At least one of Applied Compute’s co-founders worked on the launch of OpenAI’s o1 reasoning models. Credit: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty ImagesA new startup led by three young former technical staffers at OpenAI has raised pre-launch funding that values it at $100 million, Upstarts has learned.Applied Compute, the new company founded by Rhythm Garg, Linden Li and Yash Patil, has raised $20 million in a funding round led by Benchmark partner Victor Lazarte, sources tell Upstarts.Lazarte is j...