Ricursive Intelligence Co-Founders Announce Participation at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Ricursive Intelligence is developing AI systems to automate and accelerate the design of advanced chips, aiming to reduce a process that typically takes two to three years down to weeks. The startup’s co-founders, Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini, will present at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on how AI can close the loop between chip development and artificial intelligence itself. Goldie and Mirhoseini previously led Google's AlphaChip project, which demonstrated that AI could design chips in hours rather than months. Their work contributed to multiple generations of Google’s Tensor Processing Units (TPUs). Ricursive is now building on this foundation with a system designed to learn across chip designs, creating an iterative feedback loop between hardware and software development. The company was founded at the end of 2025 and has already raised $335 million in funding within four months. This includes a $300 million Series A round that valued Ricursive Intelligence at $4 billion. Investors include Nvidia, signaling strong industry confidence in their approach to AI-driven chip design.
Topics: AI chip design hardware development startups