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Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines drops Inkling, an open-weights model anyone can access
Mira Murati's new lab just shipped Inkling—a fully open-weights model trained from scratch. Here's why that matters for the model arms race.
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Why it matters
Murati's Thinking Machines Lab enters the model wars with a native open-weights foundation model, signaling a strategic pivot toward open-source accessibility and developer-first positioning—a differentiation move against closed API players.
The key facts
5 to knowMira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab launches Inkling
First foundation model fully trained from scratch by the lab
Open-weights release—developers can fine-tune without restrictions
Year of iterative work before first model release
Positions lab as open-source alternative to closed model providers
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Publisher excerpt: Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab Inc. today launched its first foundation model with the release of Inkling, making its full open weights available to developers so they can fine-tune it as they wish. Inkling is the first model fully trained from scratch by Thinking Machines, coming after a year…