Sutskever's new company differs from OpenAI by not releasing revenue-generating products.
“ to him. His decision followed a turbulent period at OpenAI marked by leadership crises and internal debates about the direction of AI development and alignment protocols. Jan Leike , the other leader of the superalignment project, announced his departure hours later, citing an erosion of safety and trust in OpenAI's leadership. [ 53 ] In June 2024, Sutskever announced Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI), a new company he founded with Daniel Gross and Daniel Levy with offices in Palo Alto and Tel Aviv . [ 54 ] In contrast to OpenAI, which releases revenue-generating products, Sutskever said the new company's ”
Sutskever left OpenAI in May 2024 to focus on a new project after stepping down from the board and experiencing unclear access to his team's work.
“, [ 48 ] but the next week, he expressed regret at having participated in Altman's ouster. [ 49 ] Altman's firing and OpenAI's co-founder Greg Brockman's resignation led three senior researchers to resign from OpenAI. [ 50 ] After that, Sutskever stepped down from the OpenAI board [ 51 ] and was absent from OpenAI's office. Some sources suggested he was leading the team remotely, while others said he no longer had access to the team's work. [ 52 ] In May 2024, Sutskever announced his departure from OpenAI to focus on a new project that was ”