# This Startup Is All In on Recursive Self-Improvement. Its Latest Model Is Scary Good

> **Publication**: aitalky (Independent AI Journalism)
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> **Original Source**: [Wired AI](https://www.wired.com/story/recursive-self-improvement-flint-latest-model-scary-good/)
> **Author**: Will Knight (undefined)
> **Published Date**: Wednesday, October 21, 2026
> **Category**: CULTURE
> **Tags**: AI, Wired AI, culture

## Executive Summary
Recursive makes the case that the benefits of using AI to build AI outweigh the risks



## Full Coverage
Flint is the first offering from Recursive, a company that aims to use RSI to advance both AI itself and other areas of science using AI . "Nearly every aspect of the entire model pipeline was actually done and improved upon by AI," Recursive CEO and cofounder Richard Socher told me

Socher says his company used its recursive AI system, dubbed the Eureka Machine, to automate most elements of the model's development. This enabled a company with a handful of researchers to build a world-class model in just a few months, he says

Socher told me that the Eureka Machine devised a number of innovations, including a new way of training the base model, new model architectures, and code optimized for specific silicon chips. Recursive shared benchmark scores that suggest Flint outperforms other models of similar size and architecture on coding tasks

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