Ilya Sutskever dumps Google TPUs for Nvidia's next-gen Rubin
nvidia invested in ilya sutskever's safe superintelligence inc, securing a switch from google tpus to its future vera rubin platform. this challenges google's hardware dominance in the foundational model race.
nvidia has invested in ilya sutskever's safe superintelligence inc (ssi), finalizing a strategic partnership that shifts the ai lab's infrastructure away from google's tpu chips. ssi will adopt nvidia's next-generation vera rubin gpu architecture, which promises a tenfold increase in compute capacity over its current systems. founded in 2024 with a $1 billion raise and a $30 billion valuation, ssi aims to build safe superintelligence by researching overlooked aspects of the human brain. for nvidia, this deal serves as a defensive move against google's growing custom chip business and secures a key customer for its future hardware roadmap.