Safe Superintelligence Secures $1 Billion Funding, Valued at $5 Billion

According to BlockBeats, Safe Superintelligence (SSI), an AI safety startup co-founded by former OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever, has announced the completion of a $1 billion funding round, bringing its valuation to $5 billion. The investment was led by Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, DST Global, SV Angel, and NFDG. SSI, currently employing 10 staff members, plans to use the funds to acquire computational power and recruit top talent. Co-founder and CEO Daniel Gross stated that the company will focus on directly developing safe superintelligence, with a two-year research and development phase before launching any products. Sutskever serves as the Chief Scientist, Daniel Levy as the Chief Scientist, and Gross oversees computational capabilities and financing. Sutskever highlighted that SSI will adopt a different approach from OpenAI in addressing AI scaling issues. The company intends to collaborate with cloud service providers and chip manufacturers to meet its computational needs, although specific partners have not yet been determined.