Igor Babuschkin

@ibab

CEO & Co-Founder @river_ai_inc. Previously @xAI, Research & Engineering

Palo Alto, CA

babushk.in

Joined February 2020

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Igor Babuschkin
@ibab
Aug 11
We've raised $1.1B to build AI that is owned and shaped by each of us. Check out the article published by the The New York Times that explains River AI's mission and where we're going next. Our first product is the River API which allows anyone to build custom agents and LLMs
River AI
@river_ai_inc
Aug 11
Today, we're sharing that River AI has raised $1.1 billion, led by @generalcatalyst and @amppublic with strategic investment from @nvidia and @AMD. Additional investors include @ycombinator and @Temasek. We imagine a future where your AI works entirely for you and deeply aligns
Igor Babuschkin
@ibab
Aug 11
I sat down with Hemant in his garden to discuss River AI's vision and our bets for how to democratize control of the AI systems we use every day.
General Catalyst
@generalcatalyst
Aug 11
.@river_ai_inc has a new vision for personal AI. We co-led River’s $1.1B funding round because we believe in @ibab's ambition to build open-weight models that individuals can train and improve continuously. Watch @htaneja in conversation with Igor. Chapters 02:22 — Co-Founding
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Igor Babuschkin
@ibab
Aug 10
What are the major blockers to build powerful personal AI today and how can we solve them? I gave a talk about River AI's research roadmap at UC Berkeley.
River AI
@river_ai_inc
Aug 10
How do we create amazing personal AI? Here's a recent talk from River CEO Igor Babuschkin (@ibab) sharing our vision for personal AI and continual learning.
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Igor Babuschkin
@ibab
Jul 31
I went on the Unsupervised Learning podcast to talk about my experience working at the frontier of AI for the last 10 years and the future of AI, which I believe will become more and more open. Thank you Jacob for the great conversation!
Jacob Effron
@jacobeffron
Jul 31
"As a proprietary model builder, you're kind of starting to get squeezed in.” That's @ibab’s take on where the biggest AI labs stand today. He explains how you need the models to get way better to keep margin, but at some level they may be too sensitive to release. This week, I
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Igor Babuschkin
@ibab
Jul 30
We've opened up the River API to everyone. Check it out!
River AI
@river_ai_inc
Jul 30
River API is now available to everyone. Fine-tune and run RL on frontier open models. Fast, cheap, and scalable. Go to console.river.ai to try it out!