<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true"><li>Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati's startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is paying top dollar for technical talent, offering salaries of up to $500,000 to its staff.</li><li>The startup paid two technical staff members $450,000 each, while another received $500,000, according to federal data obtained by Business Insider.</li><li>The salary data, sourced from H-1B visa filings, reveals that Thinking Machines Lab's compensation for technical hires far exceeds that of competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic.</li><li>The startup, founded earlier this year, includes former OpenAI personnel and has garnered attention for its high salaries in the competitive AI talent market.</li></ul>

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