Ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Seeks Over $100 Million for New AI Venture
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati is reportedly raising venture capital for a new AI startup focused on proprietary models. The fundraising effort comes just weeks after her sudden departure from the AI giant.
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati is reportedly raising venture capital for a new artificial intelligence startup. According to Reuters, this new venture focuses on building AI products based on proprietary models and seeks to raise more than $100 million in its current funding round.
Murati announces her departure from OpenAI just last month, stating she wants to create time and space for her own exploration. During her tenure, she plays a pivotal role in advancing how AI systems learn and reason, even serving a brief stint as interim CEO during Sam Altman's unexpected ouster in late 2023.
This fundraising effort occurs amid a wave of high-profile exits at OpenAI, with the chief research officer and a research vice president also leaving recently. Murati's move to launch her own company happens just a week after OpenAI successfully closes a historic $6.6 billion venture round.