The startup founded by the former chief scientist of OpenAI is said to have raised $2 billion, with Google and NVIDIA participating in the investment.

OpenAI's Former Chief Scientist's Startup Allegedly Raised $2 Billion with Google and Nvidia Participating

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OpenAI's Former Chief Scientist's Startup Allegedly Raised $2 Billion with Google and Nvidia Participating

OpenAI's Former Chief Scientist's Startup Allegedly Raised $2 Billion with Google and Nvidia Participating. SSI is a startup co-founded by Ilya Sutskever, the former chief scientist of OpenAI. It has rapidly risen to become one of the most valuable AI startups within a few months of its establishment. This financing indicates that large technology companies and infrastructure providers have regained interest in startups developing cutting-edge artificial intelligence that requires significant computing power and are willing to make strategic investments. Alphabet, which has its own AI model, announced earlier this week that its cloud computing division reached an agreement to sell the usage rights of Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) to SSI. TPUs are the company's own...