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This $12 billion startup finally shipped something...

Fireship — Jul 20, 2026 — news

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This video covers Mira Murati's new AI startup Thinking Machines and their 975B parameter open-weights model Inkling, described as deliberately mid-range. Fireship explores what this $12 billion funded startup's first release means for the AI landscape and whether the high valuation matches the product quality. The video also briefly mentions Clerk's new CLI tool for developer auth and payments.