This NIM container houses Inkling Small model, which is a general-purpose multimodal model that accepts text, image and audio inputs and generates text outputs. It is intended for use in English and other languages, and across multiple coding languages.
Inkling Small Container Overview
Description:
This NIM container houses the Inkling-Small model, which is a general-purpose multimodal model that accepts text, image and audio inputs and generates text outputs. It is intended for use in English and other languages, and across multiple coding languages. Inkling-Small was developed by Thinking Machines Lab Inc. as a part of Inkling.
The container components are ready for commercial or non-commercial use.
Third-Party Community Consideration
The model embedded in the container is not owned or developed by NVIDIA. This model has been developed and built to a third-party’s requirements for this application and use case; see link to Non-NVIDIA Inkling Small Model Card.
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Deployment Geography:
Global
Release Date:
HuggingFace: 07/27/2026 via URL.
Program Class:
This NIM Container houses the following model:
| Model Name & Link | Use Case | How to Pull the Model |
|---|---|---|
| Inkling Small | General-purpose conversational use, instruction-following, and other natural language and multimodal tasks. | Automatic |
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