open-weight models

Nvidia strikes $7B Poolside deal to rival DeepSeek, OpenAI

Nvidia has agreed to pay $6 billion to license AI models from startup Poolside and will invest an additional $1 billion in the company, assembling a combined $7 billion commitment aimed at building a powerful open-weight AI model to compete…

Murati’s Thinking Machines launches Inkling, its first open-weight AI model

Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup founded by former OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati, released its first AI model on Wednesday. Named Inkling, the open-weight model marks a milestone for a company that has raised $2 billion and attracted…