Thinking Machines releases Inkling 2 Small amid reported $5B raise at $40B valuation
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Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab released Inkling 2 Small, a 594B-parameter MoE with 17B active parameters, claiming the top spot among western open-weight models. The startup is reportedly raising $5B led by Accel at a $40B pre-money valuation.
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Timeline · 11 reports
- 2026-11-07 03:20 · DEV Community — AI
Thinking Machines Ships Inkling 2 Small While Raising a 5B Round at 40B Valuation - 2026-11-06 21:27 · SiliconANGLE AI
Thinking Machines debuts Inkling 2 Small amid reported $5B fundraising push - 2026-11-06 19:50 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
Can You Run Inkling 2 Small Locally? 17B Active, but Plan on 200 GB - 2026-11-06 17:08 · ZDNET AI
Thinking Machines’ new model takes the lead in western open-weight AI - 2026-11-06 14:41 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
Inkling 2 Small on Tinker Today: 594B/17B MoE, AA Index 31, Apache Weights Next Week - 2026-11-06 13:25 · The Decoder
Thinking Machines' Inkling 2 Small claims top spot among western open-weight models - 2026-11-06 04:25 · MarkTechPost
Thinking Machines Releases Inkling 2 Small, a 594B MoE With 17B Active - 2026-11-06 01:15 · Techmeme
Sources: Thinking Machines Lab is raising $5B led by Accel at a $40B pre-money valuation, more than tripling its valuation from its last public round last year (Business Insider) - 2026-11-06 00:44 · Unite.AI
Thinking Machines Lab Launches Inkling 2 Small with Open Weights Pending - 2026-11-06 00:15 · Techmeme
Thinking Machines Lab debuts Inkling 2 Small, a MoE model with 594B total and 17B active parameters, and plans to release weights next week after safety testing (Thinking Machines Lab) - 2026-11-05 23:43 · AlphaSignal
Thinking Machines Releases Inkling 2 Small, a 594B Agent-First Model