Mira Murati, former Chief Technology Officer of Openai, grew one of the largest seed rounds in history. Murati has secured $2 billion in the Thinking Machines Lab seed round. The move raises eyebrows across Silicon Valley. This is the latest in the wave of top researchers who split from Openai and chase their own AI moonshots.
Today, on TechCrunch’s equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Rebecca Bellan and Anthony HA have been shuffling Openai’s talent, investor enthusiasm, and behind-the-scenes peeps from former employees, the team agrees: the seed round has really changed.
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