Thinking Machines expands its bet against one-size-fits-all AI with its first open model, Inkling | TechCrunch0

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• July 16, 2026

Thinking Machines Lab, the AI ​​startup founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, launched its first in-house AI model Wednesday morning, called Inkling. And unlike flagship models from OpenAI, Anthropic or Google, it is open weight, meaning third-party developers and companies can download and modify it directly. Inkling is a mixed expert system with 975