Former OpenAI Chief Scientist's AI Startup Raises $2 Billion Despite Having No Public Product
Summary
Safe Superintelligence, founded by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, secures $2 billion funding at a $32 billion valuation despite having no public product, with major investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Alphabet, and Nvidia backing the 20-employee startup developing AI models on Google's TPUs.
Key Points
- Safe Superintelligence, founded by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, raises $2 billion at a $32 billion valuation despite having no publicly released product or service
- The funding round is led by Greenoaks with $500 million and includes major investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Alphabet, and Nvidia, marking a sixfold valuation increase from $5 billion in September
- The company develops AI models on Google's TPUs instead of Nvidia GPUs and expands operations to Tel Aviv while maintaining only 20 employees globally