What happens when AI starts building itself?

Richard Socher, founder of You.com, has launched Recursive Superintelligence, a San Francisco startup that emerged from stealth with $650 million in funding. The company's goal is to build AI that can identify its own weaknesses and redesign itself without human input — true recursive self-improvement. Unlike existing AI automation, their approach uses "open-endedness," allowing AI systems to co-evolve endlessly, potentially transforming how scientific research and problem-solving are conducted.