DeepMind’s David Silver just raised $1.1B to build an AI that learns without human data
David Silver, a key researcher from Google DeepMind, has secured $1.1 billion in funding for his new startup. The company aims to develop a new form of artificial general intelligence that can learn and reason without relying on human-generated training data.
MY TAKE
This is a massive bet on a post-LLM future, moving away from data-hungry models towards more efficient, unsupervised learning. If successful, this could fundamentally change how we build intelligent systems and reduce our reliance on massive datasets.
“DeepMind’s David Silver just raised $1.1B to build an AI that learns without human data” from TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/27/deepminds-david-silver-just-raised-1-1b-to-build-an-ai-that-learns-without-human-data/) [Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:24:21 +0000]