Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab closes on $2B at $10B valuation
Thinking Machines Lab, the Secret AI startup founded by OpenAI’s former Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, has closed according to a $ 2 billion seed, according to The financial time. The deal appreciates the six -month -old startup at $ 10 billion.
The work of the company continues to exist unclear. The startup has the reputation of Murati and other controversial AI researchers who have joined the team to attract investors in what could be the largest seed round in history. According to sources that are familiar with the deal mentioned by the FT, Andreessen Horowitz De Ronde led, with the participation of Sarah Guo’s Conviction Partners.
Last September Murati left OpenAI after leading the development of some of the most prominent AI products in the company, including Chatgpt, Dall-E and speech mode. Several of her former OpenAi colleagues have become members of the new startup, including co-founder John Schulman.
Murati is one of the handful of managers who left OpenAi after they had been concerned about the leadership of CEO Sam Altman in 2023. When the Altman board drove out in November of that year, Murati served as an interim -CEO before Altman was recovered quickly.
