Nvidia invests in Ilya Sutskever's AI lab, shifting SSI away from Google chips

Nvidia has invested a substantial sum in Safe Superintelligence (SSI), the AI lab led by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, as part of a long-term strategic partnership announced Monday. The deal gives SSI access to Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin GPU platform, boosting its compute capacity tenfold and shifting the lab away from its previous reliance on Google's TPU chips. Sutskever said the research focuses on overlooked aspects of how the human brain functions.

Nvidia invests in Ilya Sutskever's AI lab, shifting SSI away from Google chips Nvidia is pouring what it calls a "substantial" sum into Safe Superintelligence SSI , the AI lab run by Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI's former chief scientist. Both companies announced the deal on Monday. They didn't disclose the exact amount. As part of a long-term partnership, SSI gets access to Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin GPU platform, which the companies say will boost its compute capacity tenfold. Until now, the lab had relied mainly on Google's TPU chips, according to the Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/nvidia-bets-on-ilya-sutskevers-new-ai-lab-to-expand-compute-reach-f95596e8 . The deal also helps Nvidia fend off Google as a rival chip supplier during the current AI boom. Sutskever said the research focuses on "overlooked aspects of how the human brain functions." SSI was founded in 2024 https://the-decoder.com/former-openai-chief-scientist-ilya-sutskever-launches-new-company-for-safe-superintelligent-ai/ with a single stated goal: a "straight-shot" sprint toward safe superintelligence. The company raised about $2 billion from Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, DST Global, and Greenoaks, and was most recently valued at roughly $30 billion https://the-decoder.com/openai-co-founder-sutskever-raises-2-billion-for-ai-startup-with-no-product/ . AI News Without the Hype – Curated by Humans Subscribe to THE DECODER for ad-free reading, a weekly AI newsletter, our exclusive "AI Radar" frontier report six times a year, full archive access, and access to our comment section. Subscribe now Nvidia https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/ilya-sutskevers-safe-superintelligence-inc-and-nvidia-announce-long-term-strategic-partnership