Igor Babuschkin's River AI Raises $1.1B to Build Personalized AI
deedydas · x · 2026-08-11
River AI, founded by prominent AI researcher Igor Babuschkin, has announced a massive $1.1 billion funding round. The startup aims to build AI that is owned and shaped by individual users. Its first product, the River API, will allow developers to build custom agents and LLMs based on open-weight models.
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