Thinking Machines Releases 276B MoE Model; Simile Raises $200M
thione · x · 2026-08-03
- Thinking Machines model release: Launched open-weight Inkling-Small, a 276B-parameter MoE model with 12B active parameters and a 1M-token context window.
- Simile funding: Raised $200M Series B at a $2B valuation to build simulated users for marketing and product research.
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