Formerly the chief technologist of OpenAI. In 2025 Murati founded Thinking Machines Lab, an AI startup that raised $2bn at a $10bn valuation in its first fundraising round, before it had much of a strategy, let alone revenue. The firm's valuation reflects its roster of ex-OpenAI researchers, for whom tech giants like Meta are offering large sums.
"Anyone attempting to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin."