He co-founded the company last year with former OpenAI researchers Ilya Sutskever and Daniel Levy. Sutskever revealed Gross’ departure in a post on X today., Meta recently tried to acquire Safe Superintelligence, the AI startup launched by OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, according to sources familiar with the matter., Ilya Sutskever, co-founder of OpenAI, has taken over as CEO of Safe Superintelligence (SSI) following the departure of Daniel Gross, who left for Meta Platforms after a failed acquisition attempt. SSI, valued at $32 billion, will continue to focus on developing safe superintelligence independently., Ilya Sutskever is the new CEO of Safe Superintelligence (SSI) after Meta hired away co-founder Daniel Gross, escalating the fierce AI talent war., Daniel Gross, one of the co-founders of Safe Superintelligence (SSI), has officially left the secretive AI startup he helped launch just a year ago. Gross’s exit, confirmed on Thursday by SSI co-founder Ilya Sutskever in a message to employees and investors, marks a notable shift inside one of Silicon Valley’s most closely watched AI companies., .