Recursive Superintelligence (RSI) Secures $410M AWS Compute Deal

Recursive Superintelligence, led by Richard Socher, signed a $410M compute deal with Amazon AWS, signaling a move from theory to practice. Socher emphasizes agent count over headcount, with product releases expected by October. This reinforces long-term bets on self-improving systems and near-term opportunities in automated product development. However, a shadow evaluation of AI research agents reveals five failure modes, tempering hype around self-improving AI. A new paper (Frontis-MA1) explores training AI4AI models for recursive self-improvement, further validating this direction.