Thinking Machines is in talks to raise $6bn, The Information reports
Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab is raising money again. The figure that travelled around the internet last week was the wrong one.
The Information broke the story on 3 September. Its current version puts the raise at $5bn to $6bn, on a pre-money valuation of at least $40bn. Accel, an investor since the seed round, is in talks to lead. Nvidia would supply roughly half the capital, somewhere near $2.5bn to $3bn.
The sourcing is unusual and worth stating plainly. Reporter Amir Efrati said on X that the detail came from Andreessen Horowitz, which had told its own investors what was happening. This is a backer briefing its limited partners. It is not a company announcing a round.
Most of the coverage is carrying the first draft
The Information published, then updated. The early version put the raise at more than $1bn. The new one is five to six times...
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