OpenAI’s former chief technology officer Mira Murati has raised $2B for her new artificial intelligence start-up, in a deal which values the mysterious six-month-old company at $10B, Financial Times’ Cristina Criddle, George Hammond, and Robin Wigglesworth. The deal, which closed recently, according to multiple people familiar with the transaction, was one of the largest “seed” – or initial – funding rounds in Silicon Valley’s history. Thinking Machines Lab has not declared what it is working on, instead using Murati’s name and reputation to attract investors, said those familiar with the fundraiser.
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