Ex-DeepMind Scientist Raises $1.1B Seed for AI Superlearners

David Silver, former Principal Scientist at Google DeepMind, just pulled off one of the most jaw-dropping seed rounds in history. His new company, Ineffable Intelligence, raised $1.1 billion at a $5.1 billion valuation.

Read that again. A seed round. $1.1 billion. That's not a Series C — it's day one money.

The company's mission: build AI "superlearners." Details on what exactly that means remain thin, but Silver's track record at DeepMind clearly gave investors enough confidence to write enormous checks before the paint was dry.

The round signals that top-tier AI talent can command astronomical valuations before shipping a single product. When a researcher with Silver's pedigree starts a company, the money shows up fast and heavy.

Ineffable Intelligence joins a growing club of AI startups born at billion-dollar-plus valuations.