Two-thirds of the staff at Thinking Machines Lab came from OpenAI, where the founder was once chief technology officer.

About 30 researchers and engineers at Thinking Machines Lab come from rivals such as OpenAI, Meta, and Mistral, with ex-OpenAI staff making up two-thirds of the team.

Today, former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati announced her new venture: Thinking Machine Labs, a public benefit corporation that aims to build accessible and broadly capable artificial intelligence systems. After leaving AI juggernaut OpenAI last September,

Thinking Machines Lab has hired a bunch of leaders from OpenAI. After her sudden departure from OpenAI last fall, ex-CTO Mira Murati vanished from public view to start something new. Now, she is ready to share some details about what she’s working on.

Murati is heading up Thinking Machines Lab as CEO. OpenAI co-founder John Schulman is the company’s chief scientist, and Barret Zoph, OpenAI’s ex-chief research officer, is the CTO. In a blog post shared with TechCrunch, Thinking Machines Lab wrote that while AI capabilities have advanced dramatically, “key gaps” remain.

Former OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati launched an AI startup called Thinking Machines Lab on Tuesday, with a team of about 30 leading researchers and engineers from competitors including OpenAI,

Mira Murati, who left OpenAI last year, has helped establish Thinking Machines Lab, a new artificial intelligence start-up.

The former OpenAI CTO is swiftly raising capital and hiring top talent from AI leaders like OpenAI and Google DeepMind for her new startup.

Mira Murati, once the secret weapon of OpenAI as its chief technology officer (CTO), has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) start-up aimed at broadening access to the technology. On Tuesday,