Former OpenAI chief scientist collected billion dollars to new AI company

Safe Superintelligence (SSI), co-founded by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, has raised $1 billion to develop AI systems surpassing human capabilities.

With 10 employees, SSI aims to build a small, highly trusted team in California and Israel. Backed by investors like Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital, SSI focuses on AI safety and long-term R&D.

Sutskever, removed from OpenAI after a leadership conflict, sees SSI as a fresh start to scale AI in new ways. SSI emphasizes hiring based on character and aims to partner with cloud providers for computing power.

Source:Reuters