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Thinking Machines Lab Secures $2B Seed at $12B Valuation

Introduction On July 15, 2025, Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, closed a record-breaking $2 billion seed financing round at a $12 billion valuation. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with notable participation from Nvidia, AMD, Cisco, Accel, ServiceNow, Jane Street Capital, and the Albanian government….

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Thinking Machines Secures $2B at $10B Valuation

IntroductionThinking Machines, founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, announced a monumental Thinking Machines funding round: $2 billion at a $10 billion valuation—marking one of the largest AI infrastructure early-stage investments in history. Founding & PurposeLaunched in early 2024, the startup focuses on developing custom AI supercomputing hardware aimed at delivering energy-efficient and high-performance compute…