Thinking Machines Lab, founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has introduced Inkling, a new multimodal open-weights model boasting 975 billion parameters, according to The Decoder. This release marks a significant addition to the landscape of large AI models developed outside of traditional US labs.
The Decoder reports that Inkling currently leads US open-weights models on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, although it still trails some of the leading Chinese open models in certain tasks. Pricing for using Inkling starts at $1.87 per million input tokens, positioning it as a cost-effective option for developers.
Thinking Machines Lab emphasizes that Inkling is designed as a foundational model suitable for fine-tuning, rather than aiming to be the most powerful model available. For Japanese markets, where AI-driven automation and data analysis are rapidly expanding, Inkling's open nature and competitive pricing could offer new opportunities for innovation across FX, crypto, and equities sectors.