Thinking Machines Lab
Frontier AI lab founded by Mira Murati that develops customizable multimodal models and training tools intended to extend human judgment and collaboration.
Key stats
- $2B
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- Oct 7, 2026
- Corporate
- 120 employees
- 53 open roles
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Recent releases
Oct 7, 2026Thinking Machines careers system shows 53 open rolesOpen roles
An independent careers index counted 53 live roles on Thinking Machines Lab's verified Ashby hiring board. The number is a point-in-time external snapshot.
Jul 30, 2026Thinking Machines releases Inkling-SmallModel release
Thinking Machines released Inkling-Small, a 276B-total-parameter mixture-of-experts model with 12B active parameters and performance comparable to the larger Inkling model.
Jul 15, 2026Thinking Machines opens the Inkling model weightsOpen weights
Thinking Machines published Inkling's full weights and made the model available for customization through Tinker.
Jul 15, 2026Thinking Machines releases InklingModel release
Thinking Machines released Inkling, a 975B-total-parameter multimodal mixture-of-experts model with 41B active parameters and up to a one-million-token context window.
Mar 10, 2026Thinking Machines grows to roughly 120 employeesEmployee count
Thinking Machines was reported to have grown from about 30 employees to roughly 120 over its first year.
Mar 10, 2026Thinking Machines and NVIDIA announce gigawatt-scale partnershipAnnouncedPartnership
Thinking Machines and NVIDIA announced a multi-year partnership to deploy at least one gigawatt of Vera Rubin systems, alongside an NVIDIA investment.
Dec 12, 2025Tinker reaches general availabilityAPI update
Tinker became generally available with vision input, Kimi K2 Thinking support and an OpenAI-compatible sampling interface.
Oct 1, 2025Thinking Machines releases the Tinker CookbookSDK release
The company released the open-source Tinker Cookbook with modern post-training implementations and examples built on the Tinker API.
Upcoming
Nothing scheduled.
AI valuation history
Models
| Model | Released | Open source |
|---|---|---|
| Inkling-Small | Jul 2026 | Yes |
| InklingFamily | Jul 2026 | Yes |
| Inkling | Jul 2026 | Yes |
Platforms & products
| Name | Type | Category | Launched | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tinker | Platform | Text | Oct 2025 | active |
| Tinker Cookbook | Product | Coding | Oct 2025 | active |
Sources
- Oct 7, 2026 · Thinking Machines careers system shows 53 open rolesAI Career Atlas
- Jul 30, 2026 · Thinking Machines releases Inkling-SmallThinking Machines Lab
- Jul 15, 2026 · Thinking Machines opens the Inkling model weightsThinking Machines Lab
- Jul 15, 2026 · Thinking Machines releases InklingThinking Machines Lab
- Mar 10, 2026 · Thinking Machines grows to roughly 120 employeesAxios
- Mar 10, 2026 · Thinking Machines and NVIDIA announce gigawatt-scale partnershipThinking Machines Lab
- Dec 12, 2025 · Tinker reaches general availabilityThinking Machines Lab
- Oct 1, 2025 · Thinking Machines releases the Tinker CookbookThinking Machines Lab
- Oct 1, 2025 · Thinking Machines launches Tinker in private betaThinking Machines Lab
- Jul 15, 2025 · Thinking Machines raises $2 billion seed roundTechCrunch
- Feb 18, 2025 · Thinking Machines starts with about 30 employeesAxios
- Feb 18, 2025 · Thinking Machines Lab is unveiledAxios
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