Thinking Machines reportedly raising ~$1B at a $40B valuation
emmanuelvivier · x · 2026-09-05
According to a French-language AI daily, Thinking Machines (founded by Mira Murati) is negotiating a raise of roughly $1 billion at an approximately $40 billion valuation.
The same post mentions Anthropic disclosing industrial-scale model distillation campaigns sourced via the dark web.
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