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Thinking Machines Lab Raises a Record $2 Billion, Announces Cofounders
Mira Murati and several other former OpenAI researchers are behind the buzzy AI startup, now valued at $12 billion and officially out of stealth.
Thinking Machines is led by CEO Mira Murati, who stepped down as OpenAI’s chief technology officer last September. Murati said in a post on X on Tuesday that Thinking Machines is developing multimodal AI that will interact with humans “through conversation, through sight, through the messy way we collaborate.” She added that the company will release its first product within the next few months, noting that the release “will include a significant open source component and be useful for researchers and startups developing custom models.” She said that the company would also release research “to help the research community better understand frontier AI systems.” In just over a decade, AI has gone from a research backwater to a high-stakes and high-drama investment, recruitment, and dealmaking frenzy.
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