Recursive is spending two-thirds of its funding on one AWS bill, and calls it small

29-07-2026 16:01 via thenextweb.com

Recursive is spending two-thirds of its funding on one AWS bill, and calls it small

Richard Socher’s new AI lab has just made an unusual bet with its money. Recursive has committed about $410m to a single, multi-year cloud contract with Amazon Web Services. That is roughly two-thirds of everything it has raised. The company left stealth in May with $650m at a $4.65bn valuation. It employs about 25 people. […]
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