Thinking Machines Lab
Thinking Machines Lab is Today we are introducing the second generation of Inkling models with the release of Inkling 2 Small.. It is ranked #14 on the Dev Radar, in Other, first seen 1 h ago and shared in 12 posts (27.7k views).
Introducing Inkling 2 Small - Thinking Machines Lab THINKING MACHINES Introducing Inkling 2 Small Nov 5, 2026 Try on Tinker Model card Today we are introducing our second model generation with Inkling 2 Small. It is a Mixture-of-Experts model with 594B total parameters, 17B active, and supports image inputs and variable effort. Inkling 2 Small far surpasses our previous models’ scores on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index with a score of 31, reflecting gains in performance on agentic coding, vision, knowledge work, and reasoning. The increase in capabilities comes from improvements made at every step of our training process,…
What people said about Thinking Machines Lab on X
BREAKING: Inkling 2 Small by @thinkymachines takes 4th place overall on DesignArena and is 1st place among open weights models with an Elo of 1376! At $0.30/$1.00 per 1M input/output tokens, Inkling 2 Small is 15× cheaper on output than Kimi K3 by @Kimi_Moonshot. This model also places 1st on 2 of our subcategories…
— @DesignArena, 1 h ago · 132 likes · see the post
Exciting news: Inkling 2 Small by @thinkymachines has landed in Code Arena: WebDev with 1654 pts (AutoEval). Once its weights are released, it would rank #1 among US open models! This is +128 pts ahead of Meta’s Muse Spark Open at #2 (US open). Inkling 2 Small would rank #4 among open models globally, and ranks #20…
— @arena, 1 h ago · 68 likes · see the post
OK pretty cool, a respectable "Flash" model obviously crushes Muse Spark Even has some "RSI" capabilities Congrats Thinky!
— @teortaxesTex, 1 h ago · 66 likes · see the post
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Thinking Machines Lab in numbers
- Rank on the Dev Radar: #14 of 9430
- Shared in 12 posts by 12 accounts: @DesignArena, @arena, @teortaxesTex, @xeophon
- 27.7k views on those posts
- First seen 1 h ago, last shared 23 min ago
- Pricing seen by AGK Intelligence: paid
- Market: Other
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What is Thinking Machines Lab?
Today we are introducing the second generation of Inkling models with the release of Inkling 2 Small. It was first shared on X 1 h ago and is ranked #14 on the Dev Radar.
Is Thinking Machines Lab free?
It is a paid product.
Who shared Thinking Machines Lab?
12 accounts on X, including @DesignArena, @arena, @teortaxesTex, in 12 posts totalling 27.7k views.
Every post is read and classified by AGK Intelligence: what it is, which market it belongs to, and whether the link is a real tool. 31.8k posts from 5k X accounts over the last 21 days, 9.4k tools, 12 markets. New posts are collected several times an hour and the full ranking is recomputed every hour — last update 2026-11-06 01:07 UTC. Full method.