Ilya Sutskever Will Lead Safe Superintelligence After Meta Poaches His CEO

Ilya Sutskever, who co-founded Safe Superintelligence (SSI) last year, is stepping into the CEO role after the startup’s former leader, Daniel Gross, left for Meta amid an aggressive recruitment campaign. Both SSI and Meta’s newly formed superintelligence team are racing to develop advanced AI systems with capabilities that surpass those of humans.

Gross officially exited SSI on June 29, confirmed Sutskever last week in a message to staffers and investors. “We are grateful for his early...