News Summary

Mira Murati, the former CTO of OpenAI, has successfully raised $2 billion in a seed round for her new AI startup, Thinking Machines Lab, which has been valued at $10 billion. This significant funding round, led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Sarah Guo’s Conviction Partners, is one of the largest seed rounds in history. Despite the company’s secretive nature and lack of public details about its specific projects, Murati’s reputation and her team’s high-profile background in AI have attracted substantial investor interest. Mira Murati, after leaving OpenAI amid concerns about leadership, has gathered former colleagues to work on this ambitious venture. Thinking Machines Lab’s rapid rise highlights the growing focus on AI investments at early stages in Silicon Valley.