Mira Murati, former Chief Technology Officer at OpenAI, has launched a new artificial intelligence company called Thinking Machines Lab. The startup aims to develop AI systems that can perceive and interact with the world in real-time, rather than processing information in a single thread as current models do.
According to the company's announcement, Thinking Machines Lab is focused on building multimodal AI that can understand and respond to user actions as they happen, not just after a prompt is completed. This approach could enable more natural and dynamic interactions between humans and machines.
The company has not disclosed specific products or funding details as of May 12, 2026. Murati left OpenAI in September 2024, and her new venture has attracted attention from the AI community for its ambitious goal of overcoming current limitations in AI perception and response.
