SSI Eyed for August Model Release
X users discuss a podcast claim that the startup plans an August release for its first model.
Investor Gavin Baker stated on the Invest Like the Best podcast that Safe Superintelligence Inc. intends to release its first model in August. Multiple X accounts shared clips and quotes from the interview, noting it as the first public timeline for any SSI model. One poster clarified that the company referred only to a model, not specifically an LLM. Other replies speculated on performance levels or questioned the earlier pledge to avoid launches until achieving safe superintelligence. No statement from SSI itself appears in the posts.
Gavin: "SSI says that they are going to come out with their model in August"
My seventh conversation with @GavinSBaker. It's about the gap between what the market is doing and what companies are seeing. It's been a tough month or so for public AI names, but there's no sign of a slowdown on the ground in Silicon Valley. We discuss: - Why old GPUs are…
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"Yeah so Chris reposted something from MTS who said that Gavin Baker told the Invest Like The Best guy that Ilya is finally dropping this month."
SITUATION DETECTED: Ilya Sutskever's Safe Superintelligence is reportedly planning to launch its highly anticipated first model in August 2026, per Gavin Baker in an interview with Patrick O'Shaughnessy.
Let’s go: Ilya Sutskever’s SSI is launching its first LLM in August. we are accelerating friends!
Gavin: "SSI says that they are going to come out with their model in August" https://twitter.com/patrick_oshag/status/2084610308279288141
Previously:
Pulling together some of the information from various news reports and statements, we did get a little bit of new Safe Superintelligence information to speculate about today. Ilya said in a new statement to the press that their research is 'focused on overlooked aspects of how…
I called it an LLM, even though they only said "model". Therefore, it's fair to say I probably assumed it would be an LLM too quickly, although I do think it will be one.
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Gavin: "SSI says that they are going to come out with their model in August" https://twitter.com/patrick_oshag/status/2084610308279288141