The Open-Source Business Story of Thinking Machines
natolambert · x · 2026-07-16
The author believes the release of Inkling is an almost inevitable outcome following the viral success of Tinker.
They argue that Thinking Machines has successfully integrated post-training services into its entire tech stack, creating one of the best commercial narratives for open-source models today. The author also notes that we may see more companies following a similar path, especially AI inference providers.
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