Ilya Sutskever is Back Building Safe Superintelligence

Mission

Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI), founded by Ilya Sutskever, is dedicated to creating safe superintelligence with a singular focus. The company aims to tackle this technical challenge through revolutionary engineering and scientific breakthroughs, ensuring safety remains a priority. Nathaniel Whittemore highlights the company's commitment to advancing capabilities while maintaining safety:

A safe super intelligence SSI is our mission, our name, and our entire product roadmap because it is our sole focus.

--- Nathaniel Whittemore

SSI's business model is designed to insulate safety and progress from short-term commercial pressures, with offices in Palo Alto and Tel Aviv to recruit top talent 1.

   

Key Figures

Joining Ilya Sutskever in this ambitious venture are notable figures like Daniel Levy and Daniel Gross. Levy expresses his excitement about working on what he considers the most important technical challenge of our age. Gross, a serial entrepreneur and prolific AI investor, co-founded the company, emphasizing the unique opportunity to work in a high-trust team. Nathaniel Whittemore notes the competitive pressure this creates with OpenAI:

OpenAI is about to lose a lot of talent.

--- Nathaniel Whittemore

The venture is seen as a significant development in the AI landscape, potentially reshaping the focus on AI safety 2.