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Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Raises $2B Seed Round for Stealth AI Startup
OpenAI's former chief technology officer Mira Murati has secured a $2 billion seed round for her new startup, Thinking Machines Lab, which has not yet revealed its focus. This represents one of the largest seed rounds in history and is part of a broader trend of top researchers leaving OpenAI to pursue independent AI ventures.
Skynet Chance (+0.04%): The fragmentation of top AI talent from centralized organizations like OpenAI into multiple well-funded independent ventures reduces coordinated safety oversight and increases the risk of competitive pressures overriding safety considerations. Multiple actors racing independently with massive funding creates less predictable and controllable AI development landscape.
Skynet Date (-1 days): The influx of $2 billion in funding and dispersion of top talent into competitive independent ventures slightly accelerates the overall pace of AI development. Multiple well-funded teams pursuing parallel AI development paths increases the aggregate speed of advancement in the field.
AGI Progress (+0.03%): A former OpenAI CTO securing $2 billion indicates strong investor confidence in breakthrough AI capabilities and adds significant resources to AGI development. The departure of key talent and creation of new well-funded AI labs expands the total effort and competition driving toward AGI.
AGI Date (-1 days): The massive seed funding and exodus of top talent from OpenAI creates additional well-resourced competitive pressure in the AGI race. Multiple teams with substantial funding competing independently typically accelerates development timelines compared to fewer centralized efforts.