How did Thinking Machines Tinker do on X?
Thinking Machines posted the Tinker launch from @thinkymachines on Oct 1, 2025. The post has 4,211,660 views, 5,802 likes, 781 reposts, 375 quotes and 238 replies, an engagement rate of 0.17%. It ranks #198 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Introducing Tinker: a flexible API for fine-tuning language models. Write training loops in Python on your laptop; we'll run them on distributed GPUs. Private beta starts today. We can't wait to see what researchers and developers build with cutting-edge open models! http://thinkingmachines.ai/tinker
- 24xthe median launch175K median views
- #198of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 22xits own following190,010 followers
- Views
- 4.2M
- Likes
- 5.8K
- Reposts
- 781
- Quotes
- 375
- Replies
- 238
- Bookmarks
- 3.1K
What would these views cost to buy?
At $100 per 1,000 views, the rate a brand pays an agency charging $100K for one million views, 4.2M views would cost $421K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $105K.
The post reached about 22 views for every follower of @thinkymachines.
What launched?
Thinking Machines launched Tinker in private beta, a flexible API for fine-tuning language models that runs Python training loops on distributed GPUs.
How does it compare with other launches?
Thinking Machines Tinker has more views than 93% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 24x the median launch's 175K views.
- Thinking Machines Tinker4.2M
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Thinking Machines Tinker | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 4.2M | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.17% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 22 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 375 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 7.4 | 14.2 |
Other Thinking Machines launches we track: Thinking Machines Inkling 2 Small (2M views). All 2 Thinking Machines launches, or every developer tools launch.
Against launches like it
A launch only means something against comparable ones. These are the groups it belongs to, and where it sits in each.
| Compared with | Launches | Median views | This one | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developer tools launches | 595 | 111.1K | 38x | #27 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 909 | 252.6K | 17x | #50 |
| Image launch posts | 620 | 143.1K | 29x | #41 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 24x | #198 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 190K followers, the post reached 22 times the account's following. Launches from accounts 100K to 1M followers reach a median of 1.0 times their following, so this one went about 23 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 50 of 909 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 375 quote posts, 0.9 per 10,000 views against a median of 1.7. Fewer people than usual added their own take, and a quote post is what carries a launch to audiences the account does not have.
The first line is "Introducing Tinker: a flexible API for fine-tuning language models.". The post runs 41 words, against a median of 39 for launch posts here, and leads with an image: image launches have a median of 143.1K views, against 186.1K for the rest.
There is a link in the post. Launch posts with a link have a median of 160.8K views in the tracker.
It went out on a Wednesday (UTC). Wednesday launches have a median of 178.8K views; the strongest day is Tuesday at 192.3K.
Every comparison is against the 2839 launches in the tracker, read on Nov 14, 2026. Medians, not averages. See the state of launches on X for the full breakdown.
Questions about this launch
- What is Thinking Machines?
- In its own words on X: "Thinking, beeping, and booping. @tinkerapi" Thinking Machines posted the Tinker launch from @thinkymachines on Oct 1, 2025.
- How many views did Thinking Machines Tinker get on X?
- 4,211,660 views. Thinking Machines posted it from @thinkymachines on Oct 1, 2025, and the post has 5,802 likes, 781 reposts, 375 quotes, 238 replies and 3,110 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Thinking Machines Tinker a big launch on X?
- It ranks #198 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 93% of them and 24x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.17%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 4.2M views on X cost to buy?
- At $100 per 1,000 views, the rate a brand pays an agency charging $100K for one million views, 4.2M views would cost $421K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $105K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/thinking-machines-tinker, read from the post on X on Nov 14, 2026. Free to cite with a link (CC BY 4.0). Get every launch as JSON.