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The Macro AI Podcast

The Macro AI Podcast

Ilya Sutskever and Safe Superintelligence (SSI): What Comes After Today’s AI?

Sep 14, 2026 · 26m

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About this episode

What is Ilya Sutskever building at Safe Superintelligence — and why could it matter to business? In this episode of The Macro AI Podcast, Gary Sloper and Scott Bryan take a closer look at SSI, the highly secretive AI company founded by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever. We explore SSI’s unusual “straight-shot” approach to developing safe superintelligence, the billions of dollars behind the company, its relationships with Google and NVIDIA, and why Sutskever believes th...