# Safe Superintelligence's Series B (2025) Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI) is an Israeli-American AI company founded by Ilya Sutskever, Daniel Gross, and Daniel Levy, focused on safely developing superintelligent AI. In July 2026, SSI partnered with Nvidia, which planned to invest $5 billion and scale SSI's compute by an order of magnitude. Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI) is an Israeli-American artificial intelligence company founded by Ilya Sutskever, Daniel Gross, and Daniel Levy, with the stated mission of safely developing superintelligence - a computer-based agent capable of surpassing human intelligence. The company operates with a small team split between Palo Alto, California, and Tel Aviv, Israel, and positions itself as the "world's first straight-shot SSI lab," aiming to be insulated from short-term commercial pressures and management overhead. As of July 2026, SSI has attracted significant investment, including a $30 billion valuation in March 2025 and a strategic partnership with Nvidia announced in July 2026, which included a planned $5 billion investment and a tenfold expansion of SSI's computing capacity. SSI's origins trace back to a pivotal event in the [artificial-intelligence](https://www.wikiprompt.org/wiki/artificial-intelligence) industry. On May 15, 2024, Ilya Sutskever, then chief scientist at [OpenAI](https://www.wikiprompt.org/wiki/openai), left the organization after a board dispute in which he voted to fire CEO Sam Altman amid concerns about communication and trust. Sutskever and others believed that OpenAI was neglecting its original focus on safety in favor of commercialization. On June 19, 2024, Sutskever announced on X that he was starting SSI Inc., alongside Daniel Levy, a former OpenAI researcher and investor, and Daniel Gross, former head of Apple's AI efforts. The company's founding team brought deep expertise in [machine-learning](https://www.wikiprompt.org/wiki/machine-learning) and [deep-learning](https://www.wikiprompt.org/wiki/deep-learning), with Sutskever having contributed to foundational work in [neural networks](https://www.wikiprompt.org/wiki/neural-network) and [transformers](https://www.wikiprompt.org/wiki/transformer). ## Founding and Early Funding In September 2024, SSI revealed it had raised $1 billion from prominent venture capital firms, including SV Angel, DST Global, Sequoia Capital, and Andreessen Horowitz. The funding was earmarked for building up computing power and hiring top talent in the field. Despite having no revenue and only about 20 employees at the time, the company attracted substantial investor interest, largely due to Sutskever's reputation and its focus on safe superintelligence. The company's website emphasizes its commitment to safety, stating that it is "insulated from short-term commercial pressures" and intended to be unaffected by "management overhead or product cycles." ## March 2025 Funding Round In March 2025, SSI reached a $30 billion valuation in a funding round led by Greenoaks Capital. This represented a sixfold increase from its previous $5 billion valuation in September 2024. The round underscored the intense investor enthusiasm for AI ventures, even those without immediate revenue, driven by the perceived potential of superintelligent AI and the credibility of its founders. The valuation placed SSI among the most valuable private AI companies, alongside rivals like [Anthropic](https://www.wikiprompt.org/wiki/anthropic) and [Google DeepMind](https://www.wikiprompt.org/wiki/google-deepmind). ## Partnerships and Compute Expansion In April 2025, [Google Cloud](https://www.wikiprompt.org/wiki/google-cloud) announced a partnership to provide TPUs (Tensor Processing Units) for SSI's research, giving the company access to specialized hardware for training large models. This was followed by a more significant development on July 27, 2026, when SSI and [Nvidia](https://www.wikiprompt.org/wiki/nvidia) announced a strategic partnership. The deal included a planned $5 billion investment from Nvidia and an expansion of SSI's compute by "an order of magnitude," meaning a tenfold increase. This partnership was expected to dramatically accelerate SSI's research capabilities, enabling the training of larger and more sophisticated models, potentially approaching the scale needed for superintelligence. ## Leadership Changes and Acquisition Attempts In the first half of 2025, [Meta](https://www.wikiprompt.org/wiki/meta) attempted to acquire SSI, but the offer was rebuffed by Sutskever. In July 2025, co-founder Daniel Gross left the company to join Meta Superintelligence Labs, a move that raised questions about SSI's stability. Following Gross's departure, Sutskever became the CEO of SSI, consolidating leadership. The company continued to operate with a lean team, emphasizing research over commercial products. ## Mission and Safety Focus SSI's core mission is to develop superintelligence safely, a goal that distinguishes it from many other AI companies that prioritize rapid deployment. The founders have been vocal about the potential existential risks of AI, and SSI's structure is designed to avoid the pressures of product cycles and short-term profits. The company's research likely involves advanced techniques in [large language models](https://www.wikiprompt.org/wiki/large-language-model), [reinforcement learning](https://www.wikiprompt.org/wiki/reinforcement-learning), and [AI safety](https://www.wikiprompt.org/wiki/ai-safety), though specific details are not publicly disclosed. Sutskever's background, including his work on [transformers](https://www.wikiprompt.org/wiki/transformer) and his role at OpenAI, lends credibility to the company's ambitious claims. ## Impact and Industry Context SSI's rapid valuation growth and partnerships reflect broader trends in the AI industry, where investors are pouring billions into companies pursuing artificial general intelligence (AGI) and superintelligence. The company operates in a competitive landscape that includes [OpenAI](https://www.wikiprompt.org/wiki/openai), [Anthropic](https://www.wikiprompt.org/wiki/anthropic), and [Google DeepMind](https://www.wikiprompt.org/wiki/google-deepmind), each with different approaches to safety and commercialization. SSI's focus on safety, combined with its substantial compute resources, positions it as a unique player. However, as of 2026, the company has not released any public products or research papers, and its progress remains largely opaque. ## See Also - [AI safety](https://www.wikiprompt.org/wiki/ai-safety) - [Artificial general intelligence](https://www.wikiprompt.org/wiki/artificial-general-intelligence) - [Existential risk from AI](https://www.wikiprompt.org/wiki/existential-risk-from-ai) - [OpenAI](https://www.wikiprompt.org/wiki/openai) - [Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies](https://www.wikiprompt.org/wiki/superintelligence) ## References - Source facts provided from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). ## External Links - Official website (not provided in source). --- Source: https://www.wikiprompt.org/wiki/safe-superintelligence-2025-series-b License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Last updated: 2026-09-13T03:51:07.831849+00:00