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, consisting of: Equity will be back for you next week, so dont miss out on it!Equity is A Technology NewsRooms flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday.Subscribe to us onApple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts.
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