Mira Murati, the former chief technology officer at OpenAI, launched her secretive startup in February — and is paying top dollar for technical talent, according to new filings. The $10 billion AI startup Thinking Machines Lab (TML), which was founded by former OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati in February, is paying its technical talent up to half a million dollars in salary, according to federal data obtained by Business Insider. Its website says that the startup is working "to make AI systems more widely understood, customizable, and generally capable." TML CEO Mira Murati. Top OpenAI leaders, including CEO Sam Altman, are "recalibrating" compensation and finding "creative ways" to reward talent, Chen noted.