Recursive is spending two-thirds of its funding on one AWS bill, and calls it small

Recursive, an AI lab led by Richard Socher, has allocated about $410 million—two-thirds of its total funding—to a multi-year AWS cloud contract. The company focuses on automated AI research loops that consume compute resources rather than expanding staff. This large cloud investment is intended to support Recursive's self-improving AI system, with AWS acting solely as a vendor without equity involvement.