SSI Completes $1 Billion Financing, Valuing to $5 Billion

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Recently, SSI, founded by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, announced that it had completed a $1 billion financing. It has been less than three months since the company's first public appearance, and this speed has attracted widespread attention. Investors include top venture capital firms a16z, Sequoia Capital, DST Global, SV Angel, and NFDG Investment Partnership led by Nat Friedman and SSI's current CEO Daniel Gross. Ilya Sutskever also said on Twitter that this financing will lay a solid foundation for the company to achieve higher goals. It is reported that SSI's current valuation has reached 5 billion US dollars.