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Overview
Igor Babuschkin is co-founder and CEO of river-ai. Previously co-founded xai; worked on generative modeling and RL at Google DeepMind and large-scale training at openai.
Recent Developments
- 2026-08-11: Raised $1.1B for River AI — thesis that AI should be open, affordable, and user-owned (2026-08-11-river-ai-funding-official)
- Personal investment up to $100M in River
- Positions against closed API incumbents; enterprise post-training API is near-term product