**[NVIDIA Invests in OpenAI Co-Founder’s New AI Lab, Providing Large-Scale GPU Computing Support]** BlockBeats News, July 27, according to a report by WSJ, NVIDIA has invested in Safe Superintelligence (SSI), an AI lab founded by former OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever. The two parties have reached a long-term cooperation agreement aimed at expanding SSI's computing resources while helping NVIDIA secure key clients in the AI sector. The two companies stated that NVIDIA made a "large-scale" investment after learning about some of SSI's research progress, though the specific amount was not disclosed. As part of the collaboration, SSI will gain access to a significant amount of NVIDIA's flagship GPU resources, with its computing power expected to increase by an order of magnitude. Previously, SSI primarily relied on Google's TPU chips for AI research and development. This partnership signifies NVIDIA's continued expansion of its AI chip ecosystem and its strategy to secure future computing power demand by investing in top-tier AI labs. SSI was founded in 2024 by Ilya Sutskever with the goal of developing "Safe Superintelligence." The company has previously raised approximately $2 billion in funding from investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital, with a valuation reaching around $30 billion last year. This is not NVIDIA's first investment in an AI company founded by a former OpenAI core member. In March of this year, NVIDIA also invested in Thinking Machines Lab, founded by former OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati. The company's first AI model was trained using NVIDIA hardware. Ilya Sutskever is one of the leading researchers in the field of modern artificial intelligence. He co-founded OpenAI and contributed to the development of large-scale models such as ChatGPT. However, after leaving OpenAI, he began to question the approach of advancing AI solely by scaling up data and computing power, shifting his focus to exploring new directions in superintelligence research. [Original Link]