Sequoia Partner on Murati’s AI Startup: “We’re Talking to Her”

Sequoia Capital partner Alfred Lin said the firm has been in touch with former OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati about her new startup’s funding round — a closely held deal that’s captivated the attention of much of Silicon Valley.

“We’re talking to her,” Lin said on Tuesday in an interview with Bloomberg Television. Murati, who left OpenAI in September, unveiled her new company, Thinking Machines Lab, earlier this year. Murati has recruited other former OpenAI leaders to build out the new venture, which will focus on building artificial intelligence models and products that support more “human-AI collaboration.”

Alfred Lin

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