Mira Muratis Thinking Machines Lab is facing a leadership crisis as co-founders Barret Zoph and Luke...
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The article updates the player map for neo-labs while signaling a structural talent war (cross.§C) and high-stakes capital dynamics (cross.§D via $12B valuation) as researchers migrate back to incumbents.
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Mira Muratis Thinking Machines Lab is facing a leadership crisis as co-founders Barret Zoph and Luke Metz return to OpenAI. While Soumith Chintala steps in as CTO, the startup struggles to retain talent despite a 2 billion USD seed round and 12 billion USD valuation. This exodus highlights the systemic barrier for neo-labs competing with the compute and cash of established giants. Investors are now recalibrating the 50 billion USD valuation targets once set for the firm. 📉
