Startup Safe Superintelligence, co-founded by an OpenAI co-founder, has been valued at $32 billion

Safe Superintelligence, a startup founded by former Chief Scientist of OpenAI Ilya Sutskever, is one of the most prominent projects in the artificial intelligence race. It has attracted $2 billion in investments at a valuation of $32 billion, despite having no public product.

The round was led by Greenoaks, which invested $500 million. Other investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, DST Global, Alphabet, and Nvidia. Meanwhile, Google Cloud became the startup's primary infrastructure partner, providing access to its Tensor Processing Units, which is unusual for an industry dominated by Nvidia solutions.

Safe Superintelligence was founded in June 2024. Alongside Daniel Gross, former head of Apple's AI division, and AI researcher Daniel Levy, Sutskever set out to create superintelligent AI that is safe and ethically aligned for humanity.

The startup has not yet presented any products or models. However, the company is growing rapidly: offices have already opened in Tel Aviv, and Dr. Yair Carmel, a machine learning specialist from Tel Aviv University, has joined the team. Currently, Safe Superintelligence employs about 20 people worldwide.

Source: Financial Times