Former OpenAI technology chief Mira Murati launches rival start-up

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  Mira Murati, OpenAI’s Former Chief Technology Officer, Starts Her Own Company

  Mira Murati, who left OpenAI last year, has helped establish Thinking Machines Lab, a new artificial intelligence start-up.
  
  The New York Times - 1d
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  Mira Murati’s Startup Launches, Poaching at Least 20 OpenAI Employees From Her Former Workplace

  Two-thirds of the staff at Thinking Machines Lab came from OpenAI, where the founder was once chief technology officer.
  
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  Mira Murati Launches Thinking Machines Lab to Make AI More Accessible

  After leaving OpenAI last year, Mira Murati is finally ready to share what she's working on.
  
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  Ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati unveils Thinking Machines: A startup focused on multimodality, human-AI collaboration

  The OpenAI rival will focus on strong infrastructure, multimodality and human-AI collaboration (as opposed to purely agentic systems).
  
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  This Founder Left OpenAI to Launch a Competitor. It Aims to Bring AI to the Masses

  Mira Murati, OpenAI’s former CTO, has taken the wraps off her new company, Thinking Machines Lab. Here’s what to know about its goals.
  
  Inc. - 21h
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