# Bad Influence story: Arena ranks Thinking Machines' Inkling 2 Small #31 in Agent Arena

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-09 12:13. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/b3f1d94f-63e7-4ce9-aa41-60a26b90956c

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Latest update (11-09 12:13): Arena ranks Inkling 2 Small #31 overall in Agent Arena

Overview: Arena says Thinking Machines Lab's Inkling 2 Small ranks #31 overall in Agent Arena, up from #56 for the earlier Inkling-Small. Arena lists it as #9 among open models, with a median cost of $0.25 per task, which it says is 70% lower than Kimi K3 (Max).

The model is available now for fine-tuning and inference on Tinker. Thinking Machines says full open weights are coming soon.

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1. 11-09 12:13 · Arena · [Arena ranks Inkling 2 Small #31 overall in Agent Arena](https://badinfluence.news/items/wtrr2e1x7u8se5jifbjq827o6)
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