AI Startup Thinking Machines Lab Achieves Unprecedented $12B Valuation in Seed Round

Key Points

1. Thinking Machines Lab, founded by OpenAI's former CTO Mira Murati, raised $2 billion in seed funding, leading to a $12 billion valuation.

2. The funding round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and included investments from NVIDIA, Accel, ServiceNow, CISCO, AMD, and Jane Street.

3. The startup's exact work remains undisclosed, but it aims to 'empower humanity through advancing AI' and focuses on open-source research and custom AI models.

4. The company has attracted top AI talent, including former OpenAI researchers, enhancing its potential to build successful AI-driven products.

5. The substantial funding enables heavy investment in computing models, positioning Thinking Machines Lab to compete with established AI labs like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind.