In Brief Posted: 4:13 PM PST · January 26, 2026 Image Credits:BlackJack3D / Getty Images Ricursive Intelligence, a startup building an AI system to design and automatically improve AI chips, has raised $300 million at a $4 billion valuation. The company said Monday the round was led by Lightspeed. Ricursive says the system will be…
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