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What changed, and what is the evidence.
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What changed, and what is the evidence.
Oct 21, 2026 · Post · posted
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In the '90s, general-purpose chips wiped out the specialists. The original Thinking Machines, Cray Computer, and a wave of others shut down, and their best ideas got absorbed into other chips. Zain Asgar of @gimletlabs argues the… |
AI: Nvidia’s Open Source ‘AI Factory’ Push vs China. AI-RTZ #1233 (Part 1)…Nvidia the Kingmaker, part 1: Reflection’s Beam arrives, Jensen’s latest answer to China’s open source lead.$NVDA https://t.co/Daf67mIt6o https://t.co/Kws4gcYFh7 |
a few notable open model releases *since* this interview of @dylan522p by the way :) Thinking Machines - Inkling - Jul 15 Moonshot - Kimi K3 - Jul 16, weights Jul 26/27 inclusionAI - Ling 3.0 Flash - Jul 23 DeepSeek - V4-Flash-0731 - Jul… |
FUNDRAISE 💰: @frontrunvc flagged @_Mantic_AI on July 25th. 55 days later: $25M seed led by @radicalvcfund, with @balderton, Microsoft's M12 and Thinking Machines Lab. 🫡 https://t.co/jUTZ8a4GR3 https://t.co/Jyi5TmUDAJ |
10 founders building in stealth 🥷 👇 1. @achowdhery = PaLM and Gemini lead at DeepMind, now CEO of a stealth AI startup 2. @skcd42 = shipped Grok Code Fast 1 at xAI, co-founded CodeStory (YC S23) 3. @scv119 = scaled training infra at… |
The AI lab valuation compression is happening.Thinking Machines Lab is in talks to raise $1 billion at a $40 billion pre-money valuation, according to The Information. That's down from $50 billion they explored late last year. Mira Murati… |