Thinking Machines Lab loses two more founding members to Meta as Christian Gibson and Noah Shpak exit

by Paul Drecksler | Feb 28, 2026 | Latest E-commerce News & Updates

Two founding team members left Thinking Machines Lab, a US AI startup, for Meta in recent weeks. Christian Gibson and Noah Shpak departed the $12 billion company in recent weeks, adding to a series of exits from the firm led by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati. The startup is facing increased poaching competition as it continues to develop custom model-building tools.

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