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Ricursive Intelligence to discuss AI-designed hardware at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Key points
- Ricursive Intelligence develops AI for chip design.
- Aims to reduce chip design time from years to weeks.
- Co-founders previously led Google's AlphaChip project.
- Will present at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.
AI for Chip Design
Ricursive Intelligence is a startup focused on developing artificial intelligence that can design computer chips. The company's goal is to automate and accelerate the chip design process, which currently takes two to three years. Ricursive Intelligence aims to reduce this cycle to a matter of weeks.
Founders' Background
Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini, co-founders of Ricursive Intelligence, previously co-led AlphaChip at Google. AlphaChip was an AI system capable of generating chip layouts in hours, a task that typically takes human designers much longer. Their work contributed to the design of multiple generations of Google's Tensor Processing Units.
Self-Improving Systems
Ricursive Intelligence is building AI tools designed to learn across different chip designs. This allows the experience gained from designing one chip to improve the approach for subsequent designs. This creates a feedback loop where AI designs better hardware, which in turn supports more powerful AI, further enhancing the design capabilities.
TechCrunch Disrupt Presentation
Goldie and Mirhoseini will present at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on the topic "When AI Starts Designing Its Own Hardware." They will discuss closing the loop between AI and chip development, building self-improving systems, and addressing bottlenecks in the development of more powerful AI.
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Ricursive Intelligence co-founders Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini will speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 about AI designing its own hardware. Their startup is developing AI to automate and accelerate chip design, aiming to reduce design cycles from years to weeks. This technology could create a feedback loop where AI designs better hardware, leading to more powerful AI systems.