First public open-weight model from Thinking Machines, 952B parameters. Benchmarks are decent but behind GLM 5.2 and closed models; the creator tried it free in the Tinker playground.
Inkling
Open-weight 952B-parameter language model from Thinking Machines Lab, its first public open-weight release.
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Inkling at a glance
- What is Inkling?
- Inkling is a model from Thinking Machines Lab. Open-weight 952B-parameter language model from Thinking Machines Lab, its first public open-weight release.
- Who makes Inkling?
- Inkling is made by Thinking Machines Lab.
- Does Inkling work in the EU?
- Unverified. No explicit evidence found of EU restrictions; the Terms include a GDPR DPA with EU SCCs, but they say nothing about Inkling's availability and the license is unconfirmed. Last verified 14 Nov 2026.
- How much does Inkling cost?
- Pricing unknown. Reported as free to try in the Tinker playground; weights reported open. Pricing for hosted API use not confirmed.
- Where was Inkling shown?
- In 1 creator video by Matt Wolfe. Most recently by Matt Wolfe on 17 Jul 2026, at 7:09 in “AI News: Claude's New Browser, Spotify Gets AI & OpenAI's New Hardware”.
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Inkling is a large language model from Thinking Machines Lab, the AI research and product company. According to a creator review, it is the lab's first public open-weight model and has 952 billion parameters. The lab's site states it plans to share code, datasets and model specs, but the provided official pages do not include a model card for Inkling.
Reviewers describe its benchmark results as decent but behind GLM 5.2 and leading closed models. One creator tried it for free in the Tinker playground, the lab's tooling for customizing and fine-tuning models. Details such as context length, architecture, modalities and license are not confirmed in the provided material.
Access is through Thinking Machines' platform, and weights are reported to be downloadable. Because of its size, self-hosting requires substantial multi-GPU infrastructure.
- Reported 952B parameters
- First public open-weight model from Thinking Machines Lab
- Free to try in the Tinker playground (per creator report)
- Designed for customization and fine-tuning via the lab's tooling
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