On Tuesday, the AI company Recursive Superintelligence announced a $400 million compute deal with Amazon Web Services. The company, which emerged from stealth in May with $650 million in funding, is focused on building open-ended self-improving systems, a potentially compute-intensive approach to AI research. This multi-year deal is meant to provide flexibility as the company looks to scale up those systems. Recursive’s $410 million outlay represents the bulk of the company’s fundraising to date...