Thinking Machines Launches Inkling Small: Quarter the Size, Beats Original on Vals Index
ziqiao_ma · x · 2026-08-01
Just two weeks after shipping its debut model Inkling, Thinking Machines has released Inkling Small.
The new model is roughly a quarter of the size and costs only 30% of the original's price per token. Despite the significant reduction in size, it slightly edges out its predecessor on the Vals Index, scoring 50.2% compared to 49.3%.
Related event: Inkling-Small: 276B params, 12B active, open-source tops ARC(48 posts)→
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