Ricursive Intelligence, an AI chip startup developing systems that autonomously design and improve semiconductor hardware, has raised $300 million at a $4 billion valuation. The Series A round was led by Lightspeed and brings the company’s total funding to $335 million, just two months after its public launch.
Founded by former Google researchers Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini, Ricursive builds on their work developing AlphaChip, a reinforcement learning system used in four generations of Google’s TPU chips. The company said its technology aims to design silicon substrate layers and continuously optimize chip architectures to accelerate AI performance gains.
Investors in the round include DST Global, Nvidia’s NVentures, Felicis Ventures, 49 Palms Ventures, and Radical AI. The rapid funding follows a seed round led by Sequoia shortly before launch.
Ricursive joins a growing field of startups pursuing self-improving AI hardware systems. Other recent entrants include Unconventional AI, which raised $475 million at a $4.5 billion valuation in December, highlighting strong investor demand for AI-driven semiconductor innovation.
