From SiliconANGLE · Maria Deutscher · · 1m
Thinking Machines Launches Inkling 2 Small
Thinking Machines debuts Inkling 2 Small AI model after reported $5B funding push.
In brief
Thinking Machines debuts Inkling 2 Small AI model after reported $5B funding push. Thinking Machines released Inkling 2 Small, an AI model that doubles Qwen3.5-4B's weather forecasting score in 4.5 hours, amid reported $5 billion funding. Originally reported by SiliconANGLE.
New AI Model Release
Thinking Machines Labs Inc. released Inkling 2 Small, a large language model for automating AI training tasks.
Reported $5B Funding
Business Insider reported Thinking Machines is raising a $5 billion funding round led by Accel, expected to reach $40 billion valuation.
Training Process
The company trained Inkling 2 Small on GB300 NVL72 racks with 72 Blackwell Ultra graphics cards in 68 hours.
Coding Challenges
Inkling 2 Small honed programming skills through hundreds of thousands of long-horizon coding challenges.
Weather Forecasting
Inkling 2 Small doubled Qwen3.5-4B's weather forecasting score in 4.5 hours.
Vision Encoder
The model includes a vision encoder to analyze images and verify graphic quality for e-commerce stores.
The bottom line
Thinking Machines released Inkling 2 Small, an AI model that doubles Qwen3.5-4B's weather forecasting score in 4.5 hours, amid reported $5 billion funding.
