Thinking Machines Lab, an artificial intelligence company founded by a team of former OpenAI researchers, has announced a historic achievement, securing a record-breaking $2 billion in a seed funding round. This monumental investment values the nascent firm at an astounding $12 billion, marking it as the largest seed funding round ever recorded.
The unprecedented funding was led by prominent venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, with significant participation from a consortium of major tech industry players including Nvidia, Accel, Cisco, and AMD. This substantial capital injection underscores the intense global competition in developing advanced AI systems and the soaring demand for top-tier AI talent.
Thinking Machines Lab is helmed by CEO Mira Murati, formerly OpenAI’s chief technology officer. She is joined by co-founders John Schulman, Barrett Zoph, Lilian Weng, Andrew Tulloch, and Luke Metz, all of whom bring extensive experience from their previous roles at OpenAI.
Thinking Machines Lab is focused on developing groundbreaking multimodal AI, designed to interact with humans through conversation, visual recognition, and collaborative methods. Thinking Machines Lab anticipates releasing its first product within the next few months, which is expected to feature a significant open-source component.
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