Thinking Machines Lab

Thinking Machines Lab is an AI startup founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati.

Thinking Machines Lab is an American AI startup founded by Mira Murati, who was the chief technology officer (CTO) of OpenAI. Murati was the person who oversaw the development of ChatGPT and DALL-E, and after leaving OpenAI, he recruited a large number of former fellow researchers to create this company.

Immediately after its founding, without a product, it attracted the largest initial investment in startup history and became a global topic. It announced that it would pursue collaboration between people and AI, and customized AI, and began to lift the veil by introducing a research blog that discloses model learning technology and its first product, Ticker, a model fine-tuning tool.

It is a representative example of the trend of stars from OpenAI establishing their own companies (Anthropic, SSI, etc.), and is a company that symbolizes the enthusiasm for AI investment where capital is focused on top talent.

✅ Strengths

• Top-level talent, including Mira Murati, who oversaw the development of ChatGPT, has gathered
• The largest initial funding in startup history has been secured
• The open approach to disclosing research results has attracted the attention of developers

⚠️ Limits

• Compared to expectations and corporate value, there are still fewer proven products and performance
• It needs to catch up with the leading players such as OpenAI and Anthropic
• It is highly dependent on star founders, so the loss of talent is a big blow.