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Thinking Machines Lab launches Inkling 2 Small AI model
Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has released Inkling 2 Small, its second-generation model. The model utilizes a Mixture-of-Experts architecture with 594 billion total parameters, of which 17 billion are active during computation.
Inkling 2 Small scored 31 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it competitive with models like Google’s Gemini 3.8 Flash. The model is designed for agentic coding, vision, and complex reasoning tasks, supporting both text and image inputs. While currently available through the company’s Tinker platform, the lab plans to release the model weights under an Apache 2.0 license following external safety testing.
Separately, the company is reportedly negotiating a $5 billion funding round led by Accel. This potential raise would value the startup at approximately $40 billion pre-money, a significant increase from its previous $12 billion seed valuation.
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Accel · Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Google · Mira Murati · OpenAI · Thinking Machines Lab · Tinker
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- [● 2 SOURCES] Thinking Machines Lab was founded in February 2025 by Mira Murati. newsable.asianetnews.com · www.news18.com
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Usage through the Tinker platform costs $0.30 per 1 million input tokens and $1.00 per 1 million output tokens. cryptobriefing.com
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Thinking Machines Lab released the Inkling 2 Small model on November 5, 2026. cryptobriefing.com
- [● 3 SOURCES] The model uses a Mixture-of-Experts architecture with 594 billion total parameters and 17 billion active parameters. cryptobriefing.com · newsable.asianetnews.com · www.news18.com
- [○ 1 SOURCE] The company plans to release the model with Apache 2.0 weights after external safety testing. cryptobriefing.com
- [● 3 SOURCES] The model supports image inputs but excludes audio support. cryptobriefing.com · newsable.asianetnews.com · www.news18.com
- [● 3 SOURCES] Inkling 2 Small scored 31 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (v5.0). cryptobriefing.com · newsable.asianetnews.com · www.news18.com
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Inkling 2 Small ranked 4th overall on the DesignArena leaderboard. cryptobriefing.com