Thinking Machines Releases Inkling 2 Small
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On November 6, 2026, The Decoder reported that Thinking Machines, founded by Mira Murati, released its second-generation model Inkling 2 Small, calling it the strongest Western open-weight model. The model uses a MoE (mixture of experts) architecture with 594B total parameters and 17B activated parameters, supports text and image input, and offers adjustable thinking depth. Currently this is the only report on the event, with no further developments or third-party evaluations seen yet.
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- The DecoderThinking Machines' Inkling 2 Small claims top spot among western open-weight models
Thinking Machines, founded by Mira Murati, released its second-generation model Inkling 2 Small, a MoE architecture with 594B total parameters and 17B activated, supporting text and image input with adjustable thinking depth.
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