Battle for AI talent heats up as former OpenAI staff who left for Mira Murati's Thinking Machines return

Key Highlights

• This has been in the works for several weeks, and we’re thrilled to have them join the team.
• Barret will report to me; Luke and Sam will report into Barret.
• More to come on what they’ll focus on soon!” Meanwhile, Murati, the former Chief Technology Officer of OpenAI and founder-CEO of Thinking Machines, in her post simply noted that the startup has “parted ways with Barret Zoph”.
• She added, “Soumith Chintala will be the new CTO of Thinking Machines.
• He is a brilliant and seasoned leader who has made important contributions to the AI field for over a decade, and he’s been a major contributor to our team.