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Safe Superintelligence, Ilya Sutskever’s new startup, announced
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- Safe Superintelligence, Ilya Sutskever’s new startup, announced
- NVIDIA becomes the world’s #1 most valuable company
- X delayed Payments launch due to regulatory pushback
- London leads in # of AI startups in Europe, France leads in $ raised
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1. Safe Superintelligence, Ilya Sutskever’s new startup, announced
A home page is all they have so far:
No product launches until superintelligence: “Our singular focus means no distraction by management overhead or product cycles, and our business model means safety, security, and progress are all insulated from short-term commercial pressures.”
Co-founders: Daniel Gross (investor), Daniel Levy (developer).
Offices in Palo Alto and Tel Aviv.
2. NVIDIA becomes the world’s #1 most valuable company, surpassing Microsoft
50% of NVIDIA’s AI server chips are going to AWS + Microsoft.
NVIDIA also agreed to buy Shoreline for reported $100M.
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4. X delayed Payments launch due to regulatory pushback
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