Mira Murati
Mira Murati is an Albanian-American business executive and the CEO of Thinking Machines Lab, a public benefit corporation she founded in February 2025. She previously served as chief technology officer of OpenAI from May 2022 to September 2024, where she oversaw the development of products including ChatGPT, DALL-E, and GPT-4. She is best known for leading the technical direction of OpenAI's flagship AI models and subsequently founding Thinking Machines Lab, which released its first model, Inkling, in July 2026.
“is in talks to raise at least $1b at a $40b+ valuation led by Accel.”
“Thinking Machines — AI lab founded by ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati.”
“You've got the Thinking Machines, you know, it shipped the Inkling model. It didn't get the, wow, it's amazing, but they didn't position as amazing, their position as good.”
Source→“Lillian Way left Thinking Machines, which makes only two of the original six co-founders remain.”
Source→“AI research company. Co-founded by Mira Murati (formerly OpenAI). Reportedly valued at ~$8B.”
Source→“Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab releases its first model.”
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