Nvidia Just Bet $5 Billion on an AI Startup Most People Have Never Heard Of. Here’s Why

The startup receiving the funds is working on what it calls ‘the most important technical problem of our time.’

BY KIT EATON @KITEATON

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Photo: Getty Images

Nvidia, the world’s leading AI chipmaker, just announced it’s investing $5 billion dollars—a giant chunk of money by any reasonable measure—into a smallish AI startup that most people probably haven’t heard of. It’s an outfit called Safe Superintelligence, SSI for short, based in Palo Alto, California and Tel Aviv, Israel. The investment could nevertheless be hugely important for a number of reasons relating to the future of AI tech. Here’s what’s going on.

What is Safe Superintelligence?

SSI was founded only in mid-2024, and its........

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