# Thinking Machine Labs Inkling — Retired — shutdown October 30, 2026

For Thinking Machine Labs Inkling, provider is Databricks; lifecycle status is Retired; shutdown / retirement date is October 30, 2026; recommended replacement is GLM 5.3 or Kimi K3; platform / deployment scope is Databricks Foundation Model APIs — pay-per-token, recorded from its source on 2026-10-30.

- **Provider:** Databricks _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Model ID / API name:** Thinking Machine Labs Inkling _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Lifecycle status:** Retired
- **Shutdown / retirement date:** October 30, 2026 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Recommended replacement:** GLM 5.3 or Kimi K3 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Platform / deployment scope:** Databricks Foundation Model APIs — pay-per-token _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> | Thinking Machine Labs Inkling | **Pay-per-token:** October 30, 2026 | GLM 5.3 or Kimi K3 |

## Source

- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/machine-learning/retired-models-policy

Last verified: 2026-10-30. Review by: 2026-11-29.
Part of [AI model deprecation and retirement dates by provider](https://referencesource.org/ai-model-deprecation-and-retirement/).