Person

Ilya Sutskever

Lately: Safe Superintelligence Inc. as Chief Executive Officer, from Safe Superintelligence Inc..

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Recorded moves

Jul 3
Ilya Sutskever → Safe Superintelligence Inc. as Chief Executive Officer, from Safe Superintelligence Inc. (Co-Founder)
Put OpenAI's former chief scientist in sole command of a $30 billion independent lab after Meta's acquisition attempt failed.
promotionreportedCNBC: Ilya Sutskever becomes CEO of Safe Superintelligence after Meta poached Daniel GrossJul 3, 2025
Jun 19
Ilya Sutskever → Safe Superintelligence Inc. as Co-Founder, from OpenAI (Co-Founder and Chief Scientist)
Removed OpenAI's most senior technical co-founder and, within a year, produced a $30 billion independent rival.
foundingreportedWikipedia: Safe Superintelligence Inc.Jun 19, 2024

Hiring & Talent
The Biggest AI Hires of 2025
Meta's $14.3 billion Scale AI deal, OpenAI's C-suite rebuild, and Google's Windsurf license turned 2024 and 2025 into a two-year auction for AI's rarest asset: the researchers themselves.
Hiring & Talent
The Founder-Scientist Labs
Mira Murati's Thinking Machines, Ilya Sutskever's Safe Superintelligence and a cluster of scientist-led startups command double-digit-billion valuations before shipping a product, yet the same compensation war rattling Big Tech now shakes their founding teams too.
Capital & Markets
The 2026 Megaround League Table
Nine confirmed 2026 financings past $500 million reveal a lopsided race, where Sam Altman, Dario Amodei and Ali Ghodsi command sums once reserved for national infrastructure while founder-scientist labs stall.