{"slug": "recursive-shows-first-result-of-its-ai-driven-research-process-with-flint", "title": "Recursive shows first result of its AI-driven research process with Flint", "summary": "AI startup Recursive unveiled Flint, its first language model — a 40-billion-parameter mixture-of-experts model for local coding — built by former DeepMind researchers in four months using the company's in-house \"Eureka Machine\" system, which independently tests and optimizes architectures. Recursive has not yet shown whether the AI-driven research process will lead to self-improving AI.", "body_md": "# Recursive shows first result of its AI-driven research process with Flint\n\n[The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com)\n\n        The [AI startup](https://www.machinebrief.com/category/startups) Recursive is unveiling Flint, its first [language model](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/language-model), a 40-billion-[parameter](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/parameter) MoE for local coding developed by former [DeepMind](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/deepmind) researchers. It was created in four months using the company's in-house AI system, \"Eureka Machine,\" which independently tests and optimizes architectures. Recursive has yet to prove whether this approach will actually lead to self-improving AI.\n\nThe article [Recursive shows first result of its AI-driven research process with Flint](https://the-decoder.com/recursive-shows-first-result-of-its-ai-driven-research-process-with-flint/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.\n\n## Key Terms Explained\n\n[Decoder](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/decoder)\n\nThe part of a neural network that generates output from an internal representation.\n\n[DeepMind](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/deepmind)\n\nA leading AI research lab, now part of Google.\n\n[Language Model](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/language-model)\n\nAn AI model that understands and generates human language.\n\n[Parameter](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/parameter)\n\nA value the model learns during training — specifically, the weights and biases in neural network layers.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/recursive-shows-first-result-of-its-ai-driven-research-process-with-flint", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/recursive-shows-first-result-of-its-ai-driven-research-proce-pw25", "published_at": "2026-10-22 14:40:16+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-22 15:15:27.105531+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-startups", "ai-research", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Recursive", "Flint", "Eureka Machine", "DeepMind"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/recursive-shows-first-result-of-its-ai-driven-research-process-with-flint", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/recursive-shows-first-result-of-its-ai-driven-research-process-with-flint.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/recursive-shows-first-result-of-its-ai-driven-research-process-with-flint.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/recursive-shows-first-result-of-its-ai-driven-research-process-with-flint.jsonld"}}