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Inkling

Thinking Machines Lab · verified September 8, 2026

public free open-weights api in Generator vision local long-context

ProviderThinking Machines Lab

Statuspublic

AA Intelligence Index42.3 (September 8, 2026 snapshot)

Released2026-07-15

Context window1M

ModalitiesText, image, audio

API price $/1M (in / out)n/a

Speedn/a

AccessOpen weights (Apache 2.0) on Hugging Face · Tinker API (256K ctx)

In one line

Thinking Machines' first open release: 975B-parameter MoE (41B active) reasoning natively over text, images and audio, with controllable thinking effort - the new leading US open-weights base for customization.

Coding62

Reasoning68

Writing60

Agents & tools64

Category scores (0-100) are WhichAI blended ratings: public category leaderboards plus editorial judgment. Guidance, not official measurements.

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Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 2026 rebased scale (top models ~ 55-66). Snapshot: September 4, 2026 (BenchLM mirror), retrieved September 8, 2026. Specs and prices come from the OpenRouter public model list on the same date. Models nobody has measured carry no index score at all and never enter a ranking: where an estimate exists it is shown separately and labelled unmeasured. Context, price, modality and release dates come from the public OpenRouter model list (retrieved September 8, 2026) and vendor pages. Missing values are not published or not yet verified - shown as -. Sources are linked inside the app (Model guide and About > Methodology).