AI Startups Aug 5, 2026
Jeff Dean Leaves Google After 27 Years to Launch Discovery Loop AI Startup
Jeff Dean, Google's 30th employee and one of its most influential AI researchers, is stepping down to co-found Discovery Loop, a public benefit corporation using AI to automate scientific experiments. The startup is co-led by Radical Ventures and Khosla Ventures with participation from Kleiner Perkins and Lightspeed.
AI Startups May 14, 2026
Recursive Superintelligence Raises $650M to Build Self-Improving AI
Richard Socher's Recursive Superintelligence emerges from stealth with $650 million to create AI that autonomously improves itself without human intervention.
AI Research May 12, 2026
Perceptron Mk1 Shocks AI Industry: Video Analysis Model 80-90% Cheaper Than Rivals
Startup Perceptron Inc. releases Mk1, a video analysis reasoning model that matches frontier AI performance at 80-90% lower cost than OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.