Nvidia makes fresh 'significant' investment in Thinking Machines Lab
11 Mar 2026, 06:31 PMThe two companies have also entered a multiyear strategic partnership that will allow Thinking Labs to use at least one gigawatt of Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin AI accelerators.
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Thinking Machines Lab, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup founded by former OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, has raised fresh investment from AI chipmaker giant Nvidia.
The two companies have also entered a multiyear strategic partnership that will allow Thinking Machines Lab to use at least one gigawatt of Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin AI accelerators early next year, a statement said.
The value of the investment was not disclosed, but stated that it was 'significant'.
The statement added that the companies will also work on designing training and serving systems for Nvidia architectures, and increasing access to frontier AI and open models for enterprises, research institutions and the scientific community.
"AI is the most powerful knowledge discovery instrument in human history. Thinking Machines has brought together a world-class team to advance the frontier of AI. We are thrilled to partner with Thinking Machines to realize their exciting vision for the future of AI," said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia.
Thinking Machines Lab was founded in 2025 by Murati to help users gain access to the tools required to develop AI for their unique needs and goals. Murati had gained widespread recognition in 2023 when she temporarily assumed the CEO role at OpenAI following Sam Altman's brief removal by the company's board.
The company launched its first product in October last year called Tinker, an API that allows users to fine-tune open source language models. The managed service lets users post jobs through the API for training open-source language models available on the platform, which the company would run through its internal clusters and training infrastructure.
Thinking Machines Lab had in July last year raised $2 billion in a seed funding round led by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz even as it was yet to launch its product then. The funding round, which valued the startup at $12 billion, saw participation from Nvidia. Accel, ServiceNow, CISCO, AMD and Jane Street also participated in the funding round then.
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