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Inkling 2 Small

What HN thinks

Cautious patriotism meets price-per-token pragmatism, with a surprising amount of wine.

Promising US open-weight progress
Many see Inkling 2 Small as a meaningful step for domestic open-weight models, showing fast velocity even if not yet state of the art.
Doesn't beat DeepSeek, so why bother
Skeptics note it trails DeepSeek 4.1 and MiniMax on capability or price, and question the point beyond being American; others reply that sovereign, trusted models matter.
Too big to run locally
At ~594B parameters, 'Small' is a stretch for home hardware, though quantized runs on a couple of DGX Sparks are suggested.

Consensus: Most agree it's a solid US open-weight release that narrows the gap but does not surpass leading Chinese open models like DeepSeek 4.1 on capability per dollar.

Recommended in the comments

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (product): Cited as extremely cheap and capable enough for most work.
Mercury 3 (product): Praised by some for its speed, though others found its quality lacking.
Laguna S (product): Mentioned as a good non-Chinese open model.

Summarised by Claude from the comment thread 7 days ago.

Points: 269
Comments: 88
Best rank: #4
Posted: 2026-11-06 by Philpax
Category: AI & ML

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