{"id":9180,"date":"2025-07-03T14:15:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T18:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/ilya-sutskever-takes-over-as-ceo-of-safe-superintelligence\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T14:15:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T18:15:48","slug":"ilya-sutskever-takes-over-as-ceo-of-safe-superintelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/ilya-sutskever-takes-over-as-ceo-of-safe-superintelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilya Sutskever Takes Over as CEO of Safe Superintelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever has assumed the CEO role at Safe Superintelligence, a startup he launched in 2024, following the departure of co-founder and CEO Daniel Gross. Gross left the company on June 29, amid reports of joining Meta Platforms, Inc., where he may be involved in Meta&#8217;s new AI initiative. Daniel Levy has stepped in as President of Safe Superintelligence. Sutskever emphasized the company\u2019s commitment to developing safe superintelligence and addressed rumors of potential acquisitions. Despite Gross\u2019s exit, Sutskever remains focused on advancing Safe Superintelligence\u2019s mission and will continue to oversee the technical team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever has assumed the CEO role at Safe Superintelligence, a startup he launched in 2024, following the departure of co-founder and CEO Daniel Gross. 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