Gavin Baker Reveals SSI to Launch Model in August, Discusses AI Infra & GPU Prices
zephyr_z9 · x · 2026-08-04
Investor Gavin Baker revealed in a podcast that Safe Superintelligence (SSI), founded by Ilya Sutskever, plans to release its first model in August.
He also discussed several core topics regarding the AI industry with Patrick O'Shaughnessy:
- Infrastructure Financing: Whether the massive AI buildout will be funded out of corporate cash flow or through debt.
- Hardware Supply: Analyzed why older GPU prices keep rising and the ongoing war in the memory supply chain.
- Market Dynamics: The disconnect between the recent public AI stock selloff and strong on-the-ground fundamentals in Silicon Valley, and how models like Claude are moving markets.
More from Companies & People
- Apple Widens Trade Secrets Probe, Says More Ex-Employees Took Data to OpenAI — TechCrunch AI · 2026-08-04
- Cloudflare Proposes Shift to Agent Development Lifecycle with Full-Stack Tools — ritakozlov · 2026-08-04
- Adaption Partners with AI Singapore to Boost Low-Resource Language Research — sarahookr · 2026-08-04
- Fake OpenAI 'Dime' Earbuds Leak Was an Opal Marketing Stunt — 12exyz · 2026-08-04
- The Real CIO: Sustaining Digital Transformation with Governance and Duct Tape — DavidLinthicum · 2026-08-04
- Bending Spoons Acquires Airtable for $1.285B, a 90% Valuation Haircut — deedydas · 2026-08-04