Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati raises money for new AI startup

Mira Murati, the former chief technology officer of OpenAI, has left the company and is currently raising venture capital for a new AI startup. The company will focus on developing AI products based on proprietary models and is expected to raise more than $100 million in this round of financing. Murati said when she left OpenAI that the company "fundamentally changed the way AI systems learn and reason through complex problems" in its latest release. She added: "I chose to leave because I want to create time and space for my own exploration," but she did not disclose specific details of her plans. Before joining OpenAI in 2018, Murati worked at Tesla and Leap Motion. She was promoted to chief technology officer in 2022 and served as interim CEO during the brief departure of co-founder and CEO Sam Altman. Murati is one of several executives who have recently left OpenAI. OpenAI's chief research officer and vice president of research also announced their departure shortly after she left. A week later, OpenAI announced that they had raised $6.6 billion, setting a record for the largest round of venture capital in history.