Thinking Machines Lab, founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati and other OpenAI researchers, has released its first model, Inkling. Despite a significant $2 billion seed funding round and a $12 billion valuation, Inkling's performance trails behind leading Chinese open-source models like Zhipu's GLM 5.2 and Moonshot's Kimi K2.6 on several benchmarks. The company has adopted a Chinese architecture and used distillation from Chinese models, a move contrasted with the US government's accusations of intellectual property theft against Chinese AI firms. AI
IMPACT Highlights the increasing competitiveness of Chinese AI models and raises questions about US protectionist policies in the AI sector.
RANK_REASON New product release from a high-profile AI lab founded by former senior OpenAI staff, with significant funding, but underperforming competitors. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=1.0]
- AMD
- Andreessen Horowitz
- Cisco
- DeepSeek
- GLM 5.2
- Inkling
- Jane Street
- Kimi K2.6
- Mira Murati
- Moonshot AI
- Nvidia
- OpenAI
- Thinking Machines Lab
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