About Thinking Machines Lab
Thinking Machines Lab is an American AI research and product company founded in February 2025 and headquartered in San Francisco, CA. The company builds customizable, multimodal AI systems with an emphasis on human-AI collaboration, developing frontier models and open-source tools for researchers and developers. Its customers include organizations and researchers seeking to build, fine-tune, and operate AI technologies across scientific and programming domains.
Open positions (4)
Company details
Funding
Total raised
$2B
Last stage
Seed
Investors
Founders
Mira Murati
Former Chief Technology Officer of OpenAI. Founded Thinking Machines Lab in February 2025.
LinkedInJohn Schulman
OpenAI cofounder who joined Thinking Machines Lab after a brief stint at Anthropic.
LinkedInBarret Zoph
Former OpenAI VP of Research (Post-Training). Joined Thinking Machines Lab as founding team member.
Lilian Weng
Former VP of AI Safety Research at OpenAI; co-founded Thinking Machines Lab before later departing the startup.
LinkedInWhat happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.