SSI and NVIDIA partner to accelerate AI research with Vera Rubin News | July 29, 2026 By Asma AdhimiNVIDIA has announced a long-term strategic partnership with Safe Superintelligence (SSI), the AI startup founded by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, combining a new investment with access to the company’s next-generation Vera Rubin computing platform. The companies did not disclose financial details, but the agreement includes technical collaboration on future NVIDIA compute platforms. Vera Rubin powers next phase of AI researchSSI was launched in 2024 by Sutskever with the goal of developing what it describes as safe superintelligent AI. Under the new partnership, SSI will gain access to NVIDIA’s upcoming Vera Rubin platform, which is expected to succeed the Grace Blackwell architecture in the company’s AI computing roadmap. “We are excited to see what new breakthroughs SSI will discover powered by our Vera Rubin platform.”