Former OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati Launches AI Startup

Mira Murati, former OpenAI Chief Technology Officer, launched an AI startup called Thinking Machines Lab this Tuesday.

Murati gathered a talented team including experts from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, CharacterAI, Mistral, and more AI companies to develop the project, as it had been rumored during the past few months.

Now, Murati and her team publicly announce the new company and explain more about their vision and mission.

“Thinking Machines Lab is an artificial intelligence research and product company,” states the official website. “We’re building a future where everyone has access to the knowledge and tools to make AI work for their unique needs and goals.”

According to the information shared, the company acknowledges the fast pace generative AI has been developing recently, and shares its mission is to reduce the gaps between AI’s pace and the scientific community’s understanding and people’s abilities to use AI and make the most of it.

“To bridge the gaps, we’re building Thinking Machines Lab to make AI systems more widely understood, customizable, and generally capable,” states the post.

On the social media platform X, Murati explained that they will focus on helping people use AI and adapt models to meet their needs, developing strong and capable AI systems, and nurturing an open science culture.

“Our goal is simple, advance AI by making it broadly useful and understandable through solid foundations, open science, and practical applications,” wrote Murati in her post on X.

Murati quit OpenAI in September last year—along with researchers Bob McGrew and Barret Zoph—and shared that one of the reasons was to do her own exploration. She joined the long list of crucial talents leaving the company in the past few years.