Inkling 2 Small takes #1 among open-weight models on Design Arena, 15x cheaper on output than Kimi K3
ycombinator · x · 2026-11-06
Design Arena announced that Thinking Machines' Inkling 2 Small ranks 4th overall and 1st among open-weight models with an Elo of 1376 — the first American open-weight model to hold the top open-weights spot.
- Priced $0.30/$1.00 per 1M input/output tokens, 15x cheaper on output than Moonshot's Kimi K3
- Ranks 1st in the General Purpose and Landing Page subcategories
- Weights to be released soon; Y Combinator's official account retweeted congratulations, calling it a historic launch
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