Thinking Machines Lab, founded by former OpenAI members, has launched Inkling, its first open-weight AI model, enabling researchers and startups to freely download and modify it.
Inkling can perform advanced reasoning and coding tasks
Jul 16, 2026
10:17 am
What's the storyThinking Machines Lab, a new artificial intelligence (AI) start-up founded by Mira Murati and other former OpenAI employees, has launched its first model called Inkling.
The innovative start-up's model is open-weight, allowing researchers and other start-ups to download and modify it as per their requirements.
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