from Ineffable to high-impact charities, emphasizing the venture's ambitious goal to explain and build all intelligence.