28 open roles at Thinking Machines Lab
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Hiring quality verdict.
Mira Murati launched Thinking Machines Lab in February 2025 with John Schulman, Bob McGrew, and Barret Zoph. The seed round ($2B post-money) pulled in Andreessen Horowitz, Conviction, and Accel. Hiring grew from zero to ~80 senior researchers across 2025 with a near-100% offer acceptance rate.
Thinking Machines Lab by the numbers.
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Net-new AI hires (12-month)
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Frontier AI Labs
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Who runs talent at Thinking Machines Lab.
Mira Murati
Founder & CEO
John Schulman
Co-founder, Chief Scientist
Bob McGrew
Co-founder
Barret Zoph
Co-founder, CTO
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