Thinking Machines Lab
1 model across 1 family · Latest: Inkling (2026-07)
Building collaborative AI aligned with human values.
Thinking Machines Lab's portfolio covers 1 active model across 1 current family, spanning rag, agents, and long context. Open a model detail page to compare provider routes and sourced benchmarks.
Covers 5 workload areas across 1 active tracked model; last verified 2026-07-15.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating rag, agents, and long context across this lab's releases
- Comparing model families before committing to a flagship
- Migration and pricing follow-ups across 1 tracked models
Do not use it for
- Choosing a hosting provider without opening a model page for price ladders
Active models
1
Current models from this lab, excluding deprecated ones
Active families
1
Current model families from this lab
Open catalog
1 open
1 open source / 0 open weights
Lowest output price
$4.05 /1M
Cheapest tracked output across active models, per 1M tokens
Latest dated release
2026-07-15
Inkling
Freshness
2026-07-15
Researched 58d ago
Information
Release cadence
- Dated releases
- 1
- Latest model
- Inkling
- Latest date
- 2026-07-15
Where this lab wins
- RAG: 1 tracked model with ruler / needle retrieval benchmarks.
- Agentic: 1 tracked model with BFCL, tau-bench, and SWE-bench tool-use coverage.
- Long-context: 1 tracked model with context-token or InfiniteBench-class signal.
- Vision: 1 tracked model with multimodal benchmark coverage.
Flagship quality / price signal
- Flagship
- Inkling
- Selection source
- Best sourced coding Q/$
- Coding grade
- unknown
- Benchmark / output price
- Not enough sourced benchmark and price coverage
About
Thinking Machines Lab is an AI research and product company founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati in February 2025. The company is focused on developing AI systems that are understandable, controllable, and aligned with human values. Its founding team includes notable AI researchers such as John Schulman (co-founder of OpenAI), Barret Zoph (former VP of Research at OpenAI), Bob McGrew (former Chief Research Officer at OpenAI), and Alec Radford. The company raised $2 billion in an early-stage funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Nvidia, AMD, Cisco, and Jane Street, at a valuation of $12 billion.
Featured models
| Model | Released | Context | Input price ($/1M) | Output price ($/1M) | License | Openness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inkling | 2026-07-15 | 1m | $1.87 | $4.68 | Apache 2.0 | Open source |
Model families
Recent releases
- Inkling- 2026-07-15
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Last reviewed: 2026-07-15. Data sourced from public lab announcements and provider documentation.