# Thinking Machines 975B open-weights LLM

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Thinking Machines 975B open-weights LLM and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Large open-weights model from a new lab, with vision input; people credit the open release, though it trails some open models on benchmarks.

## Why people recommend it

- Open release from a new lab (2 comments): "Thinking Machines just released an enormous open model though, and I'm hopeful to see more of this globally." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49030718)) "Give credit to Thinking Machines for their recent open release." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48980334))
- Competitive with other open models (2 comments): "being close is still impressive, especially for their first (released) model" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48925547)) "For the most part it's better than Nemotron, worse than GLM." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48925485))

## What people warn about

- Trails top open models on benchmarks (1 comments): "For the most part it's better than Nemotron, worse than GLM." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48925485))
- Ranks 41 on Artificial Analysis Index (1 comments): "debuts at 41 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48925357))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Qwen 3.8 27B](https://hackerapproved.com/p/qwen-3-8-27b.md): 1173 recommend
- [Z.ai GLM](https://hackerapproved.com/p/glm-5-2.md): 1043 recommend
- [Kimi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kimi-k3.md): 931 recommend
- [Gemma 4](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gemma-4.md): 713 recommend
- [Qwen](https://hackerapproved.com/p/qwen.md): 474 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Thinking Machines 975B open-weights LLM", https://hackerapproved.com/p/thinking-machines-975b-open-weights-llm/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).