Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has secured an impressive $2 billion in funding to fast-track its ambitious goal of building a collaborative general intelligence platform. The funding round was spearheaded by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and saw participation from major tech and investment players including NVIDIA, Accel, AMD, Cisco, ServiceNow, Jane Street, and others.
The announcement marks one of the largest funding rounds in the AI space this year and signals strong investor confidence in Murati’s vision. Known for her leadership in launching ChatGPT and DALL·E at OpenAI, Murati is now focused on creating AI systems that foster more natural and human-like interactions.
“We’re building multimodal AI that works with how you naturally interact with the world—through conversation, through sight, through the messy way we collaborate,” Murati posted on X (formerly Twitter), offering insight into the lab’s mission.
Since emerging from stealth earlier in 2025, Thinking Machines Lab has emphasized its commitment to open science and equitable AI distribution. The startup is expected to unveil its first product in the coming months, with plans for an open source component aimed at empowering researchers and startups to build their own custom models.
“We believe AI should serve as an extension of individual agency and, in the spirit of freedom, be distributed as widely and equitably as possible,” Murati added, underscoring the lab’s commitment to inclusivity and transparency in the development of general intelligence systems.
The upcoming product will be designed to support multimodal interactions—combining language, vision, and other forms of input—while fostering scientific collaboration and accessibility. With backing from some of the industry’s most influential companies, the lab is positioning itself as a major player in the evolving AI landscape, one that balances cutting-edge innovation with ethical and collaborative values.
This funding milestone not only reinforces Murati’s influence in the AI sector but also sets the stage for a new chapter in human-AI co-evolution.
