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Richard Socher

CEO and cofounder, Recursive

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“Nearly every aspect of the entire model pipeline was actually done and improved upon by AI”
This Startup Is All In on Recursive Self-Improvement. Its Latest Model Is Scary GoodWIRED, October 21, 2026. Speaking as: Other. As quoted by the source, not their own text. Recursive's CEO tells WIRED how the Flint coding model was developed using the company's Eureka Machine.
“It's the only way this very small team can produce a model that's actually better than any other model in its class”
This Startup Is All In on Recursive Self-Improvement. Its Latest Model Is Scary GoodWIRED, October 21, 2026. Speaking as: Other. As quoted by the source, not their own text. Socher argues the approach behind Flint could make cutting-edge AI more accessible.

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  1. NewsWIREDAbout them

    This Startup Is All In on Recursive Self-Improvement. Its Latest Model Is Scary Good

    In the AI Lab newsletter, WIRED's Will Knight reports testing Flint, an open-weight 40-billion-parameter coding model from startup Recursive, which says AI did most of the model's development. Knight found it capable; Recursive dismisses calls for bans on recursive self-improvement.