Ricursive - About the company
Ricursive is a series A company based in Palo Alto (United States), founded in 2025 by Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini. It operates as a Developer of self-improving artificial intelligence systems focused on chip design. Ricursive has raised $335M in funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners, with a current valuation of $*****. The company has 141 active competitors, including 32 funded and 16 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like MathWorks, Cognichip and Cadence.
Company Details
Developer of self-improving artificial intelligence systems focused on chip design. The company aims to reinvent chip development by creating a recursive loop between AI and hardware. This approach is intended to accelerate the progress toward artificial superintelligence.
- Website
- www.ricursive.com/
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@ricursive.com
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2025
Location
Palo Alto, United States
Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$335M in 2 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$***** as on Jan 26, 2026
Investors
Ranked
6th among 141 active competitors
Employee Count
32 as on Sep 30, 2026
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Ricursive's funding and investors
Ricursive has raised a total funding of $335M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on Dec 03, 2025. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Jan 26, 2026 for $*****. 6 investors participated in its latest round. Ricursive has 7 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Ricursive:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 26, 2026 | 8810106 | Series A | 1393668 | 7087142 | 7659118 | 3735704 |
Dec 03, 2025 | 1501686 | Seed | 9158912 | 4393706 | 3648046 |
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Ricursive's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Ricursive are Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini. Anna Goldie is the CEO of Ricursive.
Here are the details of Ricursive's key team members:
- Anna Goldie: Co-Founder & CEO of Ricursive. Contact Info: 1 email address
- Azalia Mirhoseini: Co-Founder & CTO of Ricursive. Contact Info: 1 email address
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Ricursive's employee count trend
Ricursive has 32 employees as of Sep 26. Here is Ricursive's employee count trend over the years:
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Ricursive's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Ricursive include MathWorks, Cognichip and Cadence. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Ricursive, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |  MathWorks 1984, Natick (United States), Funding Raised | Developer of solutions for algorithm development | - | 72/100 | |
2nd | Cognichip 2024, Redwood City (United States), Series A | Developer of physics informed artificial intelligence models for chip design | $93M | 68/100 | |
3rd | Cadence 1988, San Jose (United States), Public | Provider of electronic design automation software for semiconductor industry | - | 67/100 | |
4th | Normal Computing 2022, New York City (United States), Series A | Developer of AI software for hardware engineering and EDA solutions | $85M | 63/100 | |
5th |  Alpha Design AI 2024, San Jose (United States), Series A | Provider of agentic AI platforms for semiconductor chip design and verification | $134M | 63/100 | |
6th | Ricursive 2025, Palo Alto (United States), Series A | Developer of self-improving artificial intelligence systems focused on chip design | $335M | 57/100 | |
7th | Vayavya Labs 2006, Belgaum (India), Series A | Productivity tools for Embedded System Developers and IC design engineers | $1.3M | 55/100 | |
8th | Silvaco 1984, Santa Clara (United States), Public | Provider of software solutions for semiconductor and photonics design and modeling | - | 55/100 | |
9th |  Maieutic Semiconductors 2025, Bengaluru (India), Seed | Provider of an AI assistant platform for integrated circuit designers | $4.3M | 53/100 | |
10th | Architect Labs 2025, Palo Alto (United States), Seed | Provider of AI-based software for semiconductor design, verification, and optimization of custom silicon chips | $24M | 51/100 |
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Ricursive's Investments and acquisitions
Ricursive has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
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News related to Ricursive
Media has covered Ricursive for a total of 6 events in the last 1 year, 3 of them have been about company updates.
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Recursive Superintelligence Raises $650 Million in Funding for AI Model DevelopmentStartup Log•May 15, 2026•Ricursive
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Step Capital Management Pte. Ltd. Acquires New Shares in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDAMarketBeat•Apr 19, 2026•Nvidia, Step Capital, Realta Wealth, BAM Advisory Group and 6 others
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AI Chip Startup Ricursive Intelligence Secures $300M Funding, Valuation Reaching $4BTechCrunch+•Jan 27, 2026•Google, Nvidia, Ricursive, Lightspeed Venture Partners and 11 others
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