David Silver, founder of AI lab Ineffable Intelligence and former DeepMind researcher, has pledged to donate all future equity proceeds from his company to charity, joining a growing wave of AI techno-philanthropists.
David Silver, the DeepMind scientist behind AlphaGo's historic 2016 win over Lee Sedol, has raised $1.1 billion to launch Ineffable Intelligence, a startup valued at $5.1 billion that bets on reinforcement learning rather than large language models to achieve superintelligence. The company launched in January 2026.
David Silver tarafından kurulan Ineffable Intelligence, 1,1 milyar dolarlık rekor tohum yatırımıyla 5,1 milyar dolar değerlemeye ulaştı. Şirket, insan verisi yerine pekiştirmeli öğrenme ile kendi deneyimlerinden öğrenen yapay zeka sistemleri geliştirmeyi amaçlıyor.
Ineffable Intelligence, a British AI lab founded by former DeepMind researcher David Silver, has raised $1.1 billion in funding at a $5.1 billion valuation. The company aims to create a 'superlearner' capable of discovering knowledge and skills without relying on human data by leveraging reinforcement learning — Silver's area of expertise developed through creating AlphaZero at DeepMind. The round was led by Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Google, Nvidia, Index Ventures, and the British Business Bank.
