The problem
Frontier AI capability is racing ahead of safety research; SSI works on both as one problem
What they do
Research lab building one product: a safe superintelligence
Traction No product or revenue disclosed; valued $32B (Apr 2025)
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 0
- Headcount
- ~50
Lean by design, ~50 staff; no public job board
Latest news
Jul 2026
Nvidia strategic partnership plus reported $5B investment; 10x compute on Vera Rubin ↗Funding
- Last round
- ~$5B (Nvidia, reported)
- Stage
- Late-stage private
- Date
- Jul 2026
Led by Nvidia; earlier Greenoaks, a16z, Sequoia, DST
- Hiring00 open roles on the live job board (no roles = 0)
- Funding recency+2Late-stage private · ~$5B (Nvidia, reported), Jul 2026 (3 months ago): 6 months or less = +1.5, $100M+ round +0.5
- Traction0No growth signal counted: No product or revenue disclosed; valued $32B (Apr 2025)
- Red flags−11 significant flag in the last 24 months, −1 eachCo-founder and CEO Daniel Gross left for Meta (Jul 2025)The Superintelligence News, SSI tracker (Oct 2026) ↗
- Total1.00 + 2 + 0 − 1 = 1.0 → Warm-up (under 1.5)
Distance (Unproven) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
Unproven
No product, model or revenue yet; the bet rests on team and compute.
Sources: SSI: company updates ↗
Watch-outs
Co-founder and CEO Daniel Gross left for Meta (Jul 2025)
Sources: The Superintelligence News, SSI tracker (Oct 2026) ↗
Open ops roles
No ops roles open right now
Last checked Oct 13, 2026