Ilya Sutskever
Mentioned in 87 analyzed podcast episodes across 10 shows
A pioneering AI researcher and co-founder of OpenAI who served as Chief Scientist, Sutskever was instrumental in advancing scaling-based approaches to AI development and co-authored foundational work like the Transformer paper. He recently departed OpenAI to found Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI), signaling a shift in his focus toward AI safety research and the belief that the industry is transitioning from an era of scaling to one requiring deeper scientific insights. Podcasts discuss him as an exceptional AI talent and key figure in the competitive landscape of AI development, particularly regarding debates around computational scaling versus safety considerations.
Appears On
Episode Appearances
TBPN · Aug 5, 2026
Google DeepMind Reorgs, Rainforest Discoveries, Monkey Prices Surge | Harley Finkelstein, John J. Giamatteo, Jeremy Allaire, Mackenzie Burnett
“His company is rumored to release its first model in August 2026, potentially representing a superintelligence claim.”
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · Jul 28, 2026
Big Tech Unites for Open Source AI—and Against Anthropic
“His secretive SSI startup received a substantial Nvidia investment and 10x compute boost via Vera Rubin chips.”
AI Breakdown · Jul 28, 2026
NVIDIA Deal Boosts Super Safe Intelligence
“Former OpenAI researcher founding SSI; securing multi-billion dollar NVIDIA deal for AI safety research”
TBPN · Jul 27, 2026
Open Source vs. Closed Source, NVIDIA Backs SSI, YC Startup School Fills Stadium | Diet TBPN
“Announced a strategic partnership and substantial Nvidia investment to scale SSI's compute 10x in 12 months.”
TBPN · Jul 27, 2026
Letter Enthusiasts, Open Source vs. Closed Source, Mega-Startup School | Luke Knight & Ronan Chambers, Gary Vaynerchuk, Jonathan Jacobi, Dean Meyer, Brent Franson, Matej Cernosek, Justin Boitano
“Announced a strategic Nvidia investment in SSI to 10x compute, with a 2015 quote on open-source AI risk resurfaced.”
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · Jul 10, 2026
Open Source Wins, AGI Is Here, and Scorsese's AI Toolkit with CEOs of Cerebras & Black Forest Labs
“Cited as an early advocate for AI safety and recursive learning who foresaw the current trajectory years ago.”
The Journal. · May 15, 2026
Musk vs. Altman
“OpenAI co-founder who testified during the trial regarding company origins and mission.”
ThursdAI - The top AI news from the past week · May 15, 2026
📅 ThursdAI - May 14 - I’m Back! + Agents get /goals, Meta gets Voice AI, Krea 2 w/ Vic, Codex Mobile & why we all quit OpenClaw
“Testified in trial; voted to fire Sam Altman; gave 'ant to cat' analogy for AI progress since 2018”
All TWiT.tv Shows (Audio) · May 14, 2026
Tech News Weekly 437: What To Expect at Google I/O
“Co-founder and key witness; testified about Altman's pattern of dishonesty and lying”
Uncanny Valley | WIRED · May 14, 2026
Trump’s Tech Posse in China; Who’s Winning in Musk v. Altman?; Hantavirus Conspiracy Theories
“Testified in trial; stake worth approximately $7 billion; now leads own AI company after split with Altman”
The Information's TITV · May 8, 2026
OpenAI’s Broadcom Chip Deal Hits $18B Financing Snag, Microsoft Cuts Copilot Bloat
“Upcoming testimony in Musk v. Altman trial regarding OpenAI's governance and safety processes.”
Building AI: News on OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, Google Gemini and xAI's Grok · May 8, 2026
Anthropic Aiming for $1 Trillion Valuation
“Authored 52-page memo to board outlining reasons for Sam Altman's termination; now at SuperSafe Intelligence”
Anthropic · May 8, 2026
Anthropic Aiming for $1 Trillion Valuation
“Wrote 52-page memo to board outlining reasons to remove Sam Altman; later left to start SuperSafe Intelligence”
The Last Invention is AI · May 8, 2026
Anthropic Aiming for $1 Trillion Valuation
“Submitted 52-page memo to board outlining reasons for Sam Altman's termination; now at SuperSafe Intelligence”
The Daily AI · May 8, 2026
Anthropic Aiming for $1 Trillion Valuation
“Wrote 52-page memo to board outlining reasons for Sam Altman's termination; now leads SuperSafe Intelligence”
The AI Podcast · May 8, 2026
Anthropic Aiming for $1 Trillion Valuation
“Submitted 52-page memo to board outlining reasons for Altman's termination; left to found Super Safety Intelligence”
Personal AI · May 8, 2026
Anthropic Aiming for $1 Trillion Valuation
“Submitted 52-page memo to board outlining reasons for Sam Altman's termination; later left to found Safe Superintelligence.”
No Priors AI · May 8, 2026
Anthropic Aiming for $1 Trillion Valuation
“Submitted 52-page memo to board outlining reasons for Sam Altman's termination; later founded SuperSafe Intelligence”
Global News Podcast · May 8, 2026
Anthropic Aiming for $1 Trillion Valuation
“Submitted 52-page memo to board outlining reasons to remove Sam Altman; left to start SafeAI Intelligence”
AI Breakdown · May 8, 2026
Anthropic Aiming for $1 Trillion Valuation
“Wrote 52-page memo to board outlining reasons for Sam Altman's termination; later founded Super Safe Intelligence”
Claude AI · May 8, 2026
Anthropic Aiming for $1 Trillion Valuation
“Authored 52-page memo to board outlining reasons for Sam Altman removal; later founded SuperSafe Intelligence”
The Vergecast · May 8, 2026
Everybody wants to rule the AI world
“Co-founder; expressed concerns about Elon's involvement; testified about early company dynamics”
monos estocásticos · May 7, 2026
ChatGPT vuelve a ser mejor que Claude gracias a la potencia de cómputo de los WC japoneses
“Early OpenAI technical leader; quoted in court documents expressing concerns about AI safety and leadership”
TBPN · May 6, 2026
Sam vs Elon Trial, Coinbase Cuts 14% in AI Pivot, Digesting Meta Earnings | Diet TBPN
“Emailed Brockman warning against unfavorable equity terms; co-founder of OpenAI; now leading SSI research project”
Platformer · May 6, 2026
The Trump administration's AI doomer moment
“Testified about concerns regarding Musk's AI knowledge and leadership capability”
The Last Invention is AI · Apr 29, 2026
Musk and Altman: Legal Showdown Day 3
“Co-founder of OpenAI in 2015; on witness list for trial”
The AI Podcast · Apr 29, 2026
Musk v. Altman Trial Day 3, White House Walks Back Anthropic Ban, Stanford's Transparency Crash
“Co-founder of OpenAI nonprofit in 2015; on witness list for Musk v. Altman trial”
The Daily AI · Apr 29, 2026
Musk vs. Altman: Legal Drama Update
“Co-founder of OpenAI; scheduled to testify as witness in Musk lawsuit trial”
Personal AI · Apr 29, 2026
Key Updates from the Musk vs. Altman Trial
“OpenAI co-founder; on witness list for Musk trial”
No Priors AI · Apr 29, 2026
Musk and Altman's Legal Proceedings: Day 3
“Co-founder of OpenAI nonprofit; on witness list for trial”
Claude AI · Apr 29, 2026
Trial Insights: Musk vs. Altman Legal Showdown
“Co-founder of OpenAI nonprofit in 2015; on witness list for trial”
Latent Space AI · Apr 29, 2026
Musk and Altman: Inside the Legal Battle
“Co-founder of OpenAI in 2015; on witness list for Musk trial”
Global News Podcast · Apr 29, 2026
Musk vs. Altman Trial Developments
“Co-founder of OpenAI nonprofit; listed as witness in Musk lawsuit”
AI Breakdown · Apr 29, 2026
Musk and Altman's Courtroom Drama Unfolds
“Co-founder of OpenAI listed as witness in upcoming trial testimony”
Building AI: News on OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, Google Gemini and xAI's Grok · Apr 29, 2026
Courtroom Insights: Musk vs. Altman Day 3
“Co-founder of OpenAI nonprofit in 2015; on witness list for trial”
Anthropic · Apr 29, 2026
Musk vs. Altman: A Legal Perspective
“Listed as witness in OpenAI for-profit conversion trial”
Dwarkesh Podcast · Apr 29, 2026
Reiner Pope – The math behind how LLMs are trained and served
“Quoted on avoiding pipeline parallelism in modern training systems”
Tech Brew Ride Home · Apr 29, 2026
Elon V. Sam Day 2
“One of four key OpenAI leaders in 2017 for-profit restructuring discussions; proposed equal equity split with Musk, Altman, Brockman”
The Vergecast · Apr 28, 2026
Musk and Altman go to court
“OpenAI co-founder; mentioned in trial discovery regarding open-source AI strategy concerns”
"The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis · Apr 15, 2026
Welcome to AI in the AM: RL for EE, Oversight w/out Nationalization, & the first AI-Run Retail Store
“Mentioned as signatory to AI extinction risk statement regarding extinction-level AI risks”
Elon Musk Podcast · Apr 13, 2026
The firebombing of Sam Altman's house
“Internal memos surfaced in New Yorker profile alleging Altman's pattern of dishonesty”
Offline with Jon Favreau · Apr 11, 2026
Sam Altman's Big Little Lies
“Swing vote in 2023 board decision to fire Altman; sent detailed memos to board explaining concerns; now runs Safe Super Alignment company”
Hard Fork · Apr 10, 2026
Anthropic’s Cybersecurity Shock Wave + Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz on Their Sam Altman Investigation + One Good Thing
“Created memos documenting concerns about Sam Altman that led to his firing in 2023”
Prof G Markets · Apr 8, 2026
Trump Threatened to End Iranian Civilization — What Comes Next?
“Sent 70-page memo to board documenting Altman's pattern of lying before his firing; key evidence in investigation”
Mile Higher · Apr 2, 2026
387: His Parents Demand Answers... Did OpenAI Cover-Up Suchir Balaji's Death?
“Original board member who ousted Sam Altman but reversed position days later; cited as regretting decision”
"The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis · Apr 1, 2026
Success without Dignity? Nathan finds Hope Amidst Chaos, from The Intelligence Horizon Podcast
“Mentioned asking Scott Aaronson about 'Hamiltonian of love' regarding AI alignment challenges”
TBPN · Mar 30, 2026
FULL INTERVIEW: Why I Think Nvidia Is Perfectly Positioned In The AI Race
“Referenced in research vs engineering debate in AI and semiconductor development”
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard · Mar 25, 2026
David Sussillo (on foster care and neuroscience)
“Contributed to AlexNet breakthrough alongside Krizhevsky and Hinton”
Lex Fridman Podcast · Mar 23, 2026
#494 – Jensen Huang: NVIDIA – The $4 Trillion Company & the AI Revolution
“Mentioned for statement about running out of pre-training data, which Jensen refutes with synthetic data arguments.”
The Artificial Intelligence Show · Mar 19, 2026
#204: AI Answers - What Should Stay Human, AI Pricing vs. Labor Cost, Leapfrogging Digitalisation, Getting Legal On Board & Do Reasoning Models Actually Reason?
“Referenced for Atlantic article about swarms of AI agents”