Safe Superintelligence (SSI), founded by former OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, has raised $2 billion in investments at a valuation of $32 billion. The startup, established in June 2023, previously secured $1 billion at a valuation of $5 billion.
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The funding round was led by the venture firm Greenoaks, which invested $500 million, with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners and Andreessen Horowitz. Experts believe this funding round confirms sustained interest in investments in the field of artificial intelligence, despite macroeconomic challenges in the U.S.
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Ilya Sutskever left OpenAI due to a conflict with CEO Sam Altman. At SSI, he is working alongside Daniel Gross (a former Apple employee) and researcher Daniel Levy. The team aims to develop artificial intelligence that surpasses existing models from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic.
SSI’s offices are located in Palo Alto and Tel Aviv, but the company does not disclose technical details even to its investors. According to sources, development is taking place under heightened confidentiality, with a focus on scaling and the safety of future AI.
“Creating a controlled next-generation superintelligence is our primary goal,” company representatives state.
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Sutskever previously led the alignment division at OpenAI, which aimed to ensure control over artificial intelligence. He has transferred this mission to SSI, setting out to create a new generation of controlled superintelligence, as noted in the company’s official statements.
The startup declined to comment on the new funding round, but according to media reports, SSI has become one of the most expensive projects in the field of artificial intelligence worldwide. In response to SSI’s success, a similar startup was also founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati.