This Scientist Left OpenAI Last Year. His Startup Is Already Worth $30 Billion.
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WSJ:
Sutskever has told associates he isnât developing advanced AI using the same methods he and colleagues used at OpenAI. He has said he has instead identified a âdifferent mountain to climbâ that is showing early signs of promise, according to people close to the company.
Its bare-bones website contains little more than a 223-word mission statement. Its approximately 20 employeesâa fraction of the 1,000-plus at OpenAI and Anthropicâare discouraged from mentioning SSI on their LinkedIn profiles, according to knowledgeable people.
Candidates who secure an in-person interview are instructed to leave their phone in a Faraday cage, a container that blocks cellular and Wi-Fi signals, before entering SSIâs offices, one of the knowledgeable people said.
Most of its staffers arenât well known in Silicon Valley because the company is looking for promising technologists whom Sutskever can mentor, rather than experienced people likely to jump between employers and take what they have learned with them.