Thinking Machines Raises $2 Billion in Funding
miramurati · x · 2026-07-11
Thinking Machines Lab has confirmed the completion of a 20 亿美元 funding round led by a16z, with participation from NVIDIA and others.
Mira Murati stated that the company has been advancing multimodal AI, custom models, and open science over the past year. Previously teased highlights include:
- Collaborative multimodal AI for natural interaction
- Tinker for training custom open-weight models
- Published research on Connectionism
- The release of their first product in the coming months, featuring major open-source components aimed at researchers and startups
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