Frontier AI research
3 labs · 1 model or product Theme: Companies · Generated from this page's data. Click a name to open its panel on the Labs page. Records resting on one source are tagged "one source".Frontier AI research is work on the most capable AI systems, aimed at abilities today's models lack, such as learning from their own experience or improving themselves. Ineffable Intelligence, set up by David Silver, who led DeepMind's reinforcement-learning team, says it is building "a superlearner" that learns from experience rather than from human data. Recursive Superintelligence says it is building self-improving AI that automates the scientific method; its first public model, Flint, is a coding model. Inherent, in London, is building Faraday, an AI "scientist" agent (per the site).
Context
- The AI Opportunities Action Plan said the UK needs AI companies working at the frontier to act as national champions. 13 January 2025 gov.uk/government/publications/ai-opportunities-
we need companies at the frontier that will be our UK national champions.
- The government's Sovereign AI Unit, meant to secure a UK stake in frontier AI, is backed by up to £500 million and chaired by James Wise. 29 January 2026 gov.uk/government/publications/ai-opportunities-
Backed by up to £500 million, the unit will be chaired by James Wise (Balderton Capital)
- Ineffable Intelligence says it aims to reach superintelligence by learning from experience, not from human data. accessed 31 October 2026 ineffable.ai/
Superintelligence will be achieved through learning from experience, rather than learning from human data.
- Ineffable Intelligence was reported to have raised $1.1 billion in seed funding at a $5.1 billion valuation, co-led by Sequoia and Lightspeed (trade; reported). 27 April 2026 tech.eu/2026/04/27/ineffable-intelligence-launch
has raised $1.1 billion in Seed funding, the largest ever in Europe, at a valuation of $5.1 billion.
- Recursive Superintelligence describes its goal as a self-improving system that automates the scientific method. accessed 31 October 2026 recursive.com/
We're building the Eureka Machine, the self-improving superintelligence that automates the scientific method.
- The UK AI Security Institute had tested more than 30 of the most advanced AI models by the end of 2025. 22 December 2025 aisi.gov.uk/blog/our-2025-year-in-review
Our technical team has now tested more than 30 of the world's most advanced models.
Labs Round 8 (31 Oct 2026): introduction and facts as the researchers wrote them; "(per the site)" marks a sentence resting on this site's own description of that lab.
| Record | What it is | Place | Links | Confidence |
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| Faraday (Inherent AI scientist agent)Chips, models and products | Inherent's AI "scientist" agent, trained with reinforcement learning to reproduce the findings of published research papers. research releaseKey facts 27B-parameter model (Qwen 3.6 base, per TechCrunch); trained on Replica, a task set built from 100 ML and AI-for-science papers giving 310 tasks; directs OpenAI's GPT-5.5 Codex as a coding tool; company reports it beat Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.5 at replication (no scores published on the page)Made by Inherent · 2026-08-14 | London | inherentlabs.ai/research/training-to-replicate · techcrunch.com/2026/08/22/inherent-founded-by-de | lab's own pages |
| Ineffable IntelligenceCompanies | Research company set up by David Silver to build an AI system that learns skills and knowledge from its own experience rather than from human data.Profile
Labs Round 7 deep profile (30 Oct 2026), as the researchers wrote it; confidence: single_source (funding trade-only; company site does not state it). Sources Key facts and news (4)
Labs Round 8 (31 Oct 2026), from the researchers' rows; one-source items are marked. | (city not published) | Companies House · tech.eu/2026/04/27/ineffable-intelligence-launch · uktech.news/ai/ineffable-intelligence-secures-81 · ineffable.ai/ · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. | verified |
| InherentCompanies | London research lab building Faraday, an AI system meant to let scientists and self-improving AI work together on research.Profile
Labs Round 7 deep profile (30 Oct 2026), as the researchers wrote it; confidence: verified (founders, roles, round: investor page plus trade); Faraday model details single_source. Sources Models and products (1)
Key facts and news (2)
Labs Round 8 (31 Oct 2026), from the researchers' rows; one-source items are marked. | London | Companies House · tech.eu/2026/05/29/london-based-ai-lab-inherent- · uktech.news/ai/london-based-ai-lab-inherent-emer · inherentlabs.ai/ · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. | verified |
| Recursive SuperintelligenceCompanies | Research company building AI systems that improve themselves, starting by automating AI research and the scientific method.Profile
Labs Round 7 deep profile (30 Oct 2026), as the researchers wrote it; confidence: single_source (two trade sources, no primary); sources are listed in the record panel. Models and products (1)
Key facts and news (5)
Labs Round 8 (31 Oct 2026), from the researchers' rows; one-source items are marked. | King's Cross, London (N1 9FN) | Companies House · tech.eu/2026/05/13/recursive-superintelligence-e · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · recursive.com/ | one source |