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title: "Sources: Thinking Machines Lab is raising $5B led by Accel at a $40B pre-money valuation, more than tripling its valuation from its last public round last year (Business Insider)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/sources-thinking-machines-lab-is-raising-5b-led-by-accel-at-a-40b-pre-ead99966
published: 2026-11-06T01:15:02.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# Sources: Thinking Machines Lab is raising $5B led by Accel at a $40B pre-money valuation, more than tripling its valuation from its last public round last year (Business Insider)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-11-06 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/sources-thinking-machines-lab-is-raising-5b-led-by-accel-at-a-40b-pre-ead99966

Business Insider : Sources: Thinking Machines Lab is raising $5B led by Accel at a $40B pre-money valuation, more than tripling its valuation from its last public round last year — AI startup Thinking Machines Lab is set to close a fresh round of funding as soon as this week.

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

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261105/p66#a261105p66)

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