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Inkling

Thinking Machines Lab · verified July 26, 2026

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

ProviderThinking Machines Lab

Statuspublic

AA Intelligence Index40.7 (July 16, 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 ≈ 55–60). Snapshot: July 24, 2026 (BenchLM mirror), retrieved July 26, 2026. Context, price and release data come from vendor pages and public pricing mirrors (retrieved July 19, 2026). Missing values are not published or not yet verified - shown as -. Sources are linked inside the app (Model guide and About > Methodology).