Superintelligence & frontier generalists · Palo Alto, US · founded 2024
Safe Superintelligence: who founded it, who funds it
Safe Superintelligence is a Palo Alto superintelligence lab founded in 2024 by Ilya Sutskever, Daniel Gross and Daniel Levy, who came from OpenAI and Apple. What it is building: a straight shot at safe superintelligence, insulated from short-term commercial pressure. No product, no roadmap. It has raised $8B in disclosed rounds, most recently a Strategic of $5B at a $32B valuation in July 2026, led by Nvidia. It is still in stealth, with nothing outsiders can use.
- Founders
- Ilya Sutskever (ex-OpenAI), Daniel Gross (ex-Apple), Daniel Levy (ex-OpenAI)
- Founders from
- ex-OpenAI, ex-Apple
- Location
- Palo Alto, US (North America)
- Valuation
- $32B set by the last priced round
- Raised
- $8B disclosed
- Investors
- Sequoia lead, Andreessen Horowitz lead, DST Global lead, NFDG lead, Greenoaks lead, Google, Nvidia lead
- What ships
- Stealth
Rounds
| Date | Round | Amount | Valuation | Lead | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2026 | StrategicEquity investment plus a 10x compute commitment; much of it buys Nvidia hardware | $5B | $32B | Nvidia | reuters.com |
| Apr 11, 2025 | Series B | $2B | $32B | Greenoaks | ft.com |
| Sep 4, 2024 | Series A | $1B | $5B | Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global, NFDG | en.wikipedia.org |
Sources
- SSI mission ssi.inc
- $32B with zero revenue valueaddvc.com
News
- Aug 20, 2026
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Aug 11, 2026
- Jul 31, 2026
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Jul 27, 2026
+7 more coverage
- Reuters Nvidia to invest $5 billion in Ilya Sutskever's AI startup, source says
- SiliconANGLE Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence gets access to Nvidia’s Vera Rubin platform
- Bloomberg.com Nvidia to Invest $5 Billion in Ilya Sutskever’s AI Research Lab
- Axios Ares eyes PE expansion, Nvidia backs Ilya, and Transdigm buys Prince & Izant
- NVIDIA Newsroom Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence Inc. and NVIDIA Announce Long-Term Strategic Part…
- CTech Ilya Sutskever's Safe Superintelligence raises $5 billion from Nvidia despite not yet rel…
- Semafor Nvidia’s frothy bet on Safe Superintelligence
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Jun 6, 2026
- Apr 11, 2025
Investors who back other labs here
- Nvidia also: Reflection AI, Skild AI, Poolside, Thinking Machines Lab
- Sequoia also: Reflection AI, Skild AI, Physical Intelligence, Ineffable Intelligence
- Andreessen Horowitz also: Thinking Machines Lab, TypeSafe AI, World Labs, Luma AI
- Google also: Ineffable Intelligence, Sakana AI, Essential AI, Isomorphic Labs
- DST Global also: Reflection AI, Periodic Labs
Same research area
- Thinking Machines Lab $12B · San Francisco, US