Mira Murati’s Thinking Machine Lab will be closed at $20 billion at a $1 billion valuation

Thinking Machines Lab, a secret AI startup founded by former Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati of Openai, is $2 billion seed roundaccording to Financial Times. The deal values ​​the six-month startup at $10 billion.

Company work remains not clear. The startup leveraged Murati’s reputation and other well-known AI researchers who joined the team to attract investors to the biggest seed round in history. According to sources familiar with the deals cited by FT, Andreessen Horowitz led the round and joined from Sarah Guo’s conviction partner.

Murati left the opening last September After leading the development of the company’s most notable AI products, including ChatGpt, Dall-E, and Voice Mode. Several of her former Openai colleagues joined new startups, including co-founder John Schulman.

Murati is one of the few executives who left Openai in 2023 after raising concerns about CEO Sam Altman’s leadership. The board drove Altman That November, Murati served as interim CEO before Altman recovered quickly.