// COMPANY
Thinking Machines Lab
// OVERVIEW
Thinking Machines Lab is an AI startup founded in February 2025 by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, focused on building transparent, interpretable AI systems for professional and enterprise use, including large language models and a novel "interaction model" architecture enabling real-time, full-duplex multimodal communication. The company raised a record $2 billion seed round at a $12 billion valuation in 2025, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Nvidia, AMD, and others.
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