AI startup Ineffable Intelligence recruits six cofounders from DeepMind and others
Ineffable Intelligence, a London-based AI startup valued at $5 billion, has added six cofounders, including four former Google DeepMind researchers. The hires include experts behind AlphaStar and MetNet, as well as a former InstaDeep research head and a venture partner. The company aims to build superintelligence using methods similar to DeepMind's game-playing breakthroughs.
The recruited team brings specialized expertise, with three members having contributed to the AlphaStar gaming system and another to MetNet weather forecasting. Laterre previously directed research at InstaDeep, while Gorham represented an early backer through her venture capital role.
Corporate records reveal a leadership transition, with initial incorporator George Rose moving to an advisory position after Silver became a director. The firm's record-breaking seed round places it among a cohort of "neolabs" dedicated to reinforcement learning and recursive self-improvement.
The influx of DeepMind veterans into a single rival could intensify competition in frontier AI, potentially accelerating reinforcement learning breakthroughs. This may shift talent dynamics and investment flows toward newer startups, giving them greater influence. Society could see faster autonomous system development, but also heightened concentration of power among a few well-funded labs, raising concerns about safety and equitable access to advanced capabilities.