Inkling 2 Small hits 1648 in Code Arena WebDev, set to be #1 US open model
arena · x · 2026-11-07
Arena reports that Thinking Machines' Inkling 2 Small scored 1648 points on Code Arena: WebDev, ranking #8 by lab and #20 overall. Once weights are released it would become the #1 US open model, 128 points ahead of Meta's Muse Spark Open, and #4 among open models globally — a 245-point jump over Inkling Small (1409). Priced at $0.30/1M input and $1.00/1M output; available now on Tinker for fine-tuning and inference, with full weights coming soon.
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