Inkling 2 Small: 594B params, nearly open

🔥 What happened Inkling 2 Small just dropped: a Mixture-of-Experts model with 594B total parameters but only 17B active. It handles image inputs and variable reasoning effort, scoring 31 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index — a clear jump over the previous generation. 💡 Why it matters The weights are slated for Apache 2.0 release next week after external safety testing. Until then it's Tinker-only with closed weights. On agentic coding and long-horizon tasks it trades blows with models many times its active size. ⚡ Our take A 17B-active model claiming frontier-adjacent performance is a real flex. But the benchmark isn't the story — the Apache 2.0 drop is. If "next week" slips, the goodwill evaporates fast.