Google DeepMind Veterans Raise $130M to Build AI That Codes Without Humans

Reflection AI aims to be more like a fully autonomous vehicle, managing and executing complex coding tasks without human intervention.
Reflection AI is the latest startup aiming to redefine AI-powered coding, but its roots trace back to some of the biggest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence. Co-founders Misha Laskin and Ioannis Antonoglou bring deep expertise from their time at Google DeepMind, where they played pivotal roles in advancing reinforcement learning. Antonoglou, a founding engineer at DeepMind, was instrumental in creating AlphaGo, the first AI to defeat human champions in Go. Laskin contributed to reinforcement learning models that influenced Alphabet’s AI developments, including Gemini. Today I’m launching @reflection_ai with my friend and co-founder @real_ioannis.Our team pioneered major advances in RL and LLMs, including AlphaGo and Gemini.At Reflection, we're building superintelligent aut
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Anshika Mathews
Anshika is the Senior Content Strategist for AIM Research. She holds a keen interest in technology and related policy-making and its impact on society. She can be reached at anshika.mathews@aimresearch.co
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