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title: "Thinking Machines Lab"
type: entity
entity_type: company
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/thinking-machines-lab
updated: 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
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# Thinking Machines Lab

> Thinking Machines Lab is an American artificial intelligence company founded in 2025.

Source: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132532850)

Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/thinking-machines-lab

- **Type:** Company
- **Signals:** 6
- **First seen:** Aug 24, 2026
- **Last seen:** Sep 22, 2026

## Recent signals

- [Thinking Machines Lab Taps Crusoe in $65M Inference Deal](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/thinking-machines-lab-taps-crusoe-in-65m-inference-deal-6c93686b) (Sep 22, 2026)
- [Source: Meta AI researcher Andrew Tulloch, who came over from Thinking Machine Lab as one of the highest paid employees last year, is leaving the company (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/source-meta-ai-researcher-andrew-tulloch-who-came-over-from-thinking-fb57517b) (Sep 9, 2026)
- [Sources: Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab is in talks to raise $1B+ at a $40B+ pre-money valuation, lower than the $50B+ valuation it sought last year (The Information)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/sources-mira-muratis-thinking-machines-lab-is-in-talks-to-raise-1b-at-fc896fa5) (Sep 3, 2026)
- [Thinking Machines Lab co-founder Barret Zoph is returning to Google as VP of research, after leaving OpenAI in June and Thinking Machines Lab in January](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/thinking-machines-lab-co-founder-barret-zoph-is-returning-to-google-as-98618d0a) (Aug 27, 2026)
- [Thinking Machines Lab co-founder Barret Zoph is returning to Google as VP of research, after leaving OpenAI in June and Thinking Machines Lab in January](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/thinking-machines-lab-co-founder-barret-zoph-is-returning-to-google-as-f3a9514d) (Aug 27, 2026)
- [Source: AI researcher Luke Metz, who returned to OpenAI from Thinking Machines Lab in January, joins Meta's Superintelligence Labs, reporting to Alexandr Wang](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/source-ai-researcher-luke-metz-who-returned-to-openai-from-thinking-b0127bd2) (Aug 24, 2026)

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