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🚀 SSI Raises $2B at $32B Valuation — The Safe Superintelligence Race Just Got Real


NewBits Digest feature showcasing the Safe Superintelligence logo and highlighting SSI’s $2B funding round at a $32B valuation in the global superintelligence race.

Just months after its founding, Safe Superintelligence (SSI) — the stealthy AI startup co-founded by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever — has reportedly raised a massive $2 billion round at a jaw-dropping $32 billion valuation, making Safe Superintelligence one of the highest-valued AI startups in the world.


Safe Superintelligence: Mission and Investors


💸 Who’s Backing It?


According to the Financial Times, the round was led by Greenoaks (with a $500M contribution), alongside Lightspeed Venture Partners and Andreessen Horowitz.


Meanwhile, Reuters reports that Alphabet and Nvidia are also participating — though their investment amounts remain undisclosed.


🌍 The Mission: Build (Safe) Superintelligence


Safe Superintelligence isn’t playing small. The company’s goal is to build superintelligence — AI that surpasses human capabilities — while keeping safety ahead of progress.


  • Sutskever told investors SSI has “identified a different mountain to climb,” hinting at a radically new path toward advanced AI.


  • Unlike many peers, Safe Superintelligence is fully focused on safety-aligned superintelligence, not short-term commercial applications (for now).


📈 Why It’s Important


With a 6x valuation surge since September 2024 and no concrete product in sight, Safe Superintelligence’s rapid rise reflects a clear signal:


Investors are betting big on founders from the OpenAI brain trust — and the next wave of AGI innovation.


This comes just as Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines is reportedly planning its own fundraise, signaling a growing split between OpenAI alumni, each chasing their own vision of the AI future.


TL;DR


Superintelligence is no longer sci-fi — it’s a $32B bet, and Safe Superintelligence just put its flag in the ground.



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