Ilya Sutskever has officially taken over as CEO of Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI), following the departure of Daniel Gross from the company. Daniel Levy will serve as President, while the technical team continues to report to Sutskever.
“As you know, Daniel Gross’s time with us has been winding down, and as of June 29 he is officially no longer a part of SSI,” Sutskever shared in a message to the company’s team and investors. “We are grateful for his early contributions to the company and wish him well in his next endeavour.”
Previously, it was reported that Meta is in advanced talks to hire Gross to help lead its artificial intelligence efforts.
SSI, which Sutskever launched in June last year alongside Gross and Levy after leaving OpenAI, is focused on building safe superintelligence. Despite rumours of possible acquisition talks, Sutskever confirmed that the company plans to remain independent.
“You might have heard rumours of companies looking to acquire us,” he said. “We are flattered by their attention, but are focused on seeing our work through.”
Meta reportedly made an acquisition offer for Safe Superintelligence (SSI), which was valued at around $32 billion during its recent fundraising. The offer was declined.
Sutskever added, “We have the compute, we have the team, and we know what to do. Together we will keep building safe superintelligence.”
Safe Superintelligence was launched with the stated goal of prioritising safety and speed equally while developing advanced AI systems.
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