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# David Silver

Founder and CEO, Ineffable Intelligence; professor, University College London (as of 2026-10-12; source: https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/the-superlearner-investing-in-david-silver-and-ineffable-intelligence/).

Led the AlphaGo and AlphaZero teams at DeepMind; left in January 2026 to found Ineffable Intelligence, which raised a $1.1B seed round to pursue superintelligence through reinforcement learning instead of LLMs.

## Accounts

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Silver_(computer_scientist)

## Role changes

- 2026-04-27: Ineffable Intelligence announces a $1.1B seed round at a $5.1B valuation with Silver as CEO. Source: https://www.cityam.com/former-deepmind-star-lands-1-1bn-backing-for-ai-startup/
- 2026-01-30: Reported to have left Google DeepMind, where he led reinforcement-learning research, to found Ineffable Intelligence (director since Jan 16, 2026). Source: https://www.fortune.com/2026/01/30/google-deepmind-ai-researcher-david-silver-leaves-to-found-ai-startup-ineffable-intelligence

## In the news (1 event, newest first)

- 2026-04-27: [David Silver's Ineffable Intelligence raises a $1.1B seed round at a $5.1B valuation to build a reinforcement-learning 'superlearner' without human data](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-04-27-ineffable-intelligence-1-1b-seed-david-silver/), Business. It is the largest bet so far on a route to advanced AI that does not rest on large language models, led by one of the main authors of AlphaGo and AlphaZero.

## Bio

British computer scientist. At DeepMind he led the teams behind AlphaGo and AlphaZero and the company's reinforcement-learning research. No X account was verified for him.

Profile checked 2026-10-12.