Nov 6, 2026 v2 Small Thinking Machines Lab debuted Inkling 2 Small, a mixture-of-experts model with 594B total and 17B active parameters, and plans to release its weights next week after safety testing.

Nov 6, 2026 v2 Small Artificial Analysis says Inkling 2 Small matches Gemini 3.8 Flash (high) in its index and would be the top open model outside China once its weights are released.