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title: "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)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/sources-mira-muratis-thinking-machines-lab-is-in-talks-to-raise-1b-at-fc896fa5
published: 2026-09-03T17:53:02.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# 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)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-09-03 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/sources-mira-muratis-thinking-machines-lab-is-in-talks-to-raise-1b-at-fc896fa5

The Information : 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 — Thinking Machines Lab, the AI developer led by ex-OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati, is in talks to raise at least $1 billion …

In this story: [Thinking Machines Lab](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/thinking-machines-lab)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/260903/p32#a260903p32)

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