#thinking-machines-lab

#thinking-machines-lab

Meta's recruitment of the founding team from Thinking Machines Lab follows a rejected $1 billion acquisition offer, marking a strategic pivot towards talent acquisition rather than outright purchase.

Christian Gibson and Noah Shpak are both listed as members of Thinking Machines Lab's founding team on an earlier version of its website. Both have been working at Meta for a few weeks, according to sources familiar with the matter. Gibson is a former OpenAI engineer who specializes in supercomputers used for training AI models and who worked on the first ChatGPT model.

Soumith Chintala, a former AI leader at Meta and one of the most influential figures in modern AI infrastructure, has joined former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati's startup, Thinking Machines Lab. '[T]hinking machines...the people are incredible,' Chintala posted to his X account on Tuesday. He also updated his X bio and LinkedIn profile to indicate that he is now working at the startup, marking his first move since leaving Meta earlier this month.