Thinking Machines Exits Stealth with Open-Weights Model
prasadpilla · reddit · 2026-07-16
Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Labs has emerged from stealth, launching a general-purpose Tier 2 open-weights model.
The original post suggests the release timing is highly aggressive: it closely trails Claude Opus 4.6 while lagging behind GLM-5.2 in certain comparisons, putting simultaneous pressure on Anthropic, ZAI, and DeepSeek. The poster also emphasizes that as more competitors enter the fray, compute costs and compressed profit margins will inevitably approach a more efficient equilibrium.
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