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Thinking Machines Lab
Founded by OpenAI's former CTO; released the Tinker fine-tuning API.
| Type | AGI-focused startups |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2025 |
| Founders | Mira Murati |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, US |
| Website | thinkingmachines.ai |
Thinking Machines Lab hiring
Thinking Machines Lab lists 53 open roles on its Ashby job board today, and 22 of them are research, model, training or inference roles. Top locations: San Francisco (52), New York (1).
- Research, General AgentsSan Francisco
- Software Engineer, InferenceSan Francisco
- Research Engineer, Infrastructure, NumericsSan Francisco
- Research Engineer, Infrastructure, InferenceSan Francisco
- Research, Audio ExpertiseSan Francisco
- Research Engineer, Infrastructure, Training SystemsSan Francisco
- Research Engineer, Infrastructure, KernelsSan Francisco
- Research, Pre-Training DataSan Francisco
- Research, Vision ExpertiseSan Francisco
- Research, SafetySan Francisco
- Research, RL ScalingSan Francisco
- Research, Post-Training EvalsSan Francisco
Source: Thinking Machines Lab careers (Ashby), read 2 Nov 2026. All research roles at tracked labs.
Thinking Machines Lab funding filings
We found no Form D filed by Thinking Machines Lab itself under this name. Many labs raise through foreign entities or file under a different legal name.
Investment vehicles named after Thinking Machines Lab
1 special-purpose vehicles carrying the Thinking Machines Lab name have filed a Form D, 0 of them in the last 12 months. SPVs pool money from smaller investors to buy into one company, often on the secondary market, so a rising count is a sign of investor demand.
- Thinking Machines Lab Jun 2025 a Series of CGF2021 LLC27 Jun 2025
Source: SEC EDGAR full-text search for "Thinking Machines Lab", Form D. Name matches can include unrelated filers; tell us if one is wrong.
Thinking Machines Lab: quick answers
Is Thinking Machines Lab hiring?
Yes. Thinking Machines Lab had 53 open roles on its job board on 2 Nov 2026, including 22 research and model roles.
Who founded Thinking Machines Lab?
Thinking Machines Lab was founded in 2025 by Mira Murati.
People at Thinking Machines Lab
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