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

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Former OpenAI technology chief Mira Murati launches rival start-up
Thinking Machines Lab to focus on making artificial intelligence ‘more widely understood’Financial Times - 2d -
Mira Murati’s Startup Launches, Poaching at Least 20 OpenAI Employees From Her Former Workplace
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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).VentureBeat - 1d -
Mira Murati Launches Thinking Machines Lab to Make AI More Accessible
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Florida company uses new technology to help housing crisis
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OpenAI Close to Deal that Values Company at $300 Billion
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