Reflection AI, a startup led by former Google DeepMind researchers Misha Laskin and Ioannis Antonoglou, has emerged from stealth mode with a total funding of $130 million at a $555 million valuation. The company, which includes ex-Google and OpenAI researchers, is focused on developing superintelligence through autonomous coding agents, aiming to build AI systems capable of performing most computer-based work. The funding was raised in two rounds: a $25 million seed investment led by Sequoia Capital and CRV, followed by a $105 million Series A round co-led by CRV and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The company's investors include high-profile names such as Nvidia, Reid Hoffman, and Alexandr Wang. Reflection AI's initial focus is on creating autonomous programming tools, which they believe can be repurposed to achieve broader superintelligence. The company plans to use large language models (LLMs) and reinforcement learning to power its software, with ambitions to explore novel architectures beyond the commonly used Transformer neural network. The team behind Reflection AI has a history of notable achievements, including the development of AlphaGo, MuZero, and Gemini.