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Thinking Machines terminates CTO Barrett Zoff due to alleged unethical conduct
“Breaking Thinking Machines has terminated its CTO, Barrett Zoff, due to unethical conduct.”
Tyler Denk Jan 16, 2026 ▶ 8:48 Big Tech turns to mining, Thinking Machines loses top executives, NYC Sauna Wars heat up | Diet TBPN
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Thinking Machines' Inkling Model Has 975 Billion Total Parameters
“Called Inkling, the model has nine hundred and seventy-five billion total parameters, making it far smaller than estimates of the most advanced closed-source models.”
John Coogan Jul 16, 2026 ▶ 2:29 Thinking Machines’ First AI Model, California Loses $3.2B to Texas, TSMC Adds $100B | Diet TBPN
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Inkling AI Model Outperforms Nemotron 3 Ultra on Key Benchmarks
“Inkling beats Nemo Tron three ultra and benchmarks put it between Kimi K 2.5 and 2.6.”
John Coogan Jul 16, 2026 ▶ 4:05 Thinking Machines’ First AI Model, California Loses $3.2B to Texas, TSMC Adds $100B | Diet TBPN
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Coogan: Thinking Machines Retains Only Three of Six Original Founders
“The exits, coupled with fellow co-founder Andrew Tulloch's decampment to Meta last fall, leave Thinking Machines with just three of its original six founders.”
John Coogan Jan 22, 2026 ▶ 15:48 Kling AI reaches 12M MAU, China's aging tech worker crisis, drama at ThinkingMachine | Diet TBPN
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Thinking Machines' Inkling Model Uses 41 Billion Active Parameters
“Only, I think the number is forty one billion of those are actually like active at any moment.”
Tyler Cosgrove Jul 16, 2026 ▶ 2:38 Thinking Machines’ First AI Model, California Loses $3.2B to Texas, TSMC Adds $100B | Diet TBPN
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Coogan: 20 OpenAI Employees Left to Join Thinking Machines at Inception
“20 people from OpenAI left during the Thinking Machines Foundation.”
John Coogan Jan 22, 2026 ▶ 14:52 Kling AI reaches 12M MAU, China's aging tech worker crisis, drama at ThinkingMachine | Diet TBPN
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