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Thinking Machines Lab Secures $2B to Lead Next-Gen AI Research On July 15, 2025, Thinking Machines Lab, an AI research and deployment startup founded by Mira Murati, former CTO of OpenAI, announced it has raised $2 billion in funding, giving the company a post‑money valuation of $12 billion. The funding marks one of the largest…