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Thinking Machines Lab

Thinking Machines Lab builds customizable AI systems and fine-tuning infrastructure for researchers and developers who want to adapt frontier models to their own needs.

thinkingmachines.ai · San Francisco

CALL NO.CS·THINKINGMACHINES·26

StageVenture (Round not Specified)March 2026 · led by NVIDIA[5]

Raised$2Bdisclosed rounds[6]

Headcount106as of Apr 2026[4][1][3]

Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger

Founded2025[4]

Money

Raised $2B across disclosed rounds.[6]

Venture (Round not Specified) closed March 2026, led by NVIDIA.[5]

Round size and post-money valuation are not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Andreessen Horowitz, NVIDIA, AMD, Cisco, Accel, Conviction, Jane Street.[4][5]

People

Mira Murati, CEO & Founder[4][5]

John Schulman, Chief Scientist & Co-Founder[4][5]

Barret Zoph, Co-Founder[4][5]

Lilian Weng, Co-Founder[4][5]

Andrew Tulloch, Co-Founder[4][5]

Luke Metz, Co-Founder[4][5]

Jonathan Lachman, Founding Head of Operations[1][3][4]

Weiheng Zhang, Founding Head of Finance[1][3][4]

Samuel Schoenholz, Founding Team (Research/Engineering)[1][3][4]

Signals

May 12 2026newsThinking Machines drops a new, highly responsive model designed for humanlike interactions in r.[8]

May 12 2026launchThinking Machines Lab Ships First Model With 200ms Real-Time Interaction – Unite.AI[9]

Apr 29 2026hiringHeadcount grew 412% YoY to ~106 employees; 27 hires from OpenAI, 19 from Meta company claim, not independently confirmed[4]

Apr 23 2026newsGoogle Cloud inks AI infrastructure deal with Thinking Machines - SiliconANGLE[10]

Apr 22 2026newsExclusive: Google deepens Thinking Machines Lab ties with new multibillion-dollar deal | TechCr.[7]

Mar 10 2026newsNVIDIA partnership announced to power frontier model training and platforms[4][5]

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The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[4]

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[1]Jonathan Lachman – LinkedIn

Jun 2026 · linkedin.com

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[2]Pia Santos – LinkedIn

Jun 2026 · linkedin.com

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[3]Samuel Schoenholz – LinkedIn

Jun 2026 · linkedin.com

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[4]Thinking Machines Lab – Company Site

Jun 2026 · thinkingmachines.ai

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[5]Org Enrichment – Thinking Machines Lab

Jun 2026

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[6]Apollo org enrichment for thinkingmachines.ai

Jun 2026 · stableenrich.dev

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[7]Exclusive: Google deepens Thinking Machines Lab ties with new multibillion-dollar deal | TechCrunch

Jun 2026 · techcrunch.com

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[8]Thinking Machines drops a new, highly responsive model designed for humanlike interactions in real time - SiliconANGLE

Jun 2026 · siliconangle.com

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[9]Thinking Machines Lab Ships First Model With 200ms Real-Time Interaction – Unite.AI

Jun 2026 · unite.ai

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[10]Google Cloud inks AI infrastructure deal with Thinking Machines - SiliconANGLE

Jun 2026 · siliconangle.com

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[11]Who is behind Thinking Machines Lab? (Exa crawl summary)

Jun 2026 · api.exa.ai

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[12]Top Thinking Machines Lab Alternatives, Competitors – CB Insights

Jun 2026 · cbinsights.com

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Thinking Machines Lab builds customizable AI systems and fine-tuning infrastructure for researchers and developers who want to adapt frontier models to their own needs.

thinkingmachines.ai · San Francisco

StageVenture (Round not Specified)

Raised$2B

Headcount106

Valuationnot publicly disclosed

Founded2025

Compsnone named by a source

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