US EditionNvidia and Jane Street back Mira Murati’s AI start-up in latest fundraising
SILICON VALLEY, JUL 15 – The $2 billion seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz highlights strong investor confidence in the AI startup founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati.
- On Monday, Thinking Machines Lab closed a $2 billion seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz, valuing it at $12 billion and marking one of Silicon Valley's largest seed financings.
- The lab, which emerged from stealth earlier this year, exists to empower humanity through collaborative general intelligence and is seen by investors as a legitimate threat to leading AI developers.
- With cofounders including John Schulman, Barrett Zoph, Lilian Weng, Andrew Tulloch and Luke Metz, nearly two-thirds of its launch team were former OpenAI employees.
- The investment reflects the ultracompetitive race for advanced AI talent, as Meta reportedly held talks to acquire Thinking Machines Lab but they didn't progress to a final offer.
- The lab plans to release its first product within the next few months, and according to Murati it will include a `significant open source component` for researchers and startups.
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