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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-12T20:48:48.000Z",
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    "Thinking Machines Co-founders Head to OpenAI, Zuckerberg’s AI Warning | Jan 15, 2026",
    "The Verge – 11 May 26",
    "Here’s what Mira Murati’s AI company is up to"
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  "textContent": "i remember this announcement way back when, but @sps mentioned today they’re finally launching some interesting tech…\n\n> Here are the key details regarding the launch and company status as of May 12, 2026:\n>\n>   * **Core Product: “Interaction Models”**\n>\n>     * Thinking Machines is launching a new class of models, specifically **TML-Interaction-Small** , designed for native, real-time interaction rather than the traditional turn-based (user talks, waits, AI talks) approach.\n>\n>     * The models feature high responsiveness, with a reported 0.40-second latency, aimed at creating a “full-duplex” conversational experience.\n>\n>     * The system includes “time awareness,” allowing the AI to understand contextual, temporal commands (e.g., “let me know if this takes longer than last time”).\n>\n>   * **Launch Strategy**\n>\n>     * The models are currently in a limited “research preview” for partners.\n>\n>     * A broader public rollout of the interaction models is planned for later in 2026.\n>\n>   * **Company Context & Leadership**\n>\n>     * Founded in February 2025 by Mira Murati, the company is focused on building AI with human-like, real-time, interactive capabilities, often described as a step toward the AI shown in the movie _Her_.\n>\n>     * Following the departure of early co-founders, including former CTO Barret Zoph who returned to OpenAI, Murati has appointed **Soumith Chintala** , a former Meta AI researcher and creator of the PyTorch framework, as the new CTO.\n>\n>   * **Mission & Approach**\n>\n>     * Thinking Machines aims to build models that serve unique user needs by focusing on human-AI collaboration and open science.\n>\n>     * The company is focusing on “learning, adaptation, and self-improvement” to enable models to act as “general purpose learners” rather than just massive language engines.\n>\n>   * **Funding**\n>\n>     * Despite early internal turmoil, the company has secured significant funding, with reports of a massive $2 billion seed round in 2025, heavily backed by investors like Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]\n>\n\n>\n> The company aims to shift the AI industry away from static, text-based LLMs toward proactive, conversational agents. [1, 2]\n\nThinking Machines Co-founders Head to OpenAI, Zuckerberg’s AI Warning | Jan 15, 2026\n\nThe Verge – 11 May 26\n\n### Here’s what Mira Murati’s AI company is up to\n\nThinking Machines is showing off something called “interaction models.”",
  "title": "Thinking Machines, the AI company founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati"
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