Nvidia Invests Billions in New AI Venture Founded by Former OpenAI Executives
Nvidia has entered into a long-term partnership with Safe Superintelligence (SSI), an artificial intelligence start-up co-founded by former OpenAI executives, including chief scientist Ilya Sutskever. The investment is reported to be worth $5 billion according to Bloomberg, though the exact amount was not disclosed by Nvidia. As part of the deal, SSI will gain access to Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin platform, which could significantly boost its computing capabilities. The collaboration aims to support technical development on current and future Nvidia compute platforms while leveraging SSI’s research into AI alignment. The partnership follows two years of work at SSI focused on creating a powerful yet aligned artificial intelligence system. Ilya Sutskever is credited with foundational contributions to modern AI, including AlexNet and GPT models. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang praised Sutskever's past achievements while expressing excitement about future breakthroughs enabled by the partnership.
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