Safe Superintelligence Inc. or SSI Inc. is an American artificial intelligence company founded by

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's former chief scientist), Daniel Gross (former head of Apple AI) and Daniel Levy (investor & AI researcher). The company's mission is to focus on safely developing a

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, a computer-based agent capable of surpassing human intelligence.

History

On May 15, 2024, Ilya Sutskever left OpenAI, the company he co-founded, after a board dispute where he voted to fire

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amid concerns over communication and trust. Sutskever and others additionally believed that OpenAI was neglecting its original focus on safety in favor of pursuing opportunities for commercialization. On June 19, 2024, Sutskever posted on X that he was starting SSI Inc, with the goal to safely develop

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, alongside Daniel Levy, and Daniel Gross The company, composed of a small team, is split between Palo Alto, California and Tel Aviv, Israel. In September 2024, SSI revealed it had raised $1 billion from venture capital firms including

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, and

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. The money will be used to build up more computing power and hire top individuals in the field. In March 2025, SSI reached a $30 billion valuation in a funding round led by Greenoaks Capital. This is six times its previous $5 billion valuation from September 2024. Despite not yet generating revenue and having approximately 20 employees, the company has attracted significant investor interest, largely due to co-founder Ilya Sutskever's reputation and its focus on developing safe superintelligence. In April 2025,

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announced a partnership to provide TPUs for SSI's research. In the first half of 2025, Meta attempted to acquire SSI but was rebuffed by Sutskever.

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* {{Official website, https://ssi.inc/ Artificial intelligence companies Companies based in Palo Alto, California Companies based in Tel Aviv American companies established in 2024

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