OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever announces his new AI startup, Safe Superintelligence

OpenAI
co-founder
Ilya
Sutskever,
who

left
the
artificial
intelligence
startup
last
month,
introduced
his
new
AI
company,
which
he’s
calling
Safe
Superintelligence,
or
SSI.

“I
am
starting
a
new
company,”
Sutskever

wrote
on
X
on
Wednesday.
“We
will
pursue
safe
superintelligence
in
a
straight
shot,
with
one
focus,
one
goal,
and
one
product.”

Sutskever
was
OpenAI’s
chief
scientist
and
co-led
the
company’s
Superalignment
team
with
Jan
Leike,
who
also
left
in
May
to
join
rival
AI
firm
Anthropic.

OpenAI’s
Superalignment
team
was
focused
on
steering
and
controlling
AI
systems
but
was

dissolved
shortly
after
Sutskever
and
Leike
announced
their
departures.

Sutskever
will
continue
to
focus
on
safety
at
his
new
startup.

“SSI
is
our
mission,
our
name,
and
our
entire
product
roadmap,
because
it
is
our
sole
focus,”
an
account
for
SSI
posted
on
X.
“Our
singular
focus
means
no
distraction
by
management
overhead
or
product
cycles,
and
our
business
model
means
safety,
security,
and
progress
are
all
insulated
from
short-term
commercial
pressures.”

Sutskever
is
starting
the
company
with
Daniel
Gross,
who
oversaw


Apple’s
AI
and
search
efforts,
and
Daniel
Levy,
formerly
of
OpenAI
The
company
has
offices
in
Palo
Alto,
California,
as
well
as
Tel
Aviv.

Sutskever
was
one
of
the
OpenAI
board
members
behind
the
attempt
to
oust
Sam
Altman
in
November.
Altman
and
Sutskever,
along
with
other
directors,
clashed
over
the
guardrails
OpenAI
had
put
in
place
in
the
pursuit
of
advanced
AI.

Following
Altman’s

sudden
ouster
and
before
his

quick
reinstatement,
Sutskever
publicly
apologized
for
his
role
in
the
ordeal.

“I
deeply
regret
my
participation
in
the
board’s
actions,”
Sutskever
wrote
in
a
post
on
X
on
Nov.
20.
“I
never
intended
to
harm
OpenAI.
I
love
everything
we’ve
built
together
and
I
will
do
everything
I
can
to
reunite
the
company.”

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