Jeff Clune
Researcher · Founder
Now Co-founder · Recursive
Now Professor, Computer Science · University of British Columbia
@jeffclunejeffclune.com ↗Co-founder of Recursive since January 2026, computer science professor at the University of British Columbia and a Canada CIFAR AI Chair at Vector. He works on deep RL and open-ended, self-improving algorithms, and co-authored a 2026 Nature paper on automating AI research.
Path
Current
- RERecursiveCo-founder2026 – present
University of British ColumbiaProfessor, Computer Science2024 – present
Vector InstituteCanada CIFAR AI Chair and Faculty Member2022 – present
Previous
- LZLawZeroScientific Advisor2025 – 2026
DeepMindSenior Research Advisor2023 – 2025- University of British ColumbiaAssociate Professor, Computer Science2021 – 2024
OpenAIResearch Team Manager2020 – 2022- UAUber AI LabsSenior Research Manager and Founding Member2017 – 2019
- UWUniversity of WyomingHarris Associate Professor, Computer Science2017 – 2019
- UWUniversity of WyomingAssistant Professor, Computer Science2013 – 2017
- GIGeometric IntelligenceSenior Leader2015 – 2016
Cornell UniversityVisiting Scientist, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering2012 – 2013- Cornell UniversityPostdoctoral Fellow, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (advisor Hod Lipson)2010 – 2012
- BEBEACON Center, Michigan State UniversityPostdoctoral Scientist (advisor Charles Ofria)2010
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Account links back to x.com/jeffclune · Avatar from their X account, taken 2026-11-02
On the timeline
- 2026-06-11Recursive reports its first results from an automated AI research system, beating the best public scores on two small-model training benchmarks and a GPU-kernel benchmark
- 2026-05-13Recursive Superintelligence launches with $650M co-led by GV and Greycroft to build AI that improves itself, valued at $4.65B
- 2026-03-25Sakana's AI Scientist, in Nature: one of three fully AI-written papers passed first-round review at an ICLR workshop, after people picked which outputs to submit
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