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Thinking Machines releases open-weight Inkling model, challenging closed AI giants

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Thinking Machines, a startup founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has released its first open-weight AI model named Inkling. This model, a mixture-of-experts system with 975 billion parameters, is designed to be adaptable by external developers and organizations, contrasting with the closed, general-purpose models from major labs like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. Inkling aims to provide well-rounded performance and allows users to adjust "thinking effort," and on one benchmark, it reportedly used a third of the tokens of NVIDIA's Nemotron 3 Ultra for similar coding performance. The company positions Inkling as a starting point for enterprises to fine-tune using their Tinker platform, emphasizing the value of customized AI over one-size-fits-all solutions. AI

IMPACT Challenges closed-model dominance and may accelerate enterprise adoption of customizable AI solutions.

RANK_REASON Frontier-lab model release with system card.

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COVERAGE [7]

  1. TechCrunch AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Connie Loizos ·

    Thinking Machines amps up its bet against one-size-fits-all AI with its first open model, Inkling

    It's the company's first public proof point after a year and a half spent building AI infrastructure largely out of public view.

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Mira Murati's Thinking Machines debuts Inkling, a 975B open-weights multimodal AI model, while xAI open-sources Grok Build amid data privacy controversy and App

    Mira Murati's Thinking Machines debuts Inkling, a 975B open-weights multimodal AI model, while xAI open-sources Grok Build amid data privacy controversy and Apple eyes China expansion via Qwen. https:// ai0.news/posts/2026-07-16-dail y-digest/ # AI # OpenSource # LocalLLM # OpenA…

    LINKS ai0.news/…/2026-07-16-daily-digest
  3. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/davidthesong ·

    Inkling by Thinking Machines is the #1 US open weight model now

    <table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1uxhpws/inkling_by_thinking_machines_is_the_1_us_open/"> <img alt="Inkling by Thinking Machines is the #1 US open weight model now" src="https://preview.redd.it/e6a6fr64ggdh1.jpeg?width=640&amp;crop=smart&amp;…

  4. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/WhyLifeIs4 ·

    Thinking Machines releases first open-weight model “Inkling”

    <table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1uxdv34/thinking_machines_releases_first_openweight_model/"> <img alt="Thinking Machines releases first open-weight model “Inkling”" src="https://preview.redd.it/d7s0z8kqpfdh1.jpeg?width=640&amp;crop=smart&amp…

  5. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 Italiano(IT) · AI_BEAR_NEWS ·

    🧠 THINKING MACHINES LAUNCHES INKLING Mira Murati (ex-CTO OpenAI) presents Inkling: 975B parameter (41B active) open-weight model. Trained on 45 trillion tokens

    🧠 THINKING MACHINES LANCIA INKLING Mira Murati (ex-CTO OpenAI) presenta Inkling: modello open-weight da 975B parametri (41B attivi). Addestrato su 45 trilioni di token per il mercato enterprise. Fonte: TechCrunch Segui 👇 # AI # OpenSource # TechNews 🤖💡📡

  6. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 Polski(PL) · aisight ·

    Thinking Machines Lab introduces the Inkling model – a powerful, multimodal MoE tool with open weights. The project led by Mira Murati focuses on efficient r

    Thinking Machines Lab wprowadza model Inkling – potężne, multimodalne narzędzie typu MoE z otwartymi wagami. Projekt pod wodzą Miry Murati stawia na efektywne rozumowanie i rzuca wyzwanie zamkniętym systemom gigantów. # si # ai # sztucznainteligencja # wiadomości # informacje # t…

    LINKS aisight.pl/…/mira-murati-thinkig-machines… aisight.pl/…/generatory-obrazow-ai-stereo…
  7. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Thinking Machines amps up its bet against one-size-fits-all AI with its first open model, Inkling https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/thinking-machines-amps-up-it

    Thinking Machines amps up its bet against one-size-fits-all AI with its first open model, Inkling https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/thinking-machines-amps-up-its-bet-against-one-size-fits-all-ai-with-its-first-open-model-inkling/ # AI # OpenSource # Tech

    LINKS techcrunch.com/…/thinking-machines-amps-u…

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