DeepMind's David Silver just raised $1.1B to build an AI that learns without human data
Former DeepMind reinforcement learning leader David Silver’s new lab says it wants to build a 'superlearner' that acquires skills without human datasets.
TechCrunch reports that Ineffable Intelligence, founded by former DeepMind researcher David Silver, raised $1.1 billion at a $5.1 billion valuation. The company says it is building a reinforcement-learning-based 'superlearner' that discovers knowledge and skills without relying on human-generated training data, drawing inspiration from systems like AlphaZero.
The round was led by Sequoia and Lightspeed, with participation reported from Index Ventures, Google, Nvidia, and others.
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