After leaving OpenAI, Ilya Sutskever co-founded Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI) with Daniel Gross and Daniel Levy in June 2024. The company raised $1 billion from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, DST Global, and SV Angel. SSI's stated mission is to focus exclusively on building safe superintelligent AI, without the commercial pressures of a product company.
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Ilya Sutskever
Co-founder and former Chief Scientist of OpenAI. Led the board's ouster of Sam Altman in November 2023. Left OpenAI in May 2024 to co-found Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI), a company focused exclusively on AI safety.
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→ OpenAI
Ilya Sutskever was one of the OpenAI board members who voted to remove Sam Altman as CEO in November 2023. The firing reportedly stemmed from concerns about Altman's candor with the board and the pace of AI development. Altman was reinstated five days later after employee revolt and investor pressure. Sutskever stepped down from the board but remained at OpenAI until May 2024.