# OpenAI Co-Founder Secures $1 Billion to Build Safety-First AI Startup 🚀

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/openai-co-founder-secures-1-billion-to-build-safety-first-ai-startup/290661>\
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**Created:** [September 5, 2024, 10:30am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/openai-co-founder-secures-1-billion-to-build-safety-first-ai-startup/290661 "2024-09-05T10:30:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 10:30am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/openai-co-founder-secures-1-billion-to-build-safety-first-ai-startup/290661/1 "2024-09-05T10:30:34Z")

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Summary:

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1. **Major Funding Boost**  
Ilya Sutskever, co-founder of OpenAI, has raised $1 billion for his new venture, Safe Superintelligence (SSI). The startup aims to develop advanced AI systems with a focus on safety, surpassing current human capabilities.

2. **Elite Team and Vision**  
SSI, valued at $5 billion, plans to invest in top talent and computing power. The team includes notable figures from OpenAI and Apple, and emphasizes hiring for character and capability over traditional credentials.

3. **Future Plans and Partnerships**  
SSI is exploring partnerships with cloud providers and chip companies to meet its infrastructure needs, though specific collaborations are yet to be announced. Sutskever intends to approach AI scaling differently from his previous work, focusing on innovation over conventional methods.

**Read more at:** [Reuters](https://reuters.com)