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Inkling: Thinking Machines' First Open-Weight Model
Thinking Machines released Inkling, a 975B open-weight model under Apache 2.0. Full pricing, benchmarks against GLM-5.2 and DeepSeek V4, and the verdict.
OpenRouter AI Explained: Pricing, Privacy and Tradeoffs
OpenRouter AI gives developers one API for 400+ models. See its real fees, privacy controls, pros, cons, and when going direct costs less.
What Does CoreWeave Do? AI Cloud Business Explained
What does CoreWeave do? See how its GPU cloud works, who uses it, how it makes money, its NVIDIA relationship, and the risks behind its rapid growth.
AI Data Center Financing 2026: Inside the $700B Buildout
How AI infrastructure gets financed in 2026: Helix (KKR/Nvidia), Apollo/Blackstone (Anthropic), Stargate (OpenAI), and what this means for model pricing.
Best Open-Weight AI Models in 2026
The best open-weight AI models in 2026, ranked by use case: coding, long context, multimodal, on-device, and the real cost per finished task.
GitHub Pricing 2026: Free, Team & Enterprise Costs
GitHub pricing starts at $0. Compare Free, Pro, Team, and Enterprise costs, included usage, add-on fees, and which plan fits your team in 2026.
How to Save Money on RAM in 2026: 7 Strategies
RAM prices roughly tripled in 2026. Here are 7 ways to save money buying memory: right-size capacity, buy used, find bundle deals, time the market, and more.
OpenAI Hardware: The Economics of Its AI Speaker
OpenAI is spending nearly 6.5 billion dollars to build a screenless AI smart speaker. The business logic, the running costs, and the Apple lawsuit risk.
Is the 2026 Memory Cycle Peaking? Signals to Watch
Consumer DDR5 has gone flat while contract and HBM prices keep climbing. Here are the signals that show whether the 2026 memory cycle is peaking.