Nvidia Partners With David Silver's Ineffable Intelligence to Build AI That Learns Through Trial and Error

May 15, 2026
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Summary

Nvidia is partnering with Ineffable Intelligence, the $1.1 billion-backed AI startup founded by DeepMind reinforcement learning pioneer David Silver, to co-develop AI systems that learn through trial and error using Nvidia's latest Grace Blackwell chips — pushing beyond conventional AI trained on human data toward systems that continuously discover new knowledge from experience.

Key Points

  • Nvidia is partnering with British AI startup Ineffable Intelligence, founded by former Google DeepMind reinforcement learning lead David Silver, to co-develop AI systems that learn through trial and error using Nvidia's Grace Blackwell chips and Vera Rubin platform.
  • Unlike conventional AI models trained on human data, Ineffable Intelligence focuses on reinforcement learning, aiming to build systems that continuously discover new knowledge from experience rather than relying on existing human knowledge.
  • Ineffable Intelligence, which raised a record $1.1 billion seed round in April backed by Sequoia, Lightspeed, Nvidia, and Google, is part of a growing wave of AI labs launched by former Big Tech researchers attracting billions in investor funding.

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