# Tian Yuandong, former research scientist director at Meta’s FAIR (Fundamental AI Research) team, launched Recursive Superintelligence.

*semiconductor · news · 2026-05-14 · South China Morning Post*

## Key points

- Tian Yuandong, ex-Meta FAIR director, co-founded Recursive Superintelligence after being laid off.
- Recursive Superintelligence has raised over $650 million at a $4.65 billion valuation.
- The start-up focuses on AI models capable of recursively improving their own code and reasoning.
- Achieving recursive self-improvement in AI could yield exponential competitive advantage for the first mover.

**Companies:** Recursive Superintelligence
**Countries:** China, United States

[Read the full story on South China Morning Post](https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3353576/ex-meta-chinese-star-researcher-joins-race-self-improving-ai-us46b-start)

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