Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab closes on $2B at $10B valuation

Thinking Machines LAB, the Secrète Startup of AI founded by the former Director of Openai Technology, Mira Murati, closed a $ 2 billion in seedsaccording to Financial time. The agreement enhances the six -month startup at $ 10 billion.

The work of the company remains unclear. The startup has taken advantage of the reputation of Murati and other large -scale IA researchers who joined the team to attract investors to what could be the biggest seed tour in history. According to familiar sources with the agreement quoted by the FT, Andreessen Horowitz led the Tour, with the participation of Sarah Guo condemnation partners.

Murati left Openai last September After having directed the development of some of the most important AI products in the company, including Chatgpt, Dall-E and vocal mode. Several of his former Openai colleagues have joined the new startup, including the co-founder John Schulman.

Murati is part of a handful of executives who left Openai after raising concerns about the management of CEO Sam Altman in 2023. When the Odded advice Altman In November of the same year, Murati was acting CEO before Altman was quickly reinstated.