AI Startup Thinking Machines Launches Inkling, a 975 Billion Parameter Open-Weight AI Model

Thinking Machines, an AI startup founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has unveiled Inkling, a new open-weight artificial intelligence model. With 975 billion parameters, Inkling is one of the largest models of its kind and is designed to be downloaded, run, and customized by users, offering an alternative to proprietary AI offerings. The model reasons natively over text, images, and audio, balancing cost against performance, and is trained for safe behavior across modalities.