Mira Murati’s new AI company makes stunning reveal after shock OpenAI exit

Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s new company Thinking Machines has announced 'interaction models' for real-time AI collaboration.

According to The Verge, the new venture from Mira Murati is developing 'interaction models'. Her company launched in February 2025 after her high-profile OpenAI exit.

The company's stated goal is to make AI systems more 'widely understood'. They also aim to make them 'customisable, and generally capable'.

The idea is to let people collaborate with AI naturally. The models take in audio, video, and text at once to act in real time.

Thinking Machines explained the issue with today's tech. The company detailed how current models experience reality.

"Today's models experience reality in a single thread," the company stated on its website. The statement continued, explaining how a model waits for input. It has "no perception of what the user is doing" until they finish.

"Until the model finishes generating, its perception freezes," the firm added. It receives no new information during this process.

This creates what they call a 'narrow channel'. It's like trying to resolve a serious disagreement over email instead of in person.

"At Thinking Machines, we believe we can solve this bandwidth bottleneck by making AI interactive," the company revealed.

The startup has already shown some impressive demos. These include translating speech live and listening for mentions of animals in a story.

One example even showed the AI telling someone when they were slouching. This highlights the real-time awareness the company is aiming for.

This reveal follows a period of huge growth for the firm. It raised an incredible $2 billion in seed funding by July 2025. This funding round gave the AI startup a massive valuation. It was valued at $12 billion, attracting talent from rivals like Meta and Mistral AI.

In a major move, the company struck a deal with NVIDIA in March 2026. This gives it access to next-generation computing power.

NVIDIA also made a significant, but undisclosed, investment. This underscores the importance of computing power in the competitive AI race. However, it has not all been smooth sailing. The firm's first product, an API called 'Tinker', was launched in October 2025.

The reception to Tinker has reportedly been mixed. Some experts felt it was a more modest debut than anticipated for the well-funded startup. The company has also seen some internal shifts. This highlights the intense competition for top AI talent in the industry.

Co-founder Barret Zoph and another ex-OpenAI staffer reportedly left. They departed in January 2026 to return to their former employer. For now, the public cannot try the new interaction models. Thinking Machines plans a 'limited research preview' in the 'coming months'.

A wider release is aimed for 'later this year'. This will finally put the much-hyped technology into more people's hands.