Ilya Sutskever is an AI researcher and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and former Chief Scientist of OpenAI. A University of Toronto PhD advised by Geoffrey Hinton, he helped advance deep learning through influential work on neural networks, sequence-to-sequence learning, and large-scale AI systems. Before OpenAI, he was a research scientist at Google Brain after Google acquired DNNResearch, the startup he co-founded with Hinton and Alex Krizhevsky. In 2024, after leaving OpenAI, Sutskever co-founded Safe Superintelligence Inc., an AI lab focused on building safe superintelligence.
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ssiSafe Superintelligence Inc.The world's first straight-shot SSI lab, with one goal and one product: a safe superintelligence.
CNBCOpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever announces his new AI startup, Safe SuperintelligenceOpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, who left the company in May, announced his new startup, which he's calling Safe Superintelligence, or SSI.
LinkedinIlya Sutskever - Safe Superintelligence Inc. | LinkedInExperience: Safe Superintelligence Inc. · Education: University of Toronto · Location: San Francisco Bay Area · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Ilya Sutskever’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.
OpenAIIlya Sutskever to leave OpenAI, Jakub Pachocki announced as Chief ScientistSupports that Sutskever left OpenAI in May 2024 and that Jakub Pachocki became Chief Scientist.
Associated PressOpenAI co-founder Sutskever sets up new AI company devoted to 'safe superintelligence'Supports SSI founding details, co-founders, and Palo Alto/Tel Aviv roots.
OpenAIIntroducing SuperalignmentSupports Sutskever’s former Chief Scientist role and his co-leadership of OpenAI’s Superalignment team.
University College, University of TorontoUC alumnus Ilya Sutskever, a leader in AI and its responsible development, receives U of T honorary degree | University College U of TSupports University of Toronto education, Google Brain work, and OpenAI co-founder/chief scientist background.
Sutskever has spent his career at the center of frontier AI research, from Hinton’s University of Toronto lab and Google Brain to co-founding OpenAI and later Safe Superintelligence. His technical credibility in deep learning and alignment makes him highly aligned with companies building foundation models and safety-focused AI systems.