Mira Murati, "dizzying" salary for technology talents - Startup offers employment opportunities in the development of artificial intelligence
Mira Murati's new startup, Thinking Machines Lab, has drawn attention for its outrageously high salaries for tech specialists. Ahead of its product launch, the company is investing in building an elite team in the field of artificial intelligence.
Thinking Machines Lab, the much-hyped artificial intelligence startup founded earlier this year by former OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati, has spent a lot of money on technical talent before launching any products.
This is according to foreign media reports, according to which TML is paying two members of its technical staff $450,000 in salary, while another is receiving $500,000, according to data from Business Insider. Meanwhile, a fourth employee, listed as a "co-founder/machine learning specialist," receives $450,000 per year.
The data comes from federal filings that companies must complete when hiring a non-US resident on an H-1B visa, which allows them to hire 85,000 specialized workers through an annual lottery.
Since companies rarely disclose salary data, the figures offer a rare glimpse into what candidates are earning in this job market. The figures include only base salaries, not the lucrative sign-on bonuses and equity awards that are often where the big bucks are made.
The data is said to be from the first quarter of this year, before Murat raised $2 billion in seed funding at a $10 billion valuation, according to Business Insider.
Murati spent 6.5 years at OpenAI, where she worked on the development of ChatGPT and other AI research initiatives. She was briefly named interim CEO in November 2023 after OpenAI's board abruptly fired Sam Altman, a move that caused turmoil within the company. After Altman's reinstatement as CEO, Murati resumed her role as chief technology officer.
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