Recursive Superintelligence

Recursive self-improving superintelligence to automate knowledge discovery.

South Park Commons2025UnicornGeneral Software

What they do

Problem

Knowledge discovery and research progress are slow and limited by human cognitive and labor constraints.

Solution

A recursive self-improving superintelligence system that automates knowledge discovery and accelerates research outputs.

Who it's for

Researchers and R&D organizations (academia, labs, and enterprises) that need to generate and validate new knowledge faster.

Founders

Josh Tobin

Josh is a Member of the Technical Staff at OpenAI, where he leads research on agentic products. Previously co-founded Gantry to help teams improve ML products with human feedback, and has held research and teaching roles at OpenAI and UC Berkeley. He also co-organizes Full Stack Deep Learning.

Tim Shi

Tim Shi is the Co-Founder and CTO of Cresta, where he helped pioneer the use of generative AI in the enterprise, launching a GPT-based product in 2019. A former Stanford AI researcher and early OpenAI team member, his work on web-based reinforcement learning helped shape modern digital agents. Under his leadership, Cresta powers major companies like Verizon and United Airlines, delivering hundreds of millions in ROI.