Thinking Machines
Mentioned in 21 analyzed podcast episodes across 10 shows
An AI research lab founded by Mira Murati that focuses on reinforcement learning and post-training optimization for enterprise applications, backed by a16z. The company gained significant podcast attention following a major exodus in which three co-founders and nine employees departed to join OpenAI, raising questions about leadership and future direction.
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Episode Mentions
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · Jul 29, 2026
The AI Industry Asks Government to Slow It Down
“Co-founder and Chief Scientist John Shulman was among the prominent signatories of the Pacing the Frontier letter.”
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · Jul 24, 2026
The Fight Over Open Source AI, Anthropic's $1.5B Payout, NYC Socialists: Evictions = Violence?
“Murati's new company cited as example of top US open-source model bootstrapped by distilling Chinese model Kimi K2.5.”
Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips · Jul 23, 2026
GPT Sol 5.6 vs Claude Fable 5 For Marketing (Which Wins?)
“Cited as a new entrant releasing open-weight AI models alongside Meta and Nvidia.”
Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips · Jul 22, 2026
AI Marketing Loops That You Should Build Today
“Newly released non-Chinese open-source AI model flagged as a cost-efficient alternative in routing stacks.”
TBPN · Jul 20, 2026
Tyler Cowen Doesn't Think America Should Ban Chinese AI Models
“Used Chinese open-source models to bootstrap a step in building their latest AI product, illustrating supply chain dependency.”
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · Jul 17, 2026
Is Kimi K3 Really Fable Class?
“Released Inkling model just under 1T parameters this week, cited as context for K3's scale milestone.”
All TWiT.tv Shows (Audio) · Jul 16, 2026
Intelligent Machines 879: Alex Karp, Alex Karp, Alex Karp
“Developing Inkling model with mixture-of-experts architecture for efficient inference”
TBPN · Jul 15, 2026
Stripe x PayPal, Codex Micro, Saagar Enjeti Joins | George Kailas, Mukund Jha, Russ Tedrake, Glenn Youngkin
“Released a new open-weight multimodal reasoning model called Inkling during the episode.”
The a16z Show · Apr 3, 2026
Marc Andreessen on AI Winters and Agent Breakthroughs
“AI company in a16z portfolio; mentioned as investment in AI infrastructure”
TBPN · Mar 11, 2026
Thinking Machines X Nvidia, Meta Acquires Moltbook, BYD Mulls F1 | Diet TBPN
“Secured multi-year Nvidia partnership for 1 gigawatt of chips despite losing half its co-founders”
TBPN · Mar 10, 2026
Nvidia Invests in Thinking Machines, Meta Acquires Moltbook, BYD F1 | Olivia Moore, David Paffenholz, Adam Goldstein, Max Junestrand, Allan McLennan, Jagdeep Singh, Scott Hickle
“AI lab founded by former OpenAI CTO secured major Nvidia investment despite executive departures”
Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast · Feb 19, 2026
Inside AI’s $10B+ Capital Flywheel — Martin Casado & Sarah Wang of a16z
“Recent a16z investment with team including reinforcement learning experts”
The a16z Show · Feb 19, 2026
Capital, Compute, and the Fight for AI Dominance
“A16z portfolio company discussed regarding recent founder changes and future prospects”
TBPN · Feb 19, 2026
The AI lab market map, Robinhood brings startups to retail, GLPs & hedge funds | Diet TBPN
“Described as prototypical neo-lab doing RL for enterprise”
Last Week in AI · Jan 28, 2026
#232 - ChatGPT Ads, Thinking Machines Drama, STEM
“Startup founded by Mira Murati experiencing major exodus with 3 co-founders and 9 employees departing to OpenAI”
TBPN · Jan 22, 2026
Kling AI reaches 12M MAU, China's aging tech worker crisis, drama at ThinkingMachine, TBPN x CAA | Diet TBPN
TBPN · Jan 21, 2026
Kling Crosses 12M, China’s Aging Tech Problem, Thinking Machine Turmoil | Rich Greenfield, Jan Sramek, George Lewin, Ara Kharazian
Better Offline · Jan 16, 2026
Monologue: The Year Ahead
TBPN · Jan 16, 2026
Big Tech turns to mining, Thinking Machines loses top executives, NYC Sauna Wars heat up | Diet TBPN
TBPN · Jan 15, 2026
Tech Turns to Mining, Meta VR Layoffs, Thinking Machines Shakeup | Matthew Prince, Chirantan Desai, Delian Asparouhov, Deepak Pathak, David Tearse, Blake Resnick
张小珺Jùn｜商业访谈录 · Dec 24, 2025
127. 大模型季报跨年对谈：和广密预言一场AI War、两大联盟和第三个范式Online Learning
“Identified as a new lab specializing in post-training and chat optimization, attracting top talent from OpenAI”