Inkling 2 Small now available on AI Gateway
Vercel announced that Inkling 2 Small, a multimodal reasoning model from Thinking Machines, is now available on Vercel AI Gateway under the model name thinkingmachines/inkling-2-small. The model accepts text and image inputs and produces text output, and is described as supporting extended coding tasks, tool use, document and spreadsheet generation, and visual understanding of charts and interfaces.
Why it matters
Builders can call Inkling 2 Small through AI Gateway's unified API, which provides usage and cost tracking, retries, failover, Zero Data Retention support, and budgets for API keys. AI Gateway states it passes through provider pricing with no markup and no platform fee on inference, including bring-your-own-key requests.
Who should care
Developers building coding agents, teams building document or spreadsheet automation, and builders working with image-based inputs such as charts or screenshots.
What you can do
Select thinkingmachines/inkling-2-small as the model name in AI Gateway, or install the latest Vercel CLI and run the setup to use it in Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor.