{"title":"OpenAI vs Safe Superintelligence: Frontier labs as compute buyers compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/openai-vs-safe-superintelligence","comparison":"OpenAI ranks 23 on the AI Infra 100 with a score of 96; Safe Superintelligence ranks 98 with 69. OpenAI is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, technology and positioning. Level on progress, firepower and leverage. OpenAI is based in San Francisco, United States, Safe Superintelligence in Palo Alto, United States. OpenAI is named in 6669 signals and Safe Superintelligence in 6.","companies":[{"name":"OpenAI","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/openai","city":"San Francisco","country":"United States","stage":null,"founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"The largest contracted compute buyer in the world; owns almost no capacity and instead commits future spend to Oracle, Microsoft, Amazon, CoreWeave, Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom (custom chips), organized under the Stargate program.","assessed_in":{"domain":"AI Core","list":"AI Infra 100","rank":23,"score":96,"tier":"member","scores":{"leverage":10,"position":10,"progress":10,"firepower":10,"commercial":10,"deployment":10,"production":10,"technology":8},"why":"OpenAI develops and launches frontier foundation models such as GPT-4o mini and GPT-5.1, alongside ChatGPT products focused on reasoning and problem-solving.","segment":"Frontier labs as compute buyers","layer":"Compute demand & operators"},"signals_total":6669,"facts_total":4353},{"name":"Safe Superintelligence","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/safe-superintelligence","city":"Palo Alto","country":"United States","stage":null,"founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Research lab with no product; compute comes through a Nvidia partnership (Vera Rubin access) and Nvidia equity.","assessed_in":{"domain":"AI Core","list":"AI Infra 100","rank":98,"score":69,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["technology","firepower"],"leverage":10,"position":6,"progress":10,"firepower":10,"commercial":2,"deployment":4,"production":6,"technology":6},"why":"Safe Superintelligence develops methods for controlling rogue AGI, directly qualifying as AI safety and alignment work.","segment":"Frontier labs as compute buyers","layer":"Compute demand & operators"},"signals_total":6,"facts_total":6}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}