# Visions of AI: Personal Intelligence > Source: > Published: 2026-08-13 00:01:01+00:00 # Visions of AI: Personal Intelligence [AI Supremacy](https://www.ai-supremacy.com) Igor Babuschkin's new startup profiled. Issue #1 Good Morning, * Visions of AI* is a new feature format I’m experimenting with that will amount to a short profile on an AI or emerging tech startup. The cadence of this style of article is unknown as of yet, but there are a lot of fascinating startups I want to share about. This is designed to be light evening reading to go out at a time-slot of 8 pm EST. Not that many AI researchers have worked at Google [DeepMind](/glossary/deepmind), [OpenAI](/glossary/openai), xAI and started their own companies. Igor Babuschkin in 2026 is the founder of [River AI](https://river.ai/). River is building a stack for personal AI that is both open-source and adapts to you. This is a bit like the **holy grail of personalization** combined with all the recent advances in AI. I actually find myself attracted to the philosophy and goal of the startup: We imagine a future where your AI works entirely for you and deeply aligns with your values. Compared to the corporate chatbots of today, it will feel completely different: responsible, curious, and truly yours. Most importantly, you'll own everything: the hardware it runs on, the data it learns from, and the intelligence itself. This has legit open-source vibes to me and the interview with the lead investor [General Catalyst felt ](https://x.com/generalcatalyst/status/2087151352095076508)authentic: The interview is with [Hemant Taneja](https://www.linkedin.com/in/hemanttaneja/), the CEO of General Catalyst, one of the lead investors of the Seed/Series A. Chapters[02:22](https://x.com/generalcatalyst/status/2087151352095076508?t=142) — Co-Founding xAI[04:36](https://x.com/generalcatalyst/status/2087151352095076508?t=276) — An AI Experience You Own[05:59](https://x.com/generalcatalyst/status/2087151352095076508?t=359) — Betting Early on Open Weights[07:47](https://x.com/generalcatalyst/status/2087151352095076508?t=467) — How Do You Make Money on Free Models?[09:25](https://x.com/generalcatalyst/status/2087151352095076508?t=565) — Why the US Needs Its Own Open Models[11:27](https://x.com/generalcatalyst/status/2087151352095076508?t=687) — Enterprises Want to Control Their AI[13:36](https://x.com/generalcatalyst/status/2087151352095076508?t=816) — What Is Continual Learning?[16:56](https://x.com/generalcatalyst/status/2087151352095076508?t=1016) — An API That Updates the Weights[19:17](https://x.com/generalcatalyst/status/2087151352095076508?t=1157) — A Personal AI for Everyone[20:46](https://x.com/generalcatalyst/status/2087151352095076508?t=1246) — The 20-Minute [Training](/glossary/training) Run ## A 2-Month old Startup River AI is among a group of AI labs that are taking on hard problems with quick capital not seen previously in the history of Venture Capital. It’s also very clearly a bet on Open-Source American AI. Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI.