Sutskever Named SSI CEO as Meta Hires Gross

Daniel Gross, co-founder and former CEO of Safe Superintelligence (SSI), has left the $32 billion AI startup, with Ilya Sutskever taking over as CEO and Daniel Levy as president. Gross and his investment partner Nat Friedman have both joined Meta following Meta's unsuccessful attempt to acquire SSI. Meta is reportedly acquiring a significant stake in NFDG, the venture fund run by Gross and Friedman, which itself holds a stake in SSI. Sutskever has reaffirmed SSI's independence and commitment to building safe superintelligent AI, dismissing acquisition rumors. Meanwhile, Meta has launched Meta Superintelligence Labs, hired top AI talent including Alexandr Wang, and is pursuing a major AI expansion under Mark Zuckerberg. These moves reflect escalating competition in the AI sector as tech leaders vie to develop advanced artificial intelligence.