Protected Superintelligence, a man-made intelligence analysis lab co-founded by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, has raised US$1-billion in funding to construct a protected and highly effective AI system.
Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital and SV Angel contributed to the funding spherical, Protected Superintelligence introduced on Wednesday. NFDG, the enterprise capital agency of Nat Friedman and Protected Superintelligence co-founder Daniel Gross, additionally invested.
Sutskever, a famed researcher, was instrumental in growing OpenAI’s know-how. He additionally performed a key function within the transient ouster of the start-up’s CEO, Sam Altman, late final yr earlier than altering course and pushing for his return.
Pure analysis
Sutskever launched Protected Superintelligence in June, shortly after leaving OpenAI. The enterprise goals to develop a strong AI system inside a pure analysis organisation that has no intention of promoting AI services or products within the close to time period. Its strategy differentiates Protected Superintelligence from firms like OpenAI and Anthropic, which supply AI merchandise for shoppers and companies.
“This firm is particular in that its first product would be the protected superintelligence, and it’ll not do anything up till then,” Sutskever beforehand mentioned. “It will likely be absolutely insulated from the skin pressures of getting to cope with a big and sophisticated product and having to be caught in a aggressive rat race.” — Jackie Davalos, (c) 2024 Bloomberg LP
