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Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (batch)

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Inkling Small (batch) is Thinking Machines’s AI model, released Jul 30, 2026. It costs $0.50/M input and $1.20/M output tokens, and handles a 524K-token context window.

Inkling Small is an open-weight multimodal mixture-of-experts model from Thinking Machines Lab, with 12B active parameters out of 276B total.

Context
524K
Input
$0.50 / 1M
Output
$1.20 / 1M
Released
Jul 30, 2026
Modalities
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Benchmarks

Scores on standardized evaluations. Higher is better — and rank shows where Inkling Small (batch) lands among all models tracked on Model Beat.

No standardized benchmark scores from Epoch AI yet — common for very recent, image, or niche models. Scores appear here once published.

Changelog

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  • Inkling Small (batch) (Thinking Machines) added to the tracker: $0.5/$1.2 per 1M, 524K context.tracked · Aug 28, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

What is Inkling Small (batch)?

Inkling Small is an open-weight multimodal mixture-of-experts model from Thinking Machines Lab, with 12B active parameters out of 276B total.

Who created Inkling Small (batch)?

Inkling Small (batch) is an AI model developed by Thinking Machines, released Jul 30, 2026.

How much does Inkling Small (batch) cost?

Inkling Small (batch) is served from $0.50 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens (cheapest credible provider on OpenRouter: Together).

What is Inkling Small (batch)'s context window?

Inkling Small (batch) supports a context window of up to 524K tokens.

Benchmark data from Epoch AI (CC BY) and Artificial Analysis; pricing, specs & descriptions from OpenRouter. Data updated Sep 10, 2026.