英伟达谷歌抢投AI独角兽新秀,欧洲史上最大种子轮诞生

marsbitPublished on 2026-04-29Last updated on 2026-04-29

智东西4月28日消息,今天,据路透社报道,由前谷歌DeepMind首席科学家戴维·席尔瓦(David Silver)创立的英国AI独角兽Ineffable,已完成11亿美元(约合人民币75.14亿元)的种子轮融资,估值达到51亿美元(约合人民币348.31亿元)。本轮融资由美国红杉资本与光速创投领投,英伟达谷歌和英国国家AI风投基金Sovereign AI等企业和机构共同参投。Ineffable称,该轮融资为欧洲迄今为止金额最高的种子轮融资。

目前,这家初创企业的盈利模式、产品落地时间及收益规模均尚不明确。

Ineffable成立于2025年11月,其目标是打造一个超级学习系统(Superlearner)。该系统无需依靠人类数据,将通过自主实践探索一切知识,覆盖基本的运动技能(motor skill)到高阶智力突破的全部范畴。

Ineffable的创始人兼CEO Silver最广为人知的身份,是AlphaGo背后的核心研究员。他主导了AlphaGo、AlphaZero以及AlphaStar的研发,全程参与了DeepMind强化学习体系的搭建与迭代。

Silver与谷歌DeepMind联合创始人兼CEO德米斯·哈萨比斯(Demis Hassabis)是大学同学,二人都曾就读于剑桥大学。在剑桥学习期间,Hassabis教会了Silver下棋,其中包括围棋。

在拿到剑桥大学文学学士学位后,Silver前往加拿大阿尔伯塔大学攻读计算机科学博士学位,师从图灵奖得主、强化学习之父Richard Sutton

▲David Silver(图源:Silver个人网站)

本科毕业后,Silver于1998年与Hassabis共同创办了游戏公司Elixir Studios,同时出任CTO与首席程序员。之后,Hassabis与另外二人联合创办了DeepMind。在DeepMind成立之初,Silver便担任该公司顾问,并于2013年正式加入,任职10余年之久。

在DeepMind任职期间,Silver的研究重点是深度强化学习,这是一个将强化学习与深度学习相结合的领域。他参与了多款智能程序的研发,其中,由Silver主导研发的AlphaGo,是首个在围棋比赛中击败顶级职业棋手的程序。

之后,他带队打造出AlphaZero,该程序依托同源AI架构从零自主研习围棋,后续以相同训练逻辑掌握国际象棋与将棋,综合实力远超同期所有同类程序。此外,他联合主导了AlphaStar项目,该款程序能够在高难度策略游戏《星际争霸II》中,达到人类职业电竞选手的竞技水准。

在工业界之外,Silver还在伦敦大学学院(UCL)担任教授。

创立Ineffable之初,Silver在该公司博客发布个人随笔称:“世界需要一个舞台,让强化学习范式的雄心得以充分施展。在那里,我们直面智能的根本命题:如何(让AI)通过对环境的体验,去发现未知的知识。”

他还说道:“AI生成语言、视频、代码等,已有完善生态持续发展,无需我再涉足。而Ineffable,是我毕生追求的事业。”

据《连线》昨日报道,Silver称:“我从Ineffable项目中获得的所有收益,都将捐赠给具备高社会影响力的慈善机构,用以挽救更多生命。”

结语:

天价融资扎堆新锐AI企业

非大模型赛道正加速突围

目前,Ineffable仍处于早期研发周期,其技术方案尚未成熟,商业化模式与落地规划尚不明确。在巨额资本加持之下,该公司依托强化学习路线能否突破现有AI技术瓶颈、平衡前沿探索与商业可持续发展,或成为接下来行业关注的核心焦点。

今年年初以来,各类新兴独立AI实验室融资规模已达数十亿美元。由图灵奖得主、前Meta首席AI科学家杨立昆联合创立的AMI实验室,已于今年3月完成了10.3亿美元种子轮融资,投前估值达35亿美元。

全球顶尖NLP学者理查德・索彻(Richard Socher)正为其个人实验室接洽融资,该企业估值已达40亿美元。此外,由前OpenAI高管米拉・穆拉蒂(Mira Murati)创立的AI初创企业Thinking Machines,正在洽谈新一轮融资,预估估值约500亿美元。

一众顶尖科研人才纷纷脱离科技大厂,扎堆创办独立AI实验室,不同于当下主流的大语言模型赛道,这批新兴研发团队正跳出大模型的同质化竞争,转向强化学习、现实场景感知等前沿方向,探索差异化的技术路线,正掀起新一轮AI浪潮。

本文来自微信公众号“智东西”,作者:刘煜,编辑:陈骏达

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