TechCrunch Reports Accel Talks for Thinking Machines Round

TechCrunch posted that the outlet is covering talks where Accel would lead a large funding round for Thinking Machines. The reported size of the round reaches one billion dollars with a valuation set at forty billion dollars for the startup. The article further states that the high-profile startup maintains an annual revenue run rate standing at over one hundred million dollars. These claims come from the official TechCrunch account on the platform and reference their own recent coverage of the potential deal. No other sources or updates appear in the supplied evidence.