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Andrej Karpathy advances new AI lab work without raising several billion dollars in funding as other recent high-profile AI lab launches pursue major capital raises

Self-improvement draws talent to major labs and compresses competitor timelines.

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OProhit#1220rohit@KRISHNANROHIT

The most interesting fact here is that Andrej did not raise a few billion dollars to do what he'd supposedly be doing now as a neolab

7:16 PM · May 19, 2026 View on X
QUOTE POSTEthan Mollick#175Ethan Mollick@EMOLLICK

One interesting side feature of recursive self-improvement, to the extent that is happening, is that it makes the Big Three labs more appealing to talent, and shortens the runway for launching a potential competitor instead at the same time.

rohitrohit@krishnanrohit

The most interesting fact here is that Andrej did not raise a few billion dollars to do what he'd supposedly be doing now as a neolab

2:16 AM · May 20, 2026 · 75.9K Views
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