Nvidia to invest $5 billion in Ilya Sutskever's AI startup SSI

Nvidia is set to invest $5 billion in Safe Superintelligence (SSI), an AI research startup co-founded by Ilya Sutskever, the former chief scientist at OpenAI. The strategic partnership, announced on Monday, will significantly boost SSI's computing resources, including access to Nvidia's cutting-edge Vera Rubin hardware.

The deal, which reportedly came together within weeks, aims to accelerate SSI's research into safe and aligned artificial superintelligence. Sutskever stated that the partnership will allow SSI to scale its research efforts, prioritizing alignment and reasoning over immediate commercial products.

SSI, founded two years ago, has already secured $7 billion in total funding and holds a post-money valuation of $32 billion. Backers include Andreessen Horowitz, Alphabet, and Sequoia Capital Partners. Nvidia, already an investor, will collaborate with SSI on advancing its compute platforms.