Safe Superintelligence Inc. has just raised $2 billion, hitting a record valuation of $32 billion — all just a few months after launching.
These are jaw-dropping numbers for a startup that hasn’t even clearly explained what it’s going to do yet.
But behind it is Ilya Sutskever, former chief scientist at OpenAI, who with this new company wants to go beyond the very idea of Artificial General Intelligence.
The stated goal? To build a safe superintelligence — one where safety always comes before capability, avoiding the very risks everyone is worrying about today.
The $2 billion round was led by Greenoaks, which put in $500 million, joined by heavyweights like Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
On top of that, Alphabet and Nvidia are also in, although they haven’t disclosed their contributions.
Sutskever’s message to investors is telling:
“We chose a different mountain to climb.”
A fresh approach, full of promise — but still very much shrouded in mystery.
And yet, investors don’t seem to mind. The company’s valuation keeps skyrocketing, now six times higher than just a few months ago.
The same thing is happening with Thinking Machines, the startup founded by Mira Murati, another OpenAI alum.
Today, having OpenAI on your résumé seems to be worth gold — even without a concrete product on the table.
A crystal-clear sign of the times: real value now lies in who leads the project, more than in what’s actually being built.
Source: Info
