# Recursive Superintelligence

Scaleup capital drives a fifth straight quarter of growth, as Paris and Munich outstrip London
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Sifted data
October 26, 2026
Scaleup capital drives a fifth straight quarter of growth, as Paris and Munich outstrip London
European tech notched the highest quarterly total for funding on record in Q3, the third quarter in a row the figure has been broken
Federico Scolari
Ineffable, Recursive, Fractile call on UK to limit non-competes
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September 29, 2026
Ineffable, Recursive, Fractile call on UK to limit non-competes
London neolab Inherent has coordinated an open letter — and removed non-competes in its own contracts
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
DeepMind researcher’s new AI lab nears $4bn valuation, reports say
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September 17, 2026
DeepMind researcher’s new AI lab nears $4bn valuation, reports say
Index and Lightspeed are in talks to lead the round
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
The DeepMind mafia building startups in Europe
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Founder factories
September 9, 2026
The DeepMind mafia building startups in Europe
Google’s AI lab has had a big impact on the tech world, with countless staff branching out to launch their own ventures
Tom Nugent
Index in talks to lead $500m round for DeepMind researcher’s new AI lab
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August 12, 2026
Index in talks to lead $500m round for DeepMind researcher’s new AI lab
Six other DeepMind alumni have joined the company
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Freya Pratty
DeepMind shakeup tests UK’s AI ambitions
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Analysis
August 10, 2026
DeepMind shakeup tests UK’s AI ambitions
Google’s AI reshuffle could weaken a key pillar of Britain’s startup ecosystem, experts say — but it may be a gift for the country’s talent-hungry neolabs
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Martin Coulter
The billion-dollar question: How will the neolabs actually make money?
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Analysis
August 3, 2026
The billion-dollar question: How will the neolabs actually make money?
Expect products as soon as Q3 from some, while others are focused on longer-term goals
Freya Pratty and Maya Dharampal-Hornby
The 25 companies Europe’s startup insiders watched most closely in H1
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Sifted data
July 8, 2026
The 25 companies Europe’s startup insiders watched most closely in H1
Sifted Pro readership data reveals which European startups and scaleups investors, corporates and advisers were monitoring most actively in H1
Jonathan Sinclair
Mapped: the AI labs taking over King’s Cross
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List
July 3, 2026
Mapped: the AI labs taking over King’s Cross
The area is home to a fast-growing cohort of buzzy labs
Freya Pratty and Tom Nugent
Exclusive: Meta and OpenAI alumni seek $400m for new AI lab
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June 30, 2026
Exclusive: Meta and OpenAI alumni seek $400m for new AI lab
The stealth-mode company will be based between the US, France and Israel, sources say
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Four-month-old Recursive Superintelligence raises $500m
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April 20, 2026
Four-month-old Recursive Superintelligence raises $500m
Recursive wants to build an AI system that improves by itself, without human involvement
Freya Pratty

# Recursive Superintelligence

Scaleup capital drives a fifth straight quarter of growth, as Paris and Munich outstrip London

Ineffable, Recursive, Fractile call on UK to limit non-competes

DeepMind researcher’s new AI lab nears $4bn valuation, reports say

The DeepMind mafia building startups in Europe

Index in talks to lead $500m round for DeepMind researcher’s new AI lab

DeepMind shakeup tests UK’s AI ambitions

The billion-dollar question: How will the neolabs actually make money?

The 25 companies Europe’s startup insiders watched most closely in H1

Mapped: the AI labs taking over King’s Cross

Exclusive: Meta and OpenAI alumni seek $400m for new AI lab

Four-month-old Recursive Superintelligence raises $500m