Safe Superintelligence Startup Receives $1 Billion Investment

One of the leading names in the world of artificial intelligence Ilya SutskeverAfter leaving OpenAI, Sutskever successfully completed the investment round for Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI), which he founded. Sutskever founded the company with the help of former OpenAI researcher Daniel Levy and Apple’s former artificial intelligence leader Daniel Gross He founded it in June 2024 together with.

SSI is one of Silicon Valley’s largest investor groups. Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, DST Global and SV Angel It managed to receive $1 billion in investments from names like. Thus, the value of the company increased to $5 billion.

Their aim is to surpass human intelligence

SSI’s core mission is a “safe” superintelligence The company is working to develop artificial intelligence that surpasses human intelligence instead of commercial products. As its name suggests, the company prioritizes security. SSIfocuses on engineering and scientific breakthroughs rather than productization in the artificial intelligence sector.

SSI currently has just 10 employees, and the firm At headquarters in Palo Alto and Tel Aviv With the new investment, the company wants to both strengthen its systems and add talented people to its staff.

At a time when industry interest in long-term AI research is waning, SSI’s investment shows that major players in the industry still have strong faith in AI. SSI also OpenAI It is also a competitor to companies.