Coverage (30d)
72vs4
This Week
13vs1
Evidence
2 articlesTeam Size
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Timeline
OpenAI2027-01-01
IPO delayed to 2027 due to market resistance and investor skepticism
Thinking Machines Lab2026-07-17
Released Inkling, a 975B-parameter MoE open-weights model
OpenAI2026-07-16
Employees donated over $215,000 to Guardrails Alliance
OpenAI2026-07-13
OpenAI reactivated ChatGPT on WhatsApp in the EEA
OpenAI2026-07-12
Stargate Abilene data center cluster breaks ground in Texas, targeting 5 GW capacity
OpenAI2026-07-10
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claims 54% token efficiency gain on agentic coding for a new unnamed model.
OpenAI2026-07-10
BofA lends OpenAI $520M in first bank loan ahead of delayed IPO
Thinking Machines Lab2026-07-03
Thinking Machines beats frontier models by 29.8% fewer errors using Bridgewater expert judgments
Thinking Machines Lab2026-05-12
Unveiled native multimodal interaction model that simultaneously listens, sees, speaks, and uses tools
Thinking Machines Lab2026-03-11
Entered strategic partnership with NVIDIA for Vera Rubin AI systems deployment
Ecosystem
OpenAI
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Thinking Machines Lab
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