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Mira Murati is seeking venture capitalists to fund her new artificial intelligence start-up. The new company intends to develop AI solutions based on proprietary models. It's unclear if Murati will take over as CEO of the new company. Barret Zoph, a well-known researcher who departed OpenAI on the same day as Murati in late September, may also join the new business.According to those familiar with the situation, Mira Murati, the former chief technical officer of OpenAI, is seeking venture capitalists to fund her new artificial intelligence (AI) start-up. According to one of the insiders who asked to remain anonymous in order to discuss personal concerns, the new company intends to develop AI solutions based on proprietary models. It’s unclear if Murati will take over as CEO of the new company.
Although the negotiations are still in their early phases, one of the insiders warned that the sums have not been finalised but stated that Murati’s new business may raise over $100 million given her profile and the funds required to train proprietary models.
According to the reports, Barret Zoph, a well-known researcher who departed OpenAI on the same day as Murati in late September, may also join the new business. Requests for comment from Zoph were not answered. According to a previous article in The Information, Zoph is preparing to launch a new company, and Murati has been hiring OpenAI staff members to work for her new business.
At OpenAI, Murati led ground-breaking initiatives including ChatGPT and DALL-E for almost six years. She played a significant role in OpenAI’s multibillion-dollar alliance with Microsoft, the company’s biggest investor. Murati has established herself as one of the most well-known CEOs in the nascent field of artificial intelligence because to her quick ascent at OpenAI.
According to her LinkedIn page, Murati began working for OpenAI in June 2018 and was elevated to chief technology officer in May 2022. She previously worked at Tesla and the augmented reality start-up Leap Motion before joining OpenAI. As the public face of the ChatGPT creator, she frequently appeared with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Murati led the presentation when OpenAI unveiled its GPT-4o model in May, which can have realistic voice interactions.
As the company goes through significant governance structure changes, including losing control of the nonprofit board, her sudden resignation in late September was the most recent high-profile departure from the ChatGPT manufacturer. When Altman was fired by the nonprofit board last year, Murati, who had been acting as temporary CEO for a short time, gave the excuse that she wanted to pursue personal development. Along with competitors like Anthropic and Safe Superintelligence, Murati is part of an increasing number of former OpenAI executives who are starting their own businesses.
