OpenAI, Thinking Machines Lab, and the integrated turmoil of a $2B seed round

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
OpenAIs former chief innovation officer, Mira Murati, simply raised among the biggest seed rounds in history
Murati secured $2 billion in that seed round for Thinking Machines Lab a startup so early, it hasnt even revealed what its working on
The relocation is raising eyebrows across Silicon Valley, and its only the latest in a wave of top scientists splintering off from OpenAI to
chase their own AI moonshots.Today, on A Technology NewsRooms Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Rebecca Bellan and Anthony Ha break
down whats sustaining the OpenAI skill shuffle, financier interest, and a former workers behind-the-scenes peek inside the business
In either case, the team concurs: seed rounds truly have actually changed.Listen to the complete episode to hear more news from the week,
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