Thinking Machines Lab just closed a massive $2 billion seed round. The six-month-old AI startup is now valued at $10 billion.
The Financial Times reports that the round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Conviction Partners also pitching in. This could be the largest seed round ever.
Details about what Thinking Machines is actually building remain vague. The startup is banking on the star power of founder Mira Murati, former CTO of OpenAI, and a team of other high-profile AI researchers. 
Murati left OpenAI last September after working on ChatGPT, DALL-E, and voice mode. Several former OpenAI teammates, including co-founder John Schulman, have joined her new venture.
Murati was also involved in the 2023 OpenAI leadership shakeup. After CEO Sam Altman was briefly ousted in November, Murati stepped in as interim CEO until Altman’s quick return.
Thinking Machines Lab has kept its work under wraps, but investors clearly see big potential behind Murati’s vision.
