[NVIDIA Invests in Ilya Sutskever's AI Company SSI] According to The Wall Street Journal, NVIDIA (NVDA.O) is investing in an artificial intelligence lab founded by former OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever. This long-term collaboration not only enhances the startup's access to computing power but also helps NVIDIA fend off competitors. NVIDIA has made a 'substantial' investment, though the specific terms of the deal remain unclear. Under the agreement, Sutskever's company, Safe Superintelligence, will gain significant access to NVIDIA's flagship GPU hardware—enough to increase the company's computing resources by 'an order of magnitude.' According to sources familiar with the matter, the company previously relied primarily on Google's TPU chips.