(Bloomberg) – The Partner of Sequoia Capital, Alfred Lin, said that the firm has been in contact with the ex – Openai Technology Director, Mira Murati, about his new funding round of his new startup, a close agreement that captivated the attention of much of Silicon Valley.

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“We are talking to her,” Lin said on Tuesday in an interview with Bloomberg Television. Murati, who left Openai in September, unveiled his new company, Thinking Machines Lab, earlier this year. Murati has recruited other former Openai leaders to create the new company, which will focus on creating artificial intelligence models and products that support “human-ai” collaboration.

Sequoia has already supported another Openai student, Ilya Sutskever, when he raised a billion dollars for his safe superintelligence of his startup last year. Bloomberg reported in February that Sutskever increases an additional capital that values ​​the company to more than $ 30 billion.

The significant sums have increased Sutskever and the forecast that surrounds Murati’s company, emphasizes the star power of some AI leaders. It also emphasizes the confidence of investors that these founders can successfully successful in their next companies, even if they have not yet shown income or a product.

Lin emphasized that he is thinking of the long term. “Today’s entry price is important, but not so relevant when you think of the order of magnitude in the future,” he said. “The order of magnitude we think today will surprise us in the long run.”

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