In 2012 Ilya Sutskever's lab built AlexNet, the model that started the deep-learning era; he then co-founded OpenAI and was its chief scientist. In 2024 he left to start Safe Superintelligence with one product roadmap item — a safe superintelligence — and no plan to ship anything before it. With about fifty people, no revenue and no published research, SSI raised at a reported $32B valuation. The purest bet on a founder the AI market has ever priced.

Why it's indexed

Reported $32B valuation with no product and no revenue.
Founded by the co-creator of AlexNet and OpenAI's former chief scientist.
One goal, no interim products — the anti-startup startup.

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