Surveying 100+ Tinker API Projects: From Reasoning Optimization to Financial Forecasting
davidtsong · x · 2026-07-30
Tinker, a post-training API tool by Thinking Machines, is making custom AI model development more accessible. A survey identified 104 public projects built using the platform.
Key Use Cases:
- Improving reasoning and solving math problems
- Studying AI safety and model behavior
- Training agents and automating AI research
- Writing code and optimizing systems
- Forecasting financial markets, medicine, and world events
User Base: Includes university researchers, startups, large enterprises, and individual OSS developers. Model sizes handled ranged from 4B to over 397B parameters.
Related event: 104 Projects Built on Tinker API Span Multiple AI Domains(2 posts)→
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