Safe Superintelligence Inc.—Ilya Sutskever founded Safe Superintelligence Inc with singular focus on AI safety after leaving OpenAI over safety concerns
On June 19, 2024, Ilya Sutskever co-founded Safe Superintelligence Inc (SSI) with Daniel Levy and Daniel Gross after leaving OpenAI, where he had voted to fire Sam Altman over safety concerns. SSI's mission is developing safe superintelligence with no products or revenue until the goal is achieved, deliberately insulated from commercial pressures. By April 2025, SSI raised $3 billion total ($1B Series A, then Series B at $30B, Series C at $32B valuation) from Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Greenoaks, and others. Sutskever rebuffed a Meta acquisition attempt, maintaining SSI's independent safety-first approach.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Safety | +toward | primary | +1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | +0.885 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (high ×1.5) × confidence (0.59)
Evidence (1 signal)
Ilya Sutskever announced SSI founding with safety-first mission after departing OpenAI
On June 19, 2024, Sutskever announced the founding of SSI dedicated to safe superintelligence development with no products until the goal is achieved. SSI raised $3 billion by April 2025, rebuffing a Meta acquisition attempt.