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The full thread of our Thinking Machines coverage — a running record of every development we've tracked, with the VC take on each.

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  1. Aug 3, 2026AISmall Open Models Are Becoming Labs' New Funnel Strategy→
  2. Jul 31, 2026AIThinking Machines Debuts Inkling Small Open Model1 pt off flagship score→
  3. Jul 15, 2026AIEx-OpenAI CTO's Thinking Machines Open-Sources Inkling→

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AI· Aug 3, 2026

Small Open Models Are Becoming Labs' New Funnel Strategy

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Small Open Models Are Becoming Labs' New Funnel Strategy

Thinking Machines' Inkling-Small matches its flagship within one point at a quarter of the compute, and MiniMax open-sourced a competitive video model at a third of rivals' cost -- distillation is now a release strategy, not a side project.

Aug 3, 2026
AI· Jul 31, 2026

Thinking Machines Debuts Inkling Small Open Model

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Thinking Machines Debuts Inkling Small Open Model

Thinking Machines released Inkling-Small, a 276-billion-parameter open-weight multimodal model that matches its larger 975-billion-parameter Inkling predecessor within one point on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

Jul 31, 2026
AI· Jul 15, 2026

Ex-OpenAI CTO's Thinking Machines Open-Sources Inkling

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Ex-OpenAI CTO's Thinking Machines Open-Sources Inkling

Thinking Machines, founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, open-sourced its first multimodal model, Inkling, built for low cost and resistance to censorship, and it topped Hacker News on release.

Jul 15, 2026
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