Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has secured $2 billion in funding, raising its valuation to $12 billion. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm, with backing from major players like Nvidia (NVDA), AMD (AMD), Cisco (CSCO), Accel, ServiceNow (NOW), and Jane Street.
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This capital injection marks one of the largest seed rounds in Silicon Valley history, reflecting the strong investor appetite for new AI research labs.
Murati Hints at Open-Source AI and Research Focus
Founded less than a year ago, Thinking Machines has yet to release a product, but Murati hinted at the company’s first product in a recent post on the X social media platform. She stated that the startup plans to reveal its work, which will include a “significant open source offering,” in the “next couple of months.”
Murati also indicated that the product will support researchers and startups focused on building custom AI models.
Nearly two-thirds of the team consists of former OpenAI talent, such as key researchers John Schulman, Barret Zoph, and Luke Metz. Murati’s ability to attract top-tier talent and capital has drawn comparisons to other leading AI labs like Anthropic and Alphabet-owned (GOOGL) Google DeepMind.
Even with its massive $12 billion valuation, Thinking Machines Lab faces tough competition from AI giants like Meta (META), Google DeepMind, Anthropic, and OpenAI, who are pouring billions into advanced research.
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