Latest open artifacts (#23): Laguna S2.1, Inkling, & Kimi K3 show the utility of open models on the Pareto frontier
Industry consolidation predicted for 2026-2027 has not materialized; instead, more companies are investing hundreds of millions to billions in training strong open models Token demand is surging as models become more efficient, making "building token machines" a recognized path to value for labs Thinking Machines emerged as an unexpected open-model leader, with their finetuning service generating hundreds of millions in annual revenue while releasing top U.S. open-weight models Chinese labs main
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