Safe Superintelligence is an AI start-up launched in June 2024 by OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever; Daniel Gross, who previously led artificial intelligence (AI) projects at Apple (AAPL +0.38%); and former OpenAI chief scientist Daniel Levy.
Sutskever was pivotal in OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's five-day ouster from the company in November 2023, though he's since expressed regret. Sutskever announced his departure from OpenAI in May 2024. Sutskever announced he would take over as CEO of Safe Superintelligence in July 2024, following the departure of Gross, who previously served as the company's chief executive.
On its website, Safe Superintelligence says it has a single goal and mission, which is to build -- you guessed it -- a safe superintelligence. In AI parlance, superintelligence refers to an AI that doesn't yet exist but would have intellectual capabilities that surpass human intelligence. Sutskever hasn't offered many details about what a safe superintelligence would look like.
However, he told Bloomberg in a 2024 interview that it "will not harm humanity at a large scale." Sutskever also said, "We would like to be operating on top of some key values ... Some of the values we were thinking about are maybe the values that have been so successful in the past few hundred years that underpin liberal democracies, like liberty, democracy, freedom."
Sutskever has declined to identify the company's investors or how much money it has raised. Safe Superintelligence's website says the company has offices in Palo Alto, California, and Tel Aviv, Israel. The company is currently "assembling a lean, cracked team of the world's best engineers and researchers dedicated to focusing on SSI [safe superintelligence] and nothing else."
Though investing in Safe Superintelligence isn't currently possible, we'll tell you how to invest in other companies making significant strides in AI.
Is Safe Superintelligence publicly traded?
Safe Superintelligence is not publicly traded, so you can't buy shares using your brokerage account. The company was founded in June 2024 and is in the process of assembling a team of engineers and researchers.
When will Safe Superintelligence IPO?
Safe Superintelligence has not discussed an initial public offering. The company says its business model "means safety, security, and progress are all insulated from short-term commercial pressures."
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However, it completed a $2 billion funding round in mid-2025 that values the start-up at $32 billion, up from a $5 billion valuation after its first round of funding in September 2024. Google's parent company, Alphabet (GOOG +0.46%)(GOOGL +0.55%), along with Nvidia (NVDA +1.04%) and several major venture capital firms, is reportedly among its investors.
How to buy Safe Superintelligence stock
Since it's not a publicly traded company, it's not currently possible to invest in Safe Superintelligence. However, here are three alternative AI companies to consider.
The bottom line on Safe Superintelligence
Safe Superintelligence is a very early-stage start-up that's currently off-limits to the vast majority of investors. Considering its stated goal of insulating itself from short-term pressures, the odds of it seeking a public offering in the near future are extremely unlikely. However, there are plenty of top IPO stocks and AI companies to keep on your radar.
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