By late 2025, Ineffable Intelligence, founded by David Silver, a former core researcher at Google DeepMind, announced on Monday that it had completed a seed funding round of $1.1 billion, setting a record for the largest seed funding in Europe and achieving a post-money valuation of $5.1 billion. This funding round was co-led by Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from NVIDIA and other institutions. The company focuses on reinforcement learning technology, aiming to be the first to achieve superintelligence. The UK's Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology stated that this investment will drive the growth of Ineffable Intelligence and demonstrate the UK's determination to become a global hub for artificial intelligence research, development, and innovation output.
