Thinking Machines releases Inkling Small

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Thinking Machines releases Inkling Small

Thinking Machines has released Inkling Small, its second AI model coming just two weeks after its predecessor. Operating with less than a third of the total and active parameters of the original flagship Inkling model, Inkling Small scores 40 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, landing within a single point of the flagship's benchmark performance.

// ANALYSIS

Parameter-efficient smaller models are rapidly closing the performance gap with flagship architectures, offering near-parity intelligence at a fraction of compute cost.

–Inkling Small scores 40 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, coming within one point of the full flagship Inkling.
–Achieves flagship-level benchmark performance with less than a third of total and active parameters.
–Releasing just two weeks after their first model demonstrates rapid iteration and release velocity from Thinking Machines.

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DISCOVERED

1h ago

2026-07-30

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2026-07-30

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8/ 10

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ArtificialAnlys

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